Deface the Music is the fifth studio album by American rock band Utopia, released on September 24, 1980 by Bearsville Records. The concept of the album was to pay homage to the Beatles and create songs which sounded very similar to the Fab Four's tunes throughout the various stages of their career. Their song "Take It Home", replete with guitar riff, is their homage to "Day Tripper". The first track, "I Just Want to Touch You", was recorded by Utopia for the Roadie soundtrack. It was rejected by the movie's producers for fear of legal action because it sounded so much like the Beatles. In addition to the cover art being a direct homage to With the Beatles, the original pressing was made to look like an early 1960s release, with custom inner sleeve advertising their previous three albums, even down to the way the vinyl was mastered with wide bands of silence between each song.
Track listing
Personnel
Utopia
Todd Rundgren – guitar, vocals Roger Powell – keyboards, harmonica, vocals Kasim Sulton – bass, vocals Willie Wilcox – drums, vocals
Technical
Produced by Todd Rundgren and Utopia Engineered and mixed by Todd Rundgren Assistant engineer – Chris Andersen Album design and production – The Creative Directors, Inc. Art director – John Wagman Cover illustration – Jane Millett Photography – Kenneth Siegel Management – Eric Gardner
Charts Chart (1981) PositionUS Billboard Year-End65
See also The Rutles
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