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For their second studio album, Utopia initially cut a mostly instrumental disco/funk album, rejected by their label and released years later as *Disco Jets*. After dusting themselves off, the band returned to the elaborate art-rock of their debut. Pared down to a quartet, Utopia shifted to the lineup that would last them the rest of their run. While there are a few shorter cuts with simpler arrangements, like the hard-rocking \"Jealousy\" and the soul-tinged \"Eternal Love,\" tunes like the 18-minute conceptual closing cut, \"Singring and the Glass Guitar,\" set the tone while still maintaining a sense of humor (no easy feat).

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