# B Stiff
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{{Infobox album|
| name = B Stiff EP
| type = [EP](/source/EP)
| artist = [Devo](/source/Devo)
| cover = Devo-BeStiffEP.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1978
| recorded = February 1977–October 1977
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|[Art punk](/source/Art_punk)|[new wave](/source/New_wave_music)|[punk rock](/source/punk_rock)}}
| length = 17:31
| label = [Stiff](/source/Stiff_Records)
| producer = * [Devo](/source/Devo)
* [Brian Eno](/source/Brian_Eno)
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [Mechanical Man EP](/source/Mechanical_Man_(EP))
| next_year = 1978
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Be Stiff EP
| type = EP
| single1 = [Mongoloid](/source/Mongoloid_(song))
| single1date = March 12, 1977
| single2 = [(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction](/source/(I_Can't_Get_No)_Satisfaction)
| single2date = September 1977
| single3 = [Be Stiff](/source/Be_Stiff)
| single3date = 1978
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r213638|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]]
}}
'''''B Stiff''''' is the first EP by American [new wave](/source/New_wave_music) band [Devo](/source/Devo), released in 1978 by [Stiff Records](/source/Stiff_Records).
==Background==
''B Stiff'' is a compilation of three 7-inch singles released by Stiff in the UK, the first two of which had initially been released independently by the band.[{{cite book |title=The Trouser Press Guide to New Wave Records |last=Isler |first=Scott |editor=Ira A. Robbins |date=1983 |publisher=[Charles Scribner's Sons](/source/Charles_Scribner's_Sons) |page=79 |isbn=978-0684179445}}][{{cite web |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/devo |last1=Isler |first1=Scott |last2=Robbins |first2=Ira |last3=Neugebauer |first3=Delvin |website=[Trouser Press](/source/Trouser_Press) |title=Devo - Trouser Press |access-date=November 9, 2022}}] The EP collects the only three Devo singles released by Stiff.[{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/be-stiff-ep--mw0000939256 |last=Thompson |first=Dave |title=Be Stiff [EP] - Devo |website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |access-date=November 9, 2022}}] The cover was created by graphic designer [Barney Bubbles](/source/Barney_Bubbles) and photographer [Brian Griffin](/source/Brian_Griffin_(photographer)).[{{cite web |url=https://www.briangriffin.co.uk/photography/album-covers/devo/devo---b-stiff~82?scroll=left |title=BRIAN GRIFFIN - Devo / Devo - B Stiff |website=Brian Griffin |access-date=November 11, 2022}}]
== Availability ==
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Although the ''B Stiff EP'' has never had a proper CD release, five of its six tracks have been re-released on various compilation albums in the digital format:
* "'''Jocko Homo'''" – ''[Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology](/source/Pioneers_Who_Got_Scalped)''
* "'''(I Can't Get Me No) Satisfaction'''" – ''[Greatest Misses](/source/Devo's_Greatest_Misses)'', ''[Hardcore Devo: Volume One](/source/Hardcore_Devo%3A_Volume_One)''
* "'''Be Stiff'''" – ''Greatest Misses'', ''Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology''
* "'''Mongoloid'''" – ''Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology'' (A slightly different mix appeared on ''Hardcore Devo: Volume One''.)
* "'''Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Getting)'''" – ''[Recombo DNA](/source/Recombo_DNA)'' (The extra few seconds of drum noise and shouting before the song starts have been removed from this version.)
A re-recording of "Social Fools" produced by [Brian Eno](/source/Brian_Eno) appeared as the B-side of the "Come Back Jonee" single in 1978. It was later reissued as a bonus track on the Virgin CD release of ''Q: Are We Not Men A: We Are Devo!''/''Dev-O Live EP'' in 1993 and was subsequently reissued again on ''Social Fools (The Virgin Singles 1978-1982)'' in 2015 and ''Turn Around: B-Sides & More (1978-1984)'' in 2019.
== Track listing ==
'''Side one'''
{{Track listing
| title1 = [Jocko Homo](/source/Jocko_Homo)
| length1 = 3:21
| writer1 = [Mark Mothersbaugh](/source/Mark_Mothersbaugh)
| title2 = [(I Can't Get Me No) Satisfaction](/source/(I_Can't_Get_No)_Satisfaction)
| length2 = 2:53
| writer2 = [Mick Jagger](/source/Mick_Jagger), [Keith Richards](/source/Keith_Richards)
| title3 = [Be Stiff](/source/Be_Stiff)
| length3 = 2:35
| writer3 = [Gerald Casale](/source/Gerald_Casale), [Bob Lewis](/source/Bob_Lewis_(musician))
}}
'''Side two'''
{{Track listing
| title1 = [Mongoloid](/source/Mongoloid_(song))
| length1 = 3:30
| writer1 = G. Casale
| title2 = Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Getting)
| length2 = 2:20
| writer2 = M. Mothersbaugh, [Bob Mothersbaugh](/source/Bob_Mothersbaugh). G. Casale, Gary Jackett
| title3 = Social Fools
| length3 = 2:52
| writer3 = G. Casale, M. Mothersbaugh
| total_length = 17:31
}}
== Personnel ==
'''Devo'''
{{citation needed|date=November 2022|reason=Musician credits are not listed in EP liner notes.}}
*[Bob Casale](/source/Bob_Casale) – rhythm guitar, additional keyboards, occasional backing vocals
*[Gerald Casale](/source/Gerald_Casale) – bass guitar, additional keyboards, lead vocals
*[Bob Mothersbaugh](/source/Bob_Mothersbaugh) – lead guitar, backing vocals
*[Jim Mothersbaugh](/source/Jim_Mothersbaugh) – electronic drums
*[Mark Mothersbaugh](/source/Mark_Mothersbaugh) – keyboards, occasional guitar, lead vocals
*[Alan Myers](/source/Alan_Myers_(drummer)) – drums
'''Technical'''
*[Devo](/source/Devo) – producers
*[Brian Eno](/source/Brian_Eno) – producer ("Be Stiff")
== References ==
{{Reflist|1}}
{{Devo Discography}}
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Category:Devo EPs
Category:1977 debut EPs
Category:Stiff Records EPs
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