Magentalane

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Magentalane
Magentalane cover
Studio album by Klaatu
Released October 1981
Recorded 1981
Genre Progressive Rock
Label Daffodil Records (Canada)
Producer Klaatu
Klaatu chronology
"Endangered Species"
(1980)		 Magentalane
(1981)		 Klaasic Klaatu
(1982)

Magentalane was the fifth and final album of new material by the Canadian Progressive Rock group Klaatu. (This was also their last album cover painted by Ted Jones.) After the un-Klaatuness of the previous album, Magentalane marked a "return to roots"; in other words, back to the style of their first album, 3:47 EST.

The album was not released in the U.S. since Capitol Records had dropped the band following the failure of Endangered Species. Although the band signed with Canada's division of Capitol, it was only released in Canada as a result (though it was also released eventually in Mexico).

The album never saw the light of day in the U.S. until 1995, when Permanent Press Records released it on CD. In 2007, it was rereleased by Bullseye Records.

The album contained a grim message in the very end; the mouse sqeak from Klaatu's first album was present here, followed by the sound of a springing mousetrap (insinuating that, according to John Woloschuk, Klaatu was now gone). However, if one listens very closely, there is the sound of a mouse running away. Now, that could suggest that either the band/mouse survived or was mortally wounded. (This was also said by Woloschuk.)

Thankfully it seemed the "mouse" only spent some time recuperating, as Klaatu re-united for an acoustic performance in 2005 during the announcement of the Sun Set album.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "A Million Miles Away" (Woloschuk)
  2. "The Love Of A Woman" (Woloschuk)
  3. "Blue Smoke" (Woloschuk/Tome)
  4. "I Don't Wanna Go Home" (Woloschuk)
  5. "December Dream" (Woloschuk/Draper)
  6. "Magentalane" (Woloschuk/Tome)
  7. "At The End Of The Rainbow" (Long)
  8. "Mrs. Toad's Cookies" (Woloschuk/Tome)
  9. "Maybe I'll Move To Mars" (Long)
  10. "Magentalane (It Feels So Good)" (Woloschuk/Tome)

(The album ends with the sound of a mouse squeaking and a mousetrap, followed by the sound of something running away.)