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SSKI this new album and they havei
Writer worked, so they may have the rig
:ently released idea in concentrating on an ii
, "Oops! Wrong pressive live show.
lgh it is a dif- "WRONG PLANET" consists
an the previous 12 songs that are approximately
;h better. minutes long each. All thr
10 longer Todd previous Utopia albums contain
1, as the past two a mixture of sones of varin
en very much lengths that usually seemed t
lere has been a long.
rt to give each It wasn't so much the format th
s moments, not ruined the previous efforts, as t
> dominate the lack of constructive creativity.
The new album follows tl
is out so soon pattern of lacking the creati
tistic and com- genius expected from Rundgrei
)f the previous efforts. TTie album does have
la" was such a couple of bright spots, but they a
scorded the new sparse.
st of a tour and Rundgren handles most of t
or extensively to writing and seldom has
ilbum. Droduced such unimaeinati
rently adopting iyrics. He is convinced Utopia h
gy as Foghat, some social significance but o
Bearsville label, glance at the lyrics will leave y
ally in the past wondering what Utopia feels to
years of heavy significant.
This is the first album maki
all the tricks on use of Powell's new invention, t
~? Powell Probe. It is a $10,000 hat
1 HlltO held keyboard, about the size ol
k guitar that is the equivalent
three keyboards, synthesizers, a
OkHC) flv0., innumerable other goodies.
The great advantage it offers i!
C0 allows the user complete mobil
fil onstage. The problem with it is ii
IV# ( of little use on albums as all I
c-Rpn7 sounds it makes can be done bet
by other instruments.
WILCOX CONTRIBUT!
another unexciting performar
BMSl on drums but turns an un
? teresting song, "Crazy La
SBSHSfiHB ^ Blue," into something tolerat
B The problem with Wilcox is
I will never be more than an avert
drummer and vocalist.
As much as Rundgren tries to
just a member of the band, he 1
, continually failed. Each meml
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m- overshadows the rest of his crew.
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0f inescapable fact that he is in,
3 finitely more talented than the
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us Rundgren is a genius surrounded
oo by a sea of mediocrity, and this
environment is not benefiting his
iat creativity.
he
RUNDGREN HANDLES lead
,4s vocals on only three songs and two
ve of them are clearly the class of the
1?s album. "Love In Action" is a
a ticvcr rocKer wmcn nas the
ire potential of giving Utopia its first
commercial success.
he The disturbing thing about the
he song, however, is it sounds like an
ve obvious attempt at creating a
ias single, a sin Rundgren said he'd
,ne never commit.
ou The major thrust of the group
be effort is in the vocals which are
divided evenly among the memng
bers. There is some improvement
he in this area as John Wilcox and
id- Roger Powell sound much clearer
F a and fuller than on the past album,
of Powell even manages to take a
nd sappy song like "Windows" and at
least make it listenable.
5 it Utopia is a band in search of
ity direction and meaning, among
t is other things. After four albums one
the might hope for more than is being
ter delivered, but this cast is apparently
not capable of much
more.
E S They are not an adequate vehicle
ice for Rundgren to convey his own
lin- ideas and not talented enough to
dy promote their own mixed up
>le. reasons for existence,
he Fortunately, Rundgren is
ige planning a solo double album soon
which will hopefully separate him
from Utopia and allow his true
ias genius to escape. The sooner
t)er Utopia is history, the better.
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