Freedom of Choice (album)

Freedom of Choice
Studio album by
Devo
ReleasedMay 16, 1980 (1980-05-16)[1]
RecordedOctober 1979 – early 1980
StudioRecord Plant (Hollywood)
Genre
Length32:14
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
Devo chronology
Duty Now for the Future
(1979) 		Freedom of Choice
(1980) 		New Traditionalists
(1981)
Singles from Freedom of Choice
  1. "Girl U Want"
    Released: April 24, 1980
  2. "Whip It"
    Released: August 13, 1980
  3. "Gates of Steel"
    Released: October 6, 1980
  4. "Freedom of Choice"
    Released: December 29, 1980

Freedom of Choice (stylized as F R E E D O M O F C H O I C E) is the third studio album by the American new wave band Devo, released in May 1980 on Warner Bros. Records. The album contained their biggest hit, "Whip It", which hit No. 8 and No. 14 on the Billboard Club Play Singles and Pop Singles charts, respectively. Freedom of Choice peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.

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  2. ^ Nagy, Evie (June 19, 2010). "How To Get Ahead With Advertising". Billboard.
  3. ^ Segretto, Mike (2022). "1980". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. p. 379. ISBN 9781493064601.
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