Adventures in Utopia

Infobox Album
Name = Adventures in Utopia
Type = studio
Artist = Utopia


Released = January 1980
Recorded =
Genre = Pop rock
Progressive rock
Art rock
Length = 42:24
Label = Bearsville
Producer = Todd Rundgren, Utopia
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:axfrxqu5ld0e link]
Last album = "Oops! Wrong Planet"
(1979)
This album = "Adventures in Utopia"
(1980)
Next album = "Deface the Music"
(1980)

"Adventures in Utopia" is an album released in 1980 by Todd Rundgren's band, Utopia.

Genre

Mixing rock, pop, disco and progressive rock music styles, "Adventures In Utopia" achieved predicted success with the band's established fan base and some wider commercial success with the track "Set Me Free", released as a single with "Umbrella Man" as it's b-side.

Band Members

The, by then, established team of Todd Rundgren, Kasim Sulton, Roger Powell and John "Willie" Wilcox wrote, performed and produced the album.

Track listing

ide one

# "The Road to Utopia" - 4:54
# "You Make Me Crazy" - 3:41
# "Second Nature" - 2:36
# "Set Me Free" - 3:09
# "Caravan" - 7:01

ide two

# "Last of the New Wave Riders" - 4:22
# "Shot in the Dark" - 3:41
# "The Very Last Time" - 3:52
# "Love Alone" - 3:55
# "Rock Love" - 5:33

Television Production

All songs on the album were originally performed for the television production, Utopia.

References To Popular Culture

The line (bracketed as an aside) "here comes that Silver Surfer now" appears at the end of the track "Last Of The New Wave Riders"; a reference to the Marvel Comics character, The Silver Surfer.

References