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Klaatu - Magentalane (1981)

Track listing:
  1. A Million Miles Away 3:38
  2. The Love Of A Woman 3:22
  3. Blue Smoke 4:41
  4. I Don't Wanna Go Home 2:51
  5. December Dream 4:20
  6. Magentalane 2:35
  7. At The End Of The Rainbow 3:30
  8. Mrs. Toad's Cookies 3:06
  9. Maybe I'll Move To Mars 5:15
  10. Magentalane (...It Feels So Good ) 0:56

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.