B Stiff

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album| | name = B Stiff EP | type = EP | artist = Devo | cover = Devo-BeStiffEP.jpg | alt = | released = 1978 | recorded = February 1977–October 1977 | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|Art punk|new wave|punk rock}} | length = 17:31 | label = Stiff | producer = * Devo * Brian Eno | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Mechanical Man EP | next_year = 1978 | misc = {{Singles | name = Be Stiff EP | type = EP | single1 = Mongoloid | single1date = March 12, 1977 | single2 = (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | single2date = September 1977 | single3 = Be Stiff | single3date = 1978 }} }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r213638|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> }}

'''''B Stiff''''' is the first EP by American new wave band Devo, released in 1978 by 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.<ref>{{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 |page=79 |isbn=978-0684179445}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/devo |last1=Isler |first1=Scott |last2=Robbins |first2=Ira |last3=Neugebauer |first3=Delvin |website=Trouser Press |title=Devo - Trouser Press |access-date=November 9, 2022}}</ref> The EP collects the only three Devo singles released by Stiff.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/be-stiff-ep--mw0000939256 |last=Thompson |first=Dave |title=Be Stiff [EP] - Devo |website=AllMusic |access-date=November 9, 2022}}</ref> The cover was created by graphic designer Barney Bubbles and photographer Brian Griffin.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== Availability == {{Unreferenced section|date=November 2022}}

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'' * "'''(I Can't Get Me No) Satisfaction'''" – ''Greatest Misses'', ''Hardcore Devo: 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'' (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 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 | length1 = 3:21 | writer1 = Mark Mothersbaugh | title2 = (I Can't Get Me No) Satisfaction | length2 = 2:53 | writer2 = Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | title3 = Be Stiff | length3 = 2:35 | writer3 = Gerald Casale, Bob Lewis }} '''Side two''' {{Track listing | title1 = Mongoloid | length1 = 3:30 | writer1 = G. Casale | title2 = Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Getting) | length2 = 2:20 | writer2 = M. Mothersbaugh, 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 – rhythm guitar, additional keyboards, occasional backing vocals *Gerald Casale – bass guitar, additional keyboards, lead vocals *Bob Mothersbaugh – lead guitar, backing vocals *Jim Mothersbaugh – electronic drums *Mark Mothersbaugh – keyboards, occasional guitar, lead vocals *Alan Myers – drums

'''Technical''' *Devo – producers *Brian Eno – producer ("Be Stiff")

== References == {{Reflist|1}}

Category:Devo EPs Category:1977 debut EPs Category:Stiff Records EPs