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1981 studio album by Klaatu From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Magentalane was the fifth and final album of new material by the Canadian rock group Klaatu.
| Magentalane | ||||
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| Released | October 7, 1981[1] | |||
| Recorded | ESP Studios, Buttonville, Canada, March–July 1981 | |||
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| Length | 34:11 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Klaatu | |||
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| Singles from Magentalane | ||||
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For their final album, Klaatu regained complete artistic control over the music, marking a return to their familiar psychedelic pop sound,[4] after their previous album Endangered Species was essentially a product of Capitol Records’ attempt to commercialise the band, and therefore featured outside musicians playing most of the instruments heard on the record.[citation needed]
The advance budget for Magentalane helped make E.S.P. Studios of Buttonville, Ontario, a professional studio in 1980. E.S.P. was owned by Klaatu member Dee Long and partner John Jones, who both went on to George Martin's AIR Studios in London in 1985.[citation needed]
Since Capitol Records had terminated Klaatu, following the commercial failure of their previous album, Endangered Species, Magentalane was only released in Canada and Mexico, although it was reissued worldwide in 1995 on Compact Disc by Permanent Press Records.[citation needed]
The sound of a springing mousetrap is present on the album, followed by the sound of a mouse running away. According to John Woloschuk, this was intended to allow Klaatu's fanbase to know that Magentalane was likely to be Klaatu's last studio album.[citation needed]
In a positive review, PopMatters called the album “a retrospective on the past 20 years of psychedelic pop”.[4]
AllMusic's Jason Ankeny, while giving the album only a lukewarm rating, praised the album for its songwriting, which it described as “vintage McCartney”.[5] AllMusic's Dave Sleger dismissed Magentalane and the two previous Klaatu albums as "downright ghastly pop-rock affairs that lacked originality".[6]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "A Million Miles Away" | John Woloschuk | 3:39 |
| 2. | "The Love of a Woman" | Woloschuk | 3:23 |
| 3. | "Blue Smoke" | Woloschuk, Dino Tome | 4:41 |
| 4. | "I Don't Wanna Go Home" | Woloschuk | 2:51 |
| 5. | "December Dream" | Woloschuk, Terry Draper | 4:20 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Magentalane" | Woloschuk, Tome | 2:35 |
| 2. | "At the End of the Rainbow" | Dee Long | 3:30 |
| 3. | "Mrs. Toad's Cookies" | Woloschuk, Tome | 3:06 |
| 4. | "Maybe I'll Move to Mars" | Long | 5:15 |
| 5. | "Magentalane (...it feels so good)" | Woloschuk, Tome | 0:56 |
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