Utopia - Ra [Remastered 1999] (1977)

Artist: Utopia
Title Of Album: Ra [Remastered]
Release Date: 1999 (1977)
Location: USA
Label: Essential (EMS CD 757)
Genre: Eclectic Prog, New Wave
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue+covers)
Length: 53:35 min
Tracks: 7
Total Size: 365 MB (+5%)

Ra is the second studio album and third release by Utopia on Bearsville Records in 1977. Replete with an elaborate $250,000 stage show featuring a 22-foot-tall (6.7 m) pyramid and golden sphinx which took 18 months of prep, Ra was Rundgren's most ambitious live undertaking. The cornerstone of the album and show is Singring and the Glass Guitar, which comprises solos by each band member battling the elements: water (drums), wind (bass), fire (keyboards), and earth (guitar). At the pinnacle of the live show, Rundgren played the final guitar solo while repeatedly climbing and flipping off the pyramid.

Tracklist:

01. Overture: Mountain top and sunrise/Communion with the sun (6:55)
02. Magic dragon theatre (3:28)
03. Jealousy (4:42)
04. Eternal love (4:50)
05. Sunburst finish (7:29)
06. Hiroshima (7:16)
07. Singring and the glass guitar (18:20)

Line-up / Musicians:

- Roger Powell / keyboards, vocals
- Todd Rundgren / lead vocals, guitars
- Kasim Sulton / bass, vocals
- John Wilcox / drums, percussion, vocals, harmony guitar
+ John Holtsbrook / voice (7)

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