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Smooth Noodle Maps by Devo
Smooth Noodle Maps is an album by Devo, released in 1990. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Post Post Modern Man”, on 4 lists with a best position of #49.
Smooth Noodle Maps, Devo's eighth album, slipped out in June 1990, and it turned out to be a long goodbye: their final record for Enigma and their last full-length studio album until Something for Everybody finally surfaced in 2010. They cut it at Master Control Studios in Burbank over three months straddling the end of 1989 and the start of 1990, with Mark Mothersbaugh singing, Bob Mothersbaugh and Bob Casale on guitars, Gerald Casale on bass and David Kendrick drumming on a Devo studio album for the last time.
This is Devo in shiny pop-rock mode, the de-evolution theory long since traded for sleek synths and tidy hooks, though the deadpan, needling humor never went anywhere. "Post Post Modern Man" is the track that stuck.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Smooth Noodle Maps on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Post Post Modern Man | 4 | #49 | – | 1990–2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.