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Utopia - Deface the Music (1980) [2006] {K2 HD JPN Edition}
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Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock | Label: Victor VICP-63463 | Released: 1980 | Re-Issued: 2006

Deface the Music is a 1980 album by the band Utopia featuring Todd Rundgren, Roger Powell, Kasim Sulton, and Willie Wilcox. The concept of the album was to pay homage to The Beatles and create songs which sounded very similar to the Fab Four's tunes throughout the various stages of their career.

“Having just scored their first big hits with Adventures in Utopia, Utopia inexplicably took a step into arcana with its follow-up, Deface the Music. Foregoing the radio-ready style of Adventures, Utopia delves deeply into Beatlemania, creating a swift, brutally funny and insanely catchy send-up of the Fab Four's entire career. Clearly, the high (nearly arty) concept makes Deface the Music the first Utopia album since Another Live to sound like it is solely the work of Todd Rundgren. The music is so savvy, it's clear that these songs are primarily the work of Todd, even if they're credited to Utopia. Rundgren is able to write songs that evoke specific eras of the Beatles' career and have them be funny without being a slave to parody. Like the Rutles, this music works well on its own merits and, unlike the Rutles, Rundgren is as credible with "Penny Lane" psychedelia ("Hoi Poloi") or "Eleanor Rigby" chamber-pop ("Life Goes On") as he is with Merseybeat ("I Just Want to Touch You," "Crystal Ball"). Unlike the Rutles, it sounds like it was recorded in 1980, not the '60s, which intensifies the feeling that Deface the Music is merely a curiosity or an exercise for Rundgren, but since the entire thing is finished in just over a half hour, it feels more like a burst of cynical joy that is damn near impossible to resist. ”




Tracks:
01 – I Just Want to Touch You
02 – Crystal Ball
03 – Where does the World go to Hide
04 – Silly Boy
05 – Alone
06 – That's not Right
07 – Take It Home
08 – Hoi Poloi
09 – Life goes On
10 – Feel too Good
11 – Always Late
12 – All Smiles
13 – Everybody Else is Wrong

Credits:
* Todd Rundgren – Vocals, Guitar
* Roger Powell – Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals
* Kasim Sulton – Bass, Keyboards, Vocals
* Willie Wilcox – Drums