Ra (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Ra
Type = Album
Artist = Utopia


Released = January, 1977
Recorded = at Bearsville Sound Studio, Utopia Sound and Turtle Creek Barn
Genre = Progressive rock Art rock
Length = 53:04
Label = Bearsville Records
Producer = Todd Rundgren
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hxfrxqu5ld0e link]
Last album = "Another Live" (1975)
This album = "Ra" (1977)
Next album = "Oops! Wrong Planet" (1977)

"Ra" is the second studio album by Utopia, released on Bearsville Records in 1977.

Track listing

ide one

# "Overture: Mountaintop and Sunrise/Communion with the Sun" – 7:15
# "Magic Dragon Theatre" – 3:28
# "Jealousy" – 4:43
# "Eternal Love" – 4:51
# "Sunburst Finish" – 7:38

ide two

# "Hiroshima" – 7:16
# "Singring and the Glass Guitar (An Electrified Fairytale)" – 18:24

Personnel

* Todd Rundgren - guitar and vocal
* Roger Powell - keyboards, synthesizer and vocals
* Kasim Sulton - bass and vocals
* John "Willie" Wilcox - drums, percussion and vocals

Production

* Producer: Todd Rundgren for Alchemedia Productions, Inc.
* Engineer: John Holbrook
* Assistant Engineer: Tom Mark
* Musical arrangements by Utopia

ongwriting Credits

*Overture: Mountaintop and Sunrise by Bernard Herrmann
*Communion With the Sun by Rundgren
*Magic Dragon Theatre by Rundgren/Sulton
*Jealousy by Rundgren/Wilcox
*Eternal Love by Powell/Sulton
*Sunburst Finish by Powell/Rundgren
*Hiroshima by Powell/Rundgren
*Singring and the Glass Guitar by Powell/Rundgren/Sulton/Wilcox