Oops! Wrong Planet by Utopia

Todd Rundgren has always had his ear to the ground. It\'s entirely possible he sensed a cultural shift coming when Utopia eschewed their earlier prog tendencies for more concise tunes with a tougher edge on this album, released the same month as The Sex Pistols\' game-changing debut. Utopia weren\'t playing punk or new wave, but there are definitely power pop elements at hand in the accessible, harmony-laden, hook-heavy arrangements here. And hard-rocking, willfully bratty tunes like \"Gangrene\" couldn\'t be further removed from the epic art-rock suites of Utopia\'s previous album. *Oops! Wrong Planet* is one of rock\'s most intriguing about-faces.

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