Artist: Utopia
Title Of Album: The Road To Utopia
Year Of Release: 1974-82/2018
Label (Catalog#): Friday Music
[FRM-71974] Country: USA
Genre: Eclectic Prog, Power Pop, Pop Rock
Quality: Flac (*tracks + .cue,log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 06:13:27
Full Size: 2.59Gb(+3%)(covers)
Info:
wiki Friday's new box set celebrating Todd Rundgren's Utopia has all six of the band's studio and live albums as originally released between 1974 and 1982 as newly remastered by the label's Joe Reagoso from the Warner/Bearsville tapes. Each album will be housed in an individual gatefold digipak with original art elements from each LP including inner sleeves and inserts. Rundgren, Sulton, Wilcox, and Powell have all made written contributions to this set, as well. Fifteen bonus tracks are spread across the seven albums, including live performances, promotional single versions, and more.
Utopia biography
Formed in 1973 in New York, USA - Disbanded in 1986 - Reunited briefly in 1992 - Reformed in 2011
UTOPIA was initially an ensemble, formed by Todd RUNDGREN as a counter-point to his solo work. Various musicians came and went, but the main stays of the band were Roger POWELL (keyboards), Kasim SULTON (bass), and John "Willie" WILCOX (drums), and of course TODD himself handling the guitar work, all four members supplied both lead and harmony vocals.
Their first album "Todd Rundgren's Utopia" consisted of only four tracks! This was at the height of prog/fusion, and so the quality of musicianship was undeniably high. Between this and "Ra", the line-up was amended, until the four members noted were "the band". Further albums were forthcoming, with a more democratic look to the songwriting credits, but it was always Todd's band. Lead guitar, and most of the lead vocals, plus the major chunk of songwriting were his, this was not to the detriment of the other members, but the boss was always pre-eminent.
For your further listening pleasure, find the following albums. "Another Live", "Oops! Wrong Planet", "Adventures In Utopia", "Deface The Music", and "Swing To The Right". You may find the last couple too "poppy", but you have to realise that Todd Rundgren has always been, and still is, one of the best writers of the infamous "three minute ditty". However, if your taste is for ten-thirty minute, multi-part epics, you won't find many better than on the first two quoted albums.
Take half an hour out of your day, and listen to "The Ikon", the track which takes up the entire second side on the vinyl version of "Todd Rundgren's Utopia", I guarantee you will come away impressed. progarchives.com
Tracks:
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DISC: 1 Todd Rundgren's Utopia
1. UTOPIA
2. FREAK PARADE
3. FREEDOM FIGHTERS
4. THE IKON
5. DO YA (ALTERNATE TAKE) (LIVE AT ST. LOUIS, MI 11-9-74) - Bonus Track
DISC: 2 Another Live
1. ANOTHER LIFE
2. THE WHEEL
3. THE SEVEN RAYS
4. INTRO / MISTER TRISCUITS
5. SOMETHING'S COMING
6. HEAVY METAL KIDS
7. DO YA
8. JUST ONE VICTORY
9. OPEN MY EYES (LIVE IN CAPE COD, MA 8-23-75) - Bonus Track
DISC: 3 Ra
1. OVERTURE/ COMMUNION WITH THE SUN
2. MAGIC DRAGON THEATRE
3. JEALOUSY
4. ETERNAL LOVE
5. SUNBURST FINISH
6. HIROSHIMA
7. SINGRING AND THE GLASS GUITAR (AN ELECTRIFIED FAIRYTALE)
8. COMMUNION WITH THE SUN (PROMO SINGLE MIX) -Bonus Track
DISC: 4 Oops! Wrong Planet
1. TRAPPED
2. WINDOWS
3. LOVE IN ACTION
4. CRAZY LADY BLUE
5. BACK ON THE STREET
6. THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL
7. THE MARTYR
8. ABANDON CITY
9. GANGRENE
10. MY ANGEL
11. RAPE OF THE YOUNG
12. LOVE IS THE ANSWER
13. LOVE IS THE ANSWER (PROMO SINGLE MIX) - Bonus Track
DISC: 5 Adventures In Utopia
1. THE ROAD TO UTOPIA
2. YOU MAKE ME CRAZY
3. SECOND NATURE
4. SET ME FREE
5. CARAVAN
6. THE LAST OF THE NEW WAVE RIDERS
7. SHOT IN THE DARK
8. THE VERY LAST TIME
9. LOVE ALONE
10. ROCK LOVE
11. UMBRELLA MAN (B SIDE OF SET ME FREE) - Bonus Track
12. SET ME FREE (PROMO SINGLE MIX) - Bonus Track
13. SECOND NATURE (PROMO SINGLE MIX) - Bonus Track
14. THE VERY LAST TIME (EDIT) (PROMO SINGLE MIX) - Bonus Track
15. ANYHOW ANYWAY ANYWHERE (LIVE IN SYRACUSE, NY 11-16-79) - Bonus Track
16. 96 TEARS (LIVE IN SYRACUSE, NY 11-16-79) - Bonus Track
17. JUST ONE VICTORY (LIVE IN SYRACUSE, NY 11-16-79) - Bonus Track
DISC: 6 Deface The Music
1. I JUST WANT TO TOUCH YOU
2. CRYSTAL BALL
3. WHERE DOES THE WORLD GO TO HIDE
4. SILLY BOY
5. ALONE
6. THAT'S NOT RIGHT
7. TAKE IT HOME
8. HOI POLOI
9. LIFE GOES ON
10. FEEL TOO GOOD
11. ALWAYS LATE
12. ALL SMILES
13. EVERYBODY ELSE IS WRONG
14. I JUST WANT TO TOUCH YOU (PROMO SINGLE MIX) - Bonus Track
DISC: 7 Swing To The Right
1. SWING TO THE RIGHT
2. LYSISTRATA
3. THE UP
4. JUNK ROCK (MILLION MONKEYS)
5. SHINOLA
6. FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY
7. THE LAST DOLLAR ON EARTH
8. FAHRENHEIT 451
9. ONLY HUMAN
10. ONE WORLD
11. SPECIAL INTEREST (B Side of ONE WORLD) - Bonus Track
12. LYSISTRATA (PROMO SINGLE MIX) -Bonus Track
13. ONE WORLD (PROMO SINGLE MIX) - Bonus Track
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