Freedom of Choice is an album by New Wave musicians Devo, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). It was highly unlike Devo's previous albums, full of synthesizers and outright synth pop elements.

On the Billboard Music Charts, Freedom of Choice peaked at #22 on the Pop Albums chart. The single "Whip It" was a #8 and #14 hit on the Club Play Singles and Pop Singles charts, respectively.

Freedom of Choice
Album by Devo
Released	July 1980
Recorded	1980
Genre	Post Punk
Length	32 min 14 s
Record label	Warner Brothers
Producer	Robert Margouleff
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com	4.5 stars out of 5	[1] (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2gjveay04xf7)
Devo Chronology
Duty Now for the Future (1979)	Freedom of Choice (1991)	DEV-O Live (1981)

Track listing

1. "Girl U Want" (Casale/Mothersbaugh) - 2:55
2. "It's Not Right" (Mothersbaugh) - 2:20
3. "Whip It" (Casale/Mothersbaugh) - 2:37
4. "Snowball" (Casale/Mothersbaugh) - 2:28
5. "Ton o' Luv" (Casale) - 2:29
6. "Freedom of Choice" (Casale/Mothersbaugh) - 3:28
7. "Gates of Steel" (Casale/Mothersbaugh/Schmidt/Smith) - 3:26
8. "Cold War" (Casale/Mothersbaugh) - 2:30
9. "Don't You Know" (Mothersbaugh) - 2:14
10. "That's Pep" (Mothersbaugh) - 2:17
11. "Mr. B's Ballroom" (Mothersbaugh) - 2:45
12. "Planet Earth" (Casale) - 2:45

(The Track Listing is from the CD Release. This album was originally released on LP and cassette.)

Personnel

• Devo - Producer
• Mark Mothersbaugh - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
• Ken Perry - Mastering
• Bob Casale - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
• Gerald V. Casale - Keyboards, Vocals
• Robert Margouleff - Producer, Engineer
• Bob Mothersbaugh - Guitar, Vocals
• Alan Myers - Drums
• Howard Siegel - Engineer
• Karat Faye - Assistant Engineer
• Artrouble - Cover Design