- Sir Army Suit
Infobox Album | Name = Sir Army Suit
Type =Album
Artist = Klaatu
Released = August 1978
Recorded = 1973–1978
Genre =Progressive rock
Length =
Label = Daffodil, Capitol
Producer = Terry Brown
Reviews =
Last album = "Hope"
(1977)
This album = "Sir Army Suit"
(1978)
Next album = "Endangered Species"
(1980)Sir Army Suit is the third album recorded by the
Canadian progressive rock band Klaatu. It was noted for being noticeably different from their two previous albums, "" and "Hope", adopting more of a pop feel (with one song, "Juicy Lucy", being adisco song). In spite of this, though, the album is generally well-regarded by the group's fans.An animated video was released for the album's opening track, "A Routine Day," the footage of which was taken from the group's ambitious but uncompleted "Happy New Year, Planet Earth" project.
This is the only original Klaatu album whose cover was not painted by Ted Jones; the cover of "Sir Army Suit" was painted by
Hugh Syme , mainly known for his work with Rush. The cover represented the first crack in the group's notorious anonymity since all three members appeared on the front and back cover, though this wasn't so obvious at the time since almost no one knew what the group's members actually looked like in the first place.Track listing
#"A Routine Day"
#"Juicy Lucy"
#"Everybody Took a Holiday"
#"Older"
#"Dear Christine"
#"Mister Manson"
#"Tokeymor Field"
#"Perpetual Motion Machine"
#"Cherie"
#"Silly Boys "All selections composed by Klaatu.
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.