Utopia - Deface the Music
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Artist: UtopiaEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2008-06-25
Music Label: Jvc Japan
Soundtracks:
- I Just Want to Touch You
- Crystal Ball
- Where Does the World Go to Hide
- Silly Boy
- Alone
- That's Not Right
- Take It Home
- Hoi Poloi
- Life Goes On
- Feel Too Good
- Always Late
- All Smiles
- Everybody Else Is Wrong
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Free Music Review: Meet Utopia
Hit: 5 Stars
Coming after Utopia's most successful album to date (the radio-friendly Adventures in Utopia), this Beatles tribute/parody was...not what people were expecting. The fact that John Lennon was assassinated around the time of the record's release didn't help matters any. As a result, the Utopia boys took a critical shellacking this time out.
And that's a shame, because if more people could have looked past their confusion and the bad timing, this brilliant little record would have been justly lauded for what it really is: half an hour of straight up fun. You can have a good time figuring out which Beatles tunes are being riffed on, but Utopia had far too much intelligence, wit and talent to simply crank out a bunch of Beatles knockoffs. They put their own stamp on the material, and the album is crammed with catchy songs that should have been all over the radio. Try "That's Not Right." Or "Feel Too Good." Or "Take it Home." Or "All Smiles." Or...heck, try any of 'em.
As I heard it, after Adventures yielded a hit single, Roger, Willie and Kasim understandably wanted to put out another record in that vein in hopes of expanding the fan base and maybe getting another hit or two, but Todd vetoed that idea and said they'd be doing a Beatles album, so the others had to go along with that. And as usual, they gave it their all and put out a great record. Unfortunately, it didn't get the welcome it deserved.
If you love the Beatles, or just great pop music, you owe it to yourself to give this one a listen. Wrap it up and take it home.
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