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According to Rundgren, the album was intended to be the soundtrack for a TV show the band was working on. Even though the album was recorded in a place with video equipment, they never got around to writing or producing the TV pilot.
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Rundgren, Todd comments from the 2018 CD reissue of the album put out by Friday Music
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and wider commercial success, with the track "Set Me Free" released as a
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Engineered and produced by Rundgren, front cover concept by Rundgren
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All tracks are written by Utopia (Rundgren, Powell, Wilcox, Sulton).
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Gardner, Mike (23 February 1980). "It's only Runt 'n' Roll".
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wrote, performed and produced the album on their own.
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Index


Studio album
Utopia
Genre
Pop rock
progressive rock
Label
Bearsville
Producer
Todd Rundgren
Utopia
Oops! Wrong Planet
Deface the Music
Singles
Allmusic
Record Mirror
Utopia
progressive rock
rock
pop
disco
fan base
single
B-side
Todd Rundgren
Kasim Sulton
Roger Powell
John "Willie" Wilcox
Todd Rundgren
Roger Powell

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