Todd Rundgren's Utopia (1974) {JPN Edition}
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Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock | Label: Victor VICP-2013 | Released: 1974
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC+CUE+LOG | Scan | 406MB (+5%)
Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock | Label: Victor VICP-2013 | Released: 1974
Todd Rundgren's Utopia is the debut album by the band Utopia. Rundgren (who was primarily a pop musician at the time) was noticing the success of artists like Genesis, Yes and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, and decided to take advantage of the current progressive rock trend. Putting together top musicians, including three keyboardists, the album covers almost all aspects of progressive rock including funk, jazz, classical and even avant garde music.
For much of the double-album Todd, Todd Rundgren was exploring weird instrumental avenues, creating a warped, synth-fueled variation of prog rock. This wasn't the culmination of the weirdness A Wizard, A True Star initiated – it was merely the beginning. Not long after completing Todd, Rundgren assembled Utopia, a prog rock group with no less than three synth players, plus guitar, bass and drums. Ostensibly, the band was a collective effort, with Rundgren contributing no more than the remaining quintet, but the possessive nature of the title of their debut, Todd Rundgren's Utopia, illustrates who the driving force of the group was. And it is true that TR's Utopia picks up where Todd left off, expanding the already lengthy experimental instrumentals by adding layers of synthesizers that stretch on forever – which is no exaggeration, since only one track ("Freedom Fighters") is single-length, with the remaining three cuts clocking in between ten and thirty minutes. For anyone who isn't a dedicated fan, slogging through these seemingly endless prog excursions is a little tedious, and even the devoted may find that these roads, while occasionally interesting, don't necessarily lead anywhere.
Tracks:
01 Utopia
02 Freak Parade
03 Freedom Fighters
04 The Ikon
The first track, Utopia, was recorded live at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia on November 8, 1973.
Credits:
Todd Rundgren – guitar
Moogy Klingman – keyboards
Ralph Schuckett – keyboards
M. Frog Labat – synthesizers
John Siegler – bass and cello
Kevin Ellman – percussion
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EAC extraction logfile from 27. December 2010, 14:37
Utopia / Todd Rundgren's Utopia
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