Total Devo

Total Devo is the seventh studio album by the American dance-pop band Devo, released in 1988. It was the first Devo album that was recorded without drummer Alan Myers, who was replaced by former Sparks drummer David Kendrick. This was also the last Devo album to use the Fairlight CMI digital sampling synthesizer, which was mostly used for pre-sequencing the album, as well as for sampling in the choruses of "Some Things Never Change" and "Agitated."

"The Shadow" has lyrics that contain numerous references to literary works. The chorus is partially lifted from T. S. Eliot's poem "The Hollow Men" and it incorporates the catchphrase from the serials following the character The Shadow ("Who knows what lurks in the hearts of men?/The shadow knows!"). "Some Things Never Change" (which also quotes The Beatles' "A Day in the Life") is used in Interplay's computer adventure game, Neuromancer, itself an adaptation of the novel of the same name by William Gibson.

Total Devo was the only Devo album to be released on DAT in addition to the standard releases on vinyl, cassette, and CD.