Now It Can Be Told: Devo at the Palace is a live album by American new wave band Devo, released on December 9, 1988 by Enigma Records. The album was recorded during their 1988 "comeback tour" in promotion of their seventh studio album Total Devo.
Music historian Andy Zax noted that the album presented reshaped versions of old songs from the band's repertoire as well as some new material, including a "twangy country ballad" version of "Jocko Homo" and the new composition "It Doesn't Matter to Me", "sounding like a long lost '60s folk-rock nugget".
The album's closing track is an eleven-minute medley of "Shout", "Somewhere" from West Side Story and "Disco Dancer". A longer studio version totaling 18 minutes later appeared on the 2000 Devo rarities compilation Recombo DNA.
Artwork and packaging The cover art and tagline were based on the 1971 book The Beginning Was the End. Initial vinyl pressings were double LPs that contained three sides of music and a fourth "blank" side with etched signatures from the band. The label of the fourth side was marked, "ATTENTION SPUDS! NO GROOVE! DO NOT PLAY!"
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
Devo Mark Mothersbaugh – vocals, keyboards, guitar Gerald Casale – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards Bob Casale – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Bob Mothersbaugh – guitar, backing vocals David Kendrick – drums
Technical Gerald Casale – producer, engineer, graphic concepts Bob Casale – producer, engineer Recorded by Westwood One Biff Dawes – engineer Mark Mothersbaugh – graphic concepts Patrick Pending – art direction
References
External links Devo Live Guide - Comprehensive guide to Devo's live performances.