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Hope: 25th Anniversary
Klaatu
Hope: 25th Anniversary
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
 
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25th anniversary re-issue. Digitally remastered by the band members. 20 page booklet featuring quotes from the band, rare photos, discography. Original artwork restored and expanded.

     
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All Artists: Klaatu
Title: Hope: 25th Anniversary
Members Wishing: 6
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bullseye Canada
Original Release Date: 1/1/2000
Re-Release Date: 10/30/2002
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
Styles: Psychedelic Rock, Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 805080251126

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Album Description
25th anniversary re-issue. Digitally remastered by the band members. 20 page booklet featuring quotes from the band, rare photos, discography. Original artwork restored and expanded.

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Member CD Reviews

Larry T. (brainburst) from BRONX, NY
Reviewed on 10/10/2010...
Some idiot reviewer claimed that Klaatu was ripping off Queen. Hardly. This is too silly for that. It's basically the soundtrack to an unknown kids sci-fi story. Queen wouldn't get around to that till Flash.
The important thing is that this is just really fun to listen to. Unlike other bands whose pomposity inevitably distracted from their melodicism, Klaatu stuck with poppy tunes. Yes the orchestral arrangements are so over the top, but so what? Fun fun fun. This will bring a smile to your face. Pompous is not always pretentious!
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CD Reviews

It's the message
A. Dudley | Aichi Japan | 02/12/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is all about the message. The madman, The lighthouse keeper. I know it all sounds strange and all that, but listen to the words. It may just give you hope!"
Great Thematic Rock Opera
Mark Lee | Woodruff, UT USA | 04/17/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Okay, it's not *actually* an opera, but this classic alternative rock album from the late '70s is a single story told through some exceptional orchestrated rock. I owned a vinyl LP copy back in the day, wore out a cassette copy, and recently rediscovered the CD.



The story of "Hope" is an analogy to the human experience on earth told through a series of songs about those no-long-existing beings on the planet "second from the sun." One can enjoy the music at several levels; as stand-alone classic alternative rock, excellently produced (a la Alan Parsons Project before they were around), or one can dig deeper and get into the message and clever writing within the thematic message of "Hope."



My favorites include the Politzanian national anthem embedded in "Politzania," "The Loneliest of Creatures," a wonderful space-choral piece, "Around the Universe in 80 Days..." Pretty much the whole thing. I rarely listen to bits of this album and tend to prefer it on long drives when I can enjoy the whole thing."