ADVENTURES IN UTOPIA

This is my favorite Utopia release. Lots of cool, high school memories go along with this album. The highlights are "The Road to Utopia" and "Caravan" which are 2 of the best numbers in the Utopia catalog. These are accessible to all, and still hold some "proggy' values. The only poor song for me here is "Second Nature' which could have easily been on a Todd solo poppy album. Everything else is good with notable being (besides the above mentioned), "Love Alone" and "Rock Love". The last is cheesy but I can't help loving it. This is not a perfect album, but Utopia really never made one, in my mind, but this is close. It's a far cry from their first album but it is still an epic effort. This is an example of how good "pop" music can be. 4 stars.