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Klaatu - Magentalane (1981)

Track listing:
  1. A million miles away 3:37
  2. Love Of A Woman 3:25
  3. Blue smoke 4:38
  4. I don't wanna go home 2:51
  5. December Dream 4:21
  6. Magentalane 2:35
  7. At the end of the rainbow 3:30
  8. Mrs. Toad's cookies 3:05
  9. Maybe I'll move to mars 5:15
  10. Magentalane ( ...it feels so good) 0:55

Notes

Originally issued in 1981, Klaatu's fifth and final album Magentalane is highlighted by the elegiac ballad "December Dream," an homage to the recently-slain John Lennon which eerily mirrors the fallen Beatles' own late-period work. Even with the mystery of their idenities long ago solved, Klaatu still recalls the Fab Four with remarkable accuracy: "I Don't Wanna Go Home" conjures vintage McCartney, while "Mrs. Toad's Cookies" is like a Yellow Submarine track left on the cutting room floor. "A Million Miles Away" and "The Love of a Woman," on the other hand, bring to mind Electric Light Orchestra — inspiration once removed.