Oops! Wrong Planet

Oops! Wrong Planet is the third studio album by American rock band Utopia. It delivers a markedly trimmed down, pop-oriented, and somewhat cynical direction for the band following the perniciously optimistic and progressively influenced previous album, Ra.

Oops! Wrong Planet
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1977
Recordedat Utopia Sound
GenreArt rock, pop rock, progressive rock
Length45:22
LabelBearsville
ProducerTodd Rundgren
Utopia chronology
Ra
(1977)
Oops! Wrong Planet
(1977)
Adventures in Utopia
(1979)
Singles from Oops! Wrong Planet
  1. "Love Is the Answer"
    Released: October 14, 1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Oops! peaked at #77 on the Billboard album chart in 1977.[2]

"Love is the Answer" later became a hit for England Dan & John Ford Coley, charting #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary list in 1979.[3]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Trapped"Todd RundgrenSulton, Rundgren3:06
2."Windows"Roger PowellPowell4:17
3."Love in Action"RundgrenRundgren3:26
4."Crazy Lady Blue"Rundgren, John WilcoxWilcox3:37
5."Back on the Street"RundgrenSulton4:09
6."The Marriage of Heaven and Hell"Powell, Rundgren, Kasim SultonRundgren, Sulton4:33
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
7."The Martyr"Rundgren, SultonSulton3:48
8."Abandon City"Powell, RundgrenPowell3:49
9."Gangrene"Rundgren, WilcoxWilcox3:36
10."My Angel"Powell, RundgrenSulton, Rundgren3:40
11."Rape of the Young"RundgrenRundgren3:11
12."Love Is the Answer"RundgrenRundgren4:10

Personnel

Charts

Album - Billboard

Year Chart Position
1977 Pop Albums 73

References

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