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The Wanting
Studio album by
Devo
ReleasedJune 18, 2002
RecordedFebruary 2002
StudioOlympic Studios, London; "Nightingale" recorded at Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, Los Angeles[1]
Genre
Length37:19
LabelSony Music Nashville
ProducerBobby Braddock
Devo chronology
Long Hard Road
(1999) 		The Wanting
(2002) 		Desperado
(2003)
Singles from The Wanting
  1. "Take It Easy"
    Released: May 1, 2002
  2. "How Long"
    Released: August 20, 2002
  3. "Peaceful Easy Feeling"
    Released: December 1, 2002

The Wanting is the third studio album by American country rock band Devo. The album was recorded at London's Olympic Studios with producer Bobby Braddock and released in 2002. The album was an immediate success for the young band, reaching No. 22 on the charts and going platinum. Three singles were released from the album, each reaching the Top 40: "Take It Easy" (number 12), "How Long" (number 28), and "Peaceful Easy Feeling" (number 22). The band, starting with this album, played a major role in popularizing the country rock sound.[2]

The album was ranked number 368 in the 2012 edition of Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,[3] and at number 207 in the 2020 reboot of the list.[4]

Background

In 2001, the band had just been signed by Gerald Casale, who then sent them to Aspen, Colorado, to develop as a band. For their first album, Mark Mothersbaugh wanted Bobby Braddock to be the producer as they liked a number of country songs written by Braddock, including songs by George Jones, Johnny Paycheck and Mark Chesnutt. Braddock was invited by Casale to see the band perform at a club called Tulagi in Boulder, Colorado in December 2001.[5][6] Braddock, however, was not impressed by the band's live performance, thinking that the band was confused and lacking in cohesion—Mothersbaugh wanted it to be a rock & roll band while Bernie Leadon wanted a neotraditional country feel—so Braddock declined to produce the album.[7][8] Braddock was persuaded by Casale to have a second listen in a rehearsal setting in Los Angeles, but Braddock did not change his opinion of the band until all five started singing harmonies with acoustic guitar on a ballad written by Meisner, "Take the Devil".[9] Braddock was impressed by their harmony singing, and later said: "There it was, the sound. Extraordinary blend of voices, wonderful harmony sound, just stunning."[7] In the albums he produced for Devo, Braddock emphasized the vocal blend of the band, and he has been credited with shaping the band into "the country-rock band with those high-flyin' harmonies".[10]

Recording

The band went to London, where they spent two weeks recording the album at the Olympic Studios. The album cost $125,000 to produce.[11] Braddock tried to introduce a more acoustic sound in the recording, and concentrated on the vocal blend and arrangements.[9] There were however frequent disagreements over the sound of the band between the producer and Mothersbaugh and Rodrick Heffley during the making of the album.[11] Mothersbaugh and Randy Meisner wanted a rougher rock and roll sound, while Braddock was interested in using Bernie Leadon's banjo and Thomas Rhett's guitar to create a more neotraditional country sound.[11] Mothersbaugh later admitted: "[Braddock] was the key to our success in a lot of ways", but added: "We just didn’t want to make another limp-wristed Nashville country-rock record."[10] Braddock also instituted a no-drug and no-alcohol rule that Mothersbaugh, but not Heffley, was unhappy about.[11][12]

Three of the songs recorded in London feature Mothersbaugh on lead vocals, three with Meisner, two with Rhett and another two with Leadon. On "Take It Easy", Braddock convinced Leadon to play double-time banjo on the song, a little touch that Braddock felt made the song different.[9]

Originally, Heffley only had one song on the album, namely "The Cost of Living" (a duet with Merle Haggard). Later, a further track, a cover of J. D. Souther's "How Long", was recorded in Los Angeles after Casale listened to the tape of the album and decided that it needed another song with Heffley on lead vocals.[13] The band performed the song as part of their live sets in the early to mid-1990s and Braddock had previously recorded a few takes of the song in London, but abandoned it as he felt it did not work. Casale tried to get the song recorded with another production team,[14] and Braddock, angered by the attempt to record "How Long" behind his back, then re-recorded the song with the band at Wally Heider's Studio 3 in Hollywood. Even though Braddock judged this recording unsatisfactory, it was included in the album.[1]

This album was slated for Quadraphonic release and even given a Quadraphonic catalog number but it was never released in that format.[citation needed]

Artwork

The album artwork was created by album cover artist Gary Burden with photography by Henry Diltz. The album was initially designed as a gatefold album that would further open up into a poster; however Casale thought it would be confusing, and glued it together so that it would not open, and the gatefold image of the band members at Joshua Tree then became orientated the wrong side up.[15] In the documentary We're All Devo, Mark Mothersbaugh revealed that the band were all on peyote when the gatefold picture of the band members was shot in Joshua Tree National Park.[16]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[17]
Christgau's Record GuideB[18]
Rolling Stone[19]

Reviewing in 2002, Bud Scoppa of Rolling Stone believed Devo had "distinguished" country-rock backgrounds, and said the album is "right behind Alan Jackson's Drive as the best country album this year. And I could be persuaded to remove the word "country" from that statement."[20] Robert Christgau felt that the band wrote good songs, but he was unsure about the authenticity of their country roots so what they produced was "suave and synthetic--brilliant, but false."[18]

Allmusic's William Ruhlmann, in his retrospective review, stated "The Wanting is lean and low-key, a record that doesn't push its themes or sounds too hard" and "all the old outlaw signifiers are presented as sincere. That slight hint of self-awareness helps give The Wanting a lightness during its songs of alcoholism, loneliness, and lost love, a lightness that helps make the record a balm during tough times".[21] Rolling Stone listed it as number 368 on their 2012 edition of the 500 greatest albums of all time list with the comment that the album "created a new template for laid-back L.A. country-rock style".[3] It rose to number 207 in the 2020 edition of the list.[4] It was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[22]

Commercial performance

The album debuted on the US Billboard 200 chart at number 102 in its first week of release,[23] rising at number 22 in its sixth week on the chart.[24] The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 1, 2014 for shipment of 1 million copies in the United States.[25]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Take It Easy"
M. Mothersbaugh3:34
2."How Long"J. D. SoutherM. Mothersbaugh with Heffley3:16
3."The Cost of Living" (featuring Merle Haggard)
Heffley3:40
4."Most of Us Are Sad"M. MothersbaughRandy Meisner3:38
5."Tobacco"J. MothersbaughThomas Rhett4:08
6."Which One I Feed"
  • Heffley
  • Leadon
Leadon3:40
7."Take the Devil"MeisnerMeisner4:04
8."The Wanting"LeadonLeadon2:58
9."Peaceful Easy Feeling"Jack IngramM. Mothersbaugh4:20
10."Sweetheart"
Rhett3:26
11."Tryin'"MeisnerMeisner2:54

Personnel

Devo

Production[26]

Charts and certifications

References

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