REDUX '92 LIVE IN JAPAN
Utopia
•Eclectic Prog
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Live, released in 1993 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Fix Your Gaze (4:23) - Todd Rundgren / vocals, guitar Rhino Records Thanks to ProgLucky for the additionEdit this entry |
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PROG REVIEWER
So in summation: good live disc (buy it) -- patriotic rhetoric (don't buy it). Apparently, a 55-minute video of this was also made available on VHS and novelty-size coaster (oops, I mean "laser disc").
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Crossover & JR/F/Canterbury Teams
Unfortunately, Utopia with this lineup quickly changed from a prog fusion band to a (highly talented) power pop group. And the set list here, because it covers their entire catalog, has very little true prog. Only The Ikon is really a prog song, but it's shortened down from it's original thirty minutes down to under five minutes. A few other songs have some prog elements, but that's all we get.
On the plus side, the band, even when playing non-prog, was damned good at it. Trapped, Swing to The Right, Abandon City and Caravan all sound great here. And the harder rockers, Hiroshima and The Last Of The New Wave Riders are just fantastic.
The low points are the later and blander Utopia tracks, like Only Human and One World.
But still, it's good to have a live set from this version of the band (although I have a tape of a radio broadcast from 1980 that blows this set away).
Latest members reviews
Amazing, I bought this NEW for only 5 bucks. Thought it might just be a curiosity of a live Japan show I might listen to a few times and put at the bottom of the CD piles. Wrong! This is an excellent collection of Utopia music. There is a heavy dominance of the more "poppy" Utopia such as "Tra ... (read more)
Report this review (#294368) | Posted by mohaveman | Friday, August 13, 2010 | Review Permanlink
I love this CD. It has several tracks included that the DVD doesn't for reasons unknown, although the DVD does contain "Just One Victory," a favorite of mine missing on the CD. Utopia fans should enjoy this cross-section of material which is nicely sprinkled with the best material from all vo ... (read more)
Report this review (#67941) | Posted by | Thursday, February 2, 2006 | Review Permanlink
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