Utopia is the fifth studio album by industrial metal band Gothminister, released on 17 May 2013 on the label AFM Records. It is their first album following the signing with AFM in December 2012.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Bjørn Alexander Brem.
Reception
The album got a mixed review by Ulf Kubanke for the website laut.de while Eric May of the New Noise Magazine gave it a rather positive review.
The game, taking place in the future, on a new planet, is open-ended.
It is the player's task to colonize the new planet, manage the colony and raise the quality of life for the citizen in order to reach utopia.
Initially the player has a few colonists with a lot to do. The player needs to build everything from scratch. Building takes time and free colonists, in addition to money. Buildings under construction are depicted by scaffold.
However certain buildings require personnel (hospitals, labs, mines, factories, shipyards ...) and therefore the player has to engage in population management. The player also has to micromanage features such as tax rate, birth rate and trade.
Utopia (Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia) is a work of fiction and political philosophy by Thomas More (1478–1535) published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. Many aspects of More's description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries.
Title
The title De optimo rei publicae deque nova insula Utopia literally translates, "Of a republic's best state and of the new island Utopia". It is variously rendered On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia, Concerning the Highest State of the Republic and the New Island Utopia, On the Best State of a Commonwealth and on the New Island of Utopia, Concerning the Best Condition of the Commonwealth and the New Island of Utopia, On the Best Kind of a Republic and About the New Island of Utopia, About the Best State of a Commonwealth and the New Island of Utopia, etc. The original name was even longer: Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia. This translates, "A truly golden little book, no less beneficial than entertaining, of a republic's best state and of the new island Utopia".
TODD RUNDGREN - UTOPIA - RA DELUXE EDITION
ORIGINALLY RELEASED 1-29-1977 AS BEARSVILLE/WARNER BROS.
VINYL - BR 6965
CASSETTE - BEA M5 6965
8 TRACK - BEA M8 6965
SINGLES RELEASED WERE:
COMMUNION WITH THE SUN (Edit) B/W SUNBURST FINISH (Edit)
THIS DELUXE EDITION INCLUDES 2 ACETATE REFERENCE DISC DEMOS OF COMMUNION WITH THE SUN AND SUNBURST FINISH
0:00 COMMUNION WITH THE SUN
6:54 MAGIC DRAGON THEATRE
10:22 JEALOUSY
15:05 ETERNAL LOVE
19:55 SUNBURST FINISH
27:24 HIROSHIMA
34:40 SINGRING AND THE GLASS GUITAR(An Electrified Fairy Tale)
53:03 COMMUNION WITH THE SUN (ACETATE REFERENCE DEMO)
1:00:26 SUNBURST FINISH (ACETATE REFERENCE DEMO)
published: 22 Jun 2013
Todd Rundgren's Utopia RA - Singring Live with Pyramid Climb and solos
Pyramid climb starts at 8:00 min
Ra, Utopia, Singring and the Glass guitar, Todd, Rundgren
published: 22 Jun 2013
Utopia - Ra tour Live in Germany 1977
Enjoy this old vhs concert footage from Utopia.. I don't own the rights I only want to support my favourite Artist.
published: 05 Jul 2018
Utopia - Singring And The Glass Guitar (An Electrified Fairytale) (1977)
Full length track, taken from the album "RA" of Todd Rundgren's Utopia. Originally released in 1977.
Singring And The Glass Guitar (An Electrified Fairytale) LYRICS:
This is an electrified fairy tale. if you've never heard of an electrified
Fairy tale, just picture little fairies with wee tiny electric guitars.
Once upon a time
I said show me to the water
Quick before I change my mind
I go down to the river and bravely the rapids I row
Over the falls to the bottomless pool
And it's down to the bottom I go
Only one has the courage to dive into the river and brave the bottomless pool
In search of the first key.
Let the four winds blow icy breath before me
Storms will never keep me from the gla*s guitar
Hurricanes may scream, I will never feel it
'til I find the key that leads me to th...
published: 13 Feb 2012
Hiroshima
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Hiroshima · Utopia
RA
℗ 1977 Bearsville Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed by Rhino Records Inc.
Writer: Roger Powell
Writer: Todd Rundgren
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published: 06 Nov 2014
TODD RUNDGREN UTOPIA RA RADIO SPOT
2 RADIO SPOTS FOR THE UTOPIA ALBUM RA. ROGER POWELL DOES THE VOICEOVER FOR THIS ONE.
published: 23 Sep 2009
TODD RUNDGREN UTOPIA SUNBURST FINISH DEMO
RARE DEMO OF THE UTOPIA SONG SUNBURST FINISH RECORDED IN MID 1976 AT UTOPIA SOUND IN LAKE HILL, NY
published: 16 Mar 2008
Utopia - Hiroshima Redux Live in Japan
Excerpt taken from Redux live in Japan DVD. Song original appeared on the 1977 Ra album. I don't own the rights I only want to support my favourite Artist. Buy his Stuff!
TODD RUNDGREN - UTOPIA - RA DELUXE EDITION
ORIGINALLY RELEASED 1-29-1977 AS BEARSVILLE/WARNER BROS.
VINYL - BR 6965
CASSETTE - BEA M5 6965
8 TRACK - BEA M8 6965...
TODD RUNDGREN - UTOPIA - RA DELUXE EDITION
ORIGINALLY RELEASED 1-29-1977 AS BEARSVILLE/WARNER BROS.
VINYL - BR 6965
CASSETTE - BEA M5 6965
8 TRACK - BEA M8 6965
SINGLES RELEASED WERE:
COMMUNION WITH THE SUN (Edit) B/W SUNBURST FINISH (Edit)
THIS DELUXE EDITION INCLUDES 2 ACETATE REFERENCE DISC DEMOS OF COMMUNION WITH THE SUN AND SUNBURST FINISH
0:00 COMMUNION WITH THE SUN
6:54 MAGIC DRAGON THEATRE
10:22 JEALOUSY
15:05 ETERNAL LOVE
19:55 SUNBURST FINISH
27:24 HIROSHIMA
34:40 SINGRING AND THE GLASS GUITAR(An Electrified Fairy Tale)
53:03 COMMUNION WITH THE SUN (ACETATE REFERENCE DEMO)
1:00:26 SUNBURST FINISH (ACETATE REFERENCE DEMO)
TODD RUNDGREN - UTOPIA - RA DELUXE EDITION
ORIGINALLY RELEASED 1-29-1977 AS BEARSVILLE/WARNER BROS.
VINYL - BR 6965
CASSETTE - BEA M5 6965
8 TRACK - BEA M8 6965
SINGLES RELEASED WERE:
COMMUNION WITH THE SUN (Edit) B/W SUNBURST FINISH (Edit)
THIS DELUXE EDITION INCLUDES 2 ACETATE REFERENCE DISC DEMOS OF COMMUNION WITH THE SUN AND SUNBURST FINISH
0:00 COMMUNION WITH THE SUN
6:54 MAGIC DRAGON THEATRE
10:22 JEALOUSY
15:05 ETERNAL LOVE
19:55 SUNBURST FINISH
27:24 HIROSHIMA
34:40 SINGRING AND THE GLASS GUITAR(An Electrified Fairy Tale)
53:03 COMMUNION WITH THE SUN (ACETATE REFERENCE DEMO)
1:00:26 SUNBURST FINISH (ACETATE REFERENCE DEMO)
Full length track, taken from the album "RA" of Todd Rundgren's Utopia. Originally released in 1977.
Singring And The Glass Guitar (An Electrified Fairytale)...
Full length track, taken from the album "RA" of Todd Rundgren's Utopia. Originally released in 1977.
Singring And The Glass Guitar (An Electrified Fairytale) LYRICS:
This is an electrified fairy tale. if you've never heard of an electrified
Fairy tale, just picture little fairies with wee tiny electric guitars.
Once upon a time
I said show me to the water
Quick before I change my mind
I go down to the river and bravely the rapids I row
Over the falls to the bottomless pool
And it's down to the bottom I go
Only one has the courage to dive into the river and brave the bottomless pool
In search of the first key.
Let the four winds blow icy breath before me
Storms will never keep me from the gla*s guitar
Hurricanes may scream, I will never feel it
'til I find the key that leads me to the gla*s guitar
Only one has the courage to wander the desert [alone] and brave the eternal
Winds in search of the second key
Fire can never burn me
Flames can not catch me - faster am i
Blazes never faze me
Barefoot I walk hot coals for a mile
My sword is tempered, my loins are girded in steel
Make my way to the heart of the forest of flames
And if I do my best and don't stop to rest
I may pa*s the test and capture the key that opens the chest
Only one has the courage to make his way into the forest of flames and brave
The fire-breathing dragon in search of the third key.
I will climb the face of the highest mountain
Whilst singring calls crying from the gla*s guitar
Though the earth may shake let the planet tremble
Steady will I struggle onward to the gla*s guitar
Only one has the courage to climb to the top of the highest mountain in search
Of the fourth key.
Having scaled the mountain and finding no key, the climber begins chopping
Madly at the ground with his pickax, causing the mountain to split in two,
Revealing the last key.
Now in possession of all four keys, the brave adventurers march triumphantly
Into the valley of silence to open the chest, smash the gla*s guitar, and free
The spirit of harmony.
Full length track, taken from the album "RA" of Todd Rundgren's Utopia. Originally released in 1977.
Singring And The Glass Guitar (An Electrified Fairytale) LYRICS:
This is an electrified fairy tale. if you've never heard of an electrified
Fairy tale, just picture little fairies with wee tiny electric guitars.
Once upon a time
I said show me to the water
Quick before I change my mind
I go down to the river and bravely the rapids I row
Over the falls to the bottomless pool
And it's down to the bottom I go
Only one has the courage to dive into the river and brave the bottomless pool
In search of the first key.
Let the four winds blow icy breath before me
Storms will never keep me from the gla*s guitar
Hurricanes may scream, I will never feel it
'til I find the key that leads me to the gla*s guitar
Only one has the courage to wander the desert [alone] and brave the eternal
Winds in search of the second key
Fire can never burn me
Flames can not catch me - faster am i
Blazes never faze me
Barefoot I walk hot coals for a mile
My sword is tempered, my loins are girded in steel
Make my way to the heart of the forest of flames
And if I do my best and don't stop to rest
I may pa*s the test and capture the key that opens the chest
Only one has the courage to make his way into the forest of flames and brave
The fire-breathing dragon in search of the third key.
I will climb the face of the highest mountain
Whilst singring calls crying from the gla*s guitar
Though the earth may shake let the planet tremble
Steady will I struggle onward to the gla*s guitar
Only one has the courage to climb to the top of the highest mountain in search
Of the fourth key.
Having scaled the mountain and finding no key, the climber begins chopping
Madly at the ground with his pickax, causing the mountain to split in two,
Revealing the last key.
Now in possession of all four keys, the brave adventurers march triumphantly
Into the valley of silence to open the chest, smash the gla*s guitar, and free
The spirit of harmony.
Provided to YouTube by Rhino
Hiroshima · Utopia
RA
℗ 1977 Bearsville Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed by Rhino Records Inc.
Writer: Roger Powell
Write...
Provided to YouTube by Rhino
Hiroshima · Utopia
RA
℗ 1977 Bearsville Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed by Rhino Records Inc.
Writer: Roger Powell
Writer: Todd Rundgren
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Rhino
Hiroshima · Utopia
RA
℗ 1977 Bearsville Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed by Rhino Records Inc.
Writer: Roger Powell
Writer: Todd Rundgren
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Excerpt taken from Redux live in Japan DVD. Song original appeared on the 1977 Ra album. I don't own the rights I only want to support my favourite Artist. Buy ...
Excerpt taken from Redux live in Japan DVD. Song original appeared on the 1977 Ra album. I don't own the rights I only want to support my favourite Artist. Buy his Stuff!
Excerpt taken from Redux live in Japan DVD. Song original appeared on the 1977 Ra album. I don't own the rights I only want to support my favourite Artist. Buy his Stuff!
TODD RUNDGREN - UTOPIA - RA DELUXE EDITION
ORIGINALLY RELEASED 1-29-1977 AS BEARSVILLE/WARNER BROS.
VINYL - BR 6965
CASSETTE - BEA M5 6965
8 TRACK - BEA M8 6965
SINGLES RELEASED WERE:
COMMUNION WITH THE SUN (Edit) B/W SUNBURST FINISH (Edit)
THIS DELUXE EDITION INCLUDES 2 ACETATE REFERENCE DISC DEMOS OF COMMUNION WITH THE SUN AND SUNBURST FINISH
0:00 COMMUNION WITH THE SUN
6:54 MAGIC DRAGON THEATRE
10:22 JEALOUSY
15:05 ETERNAL LOVE
19:55 SUNBURST FINISH
27:24 HIROSHIMA
34:40 SINGRING AND THE GLASS GUITAR(An Electrified Fairy Tale)
53:03 COMMUNION WITH THE SUN (ACETATE REFERENCE DEMO)
1:00:26 SUNBURST FINISH (ACETATE REFERENCE DEMO)
Full length track, taken from the album "RA" of Todd Rundgren's Utopia. Originally released in 1977.
Singring And The Glass Guitar (An Electrified Fairytale) LYRICS:
This is an electrified fairy tale. if you've never heard of an electrified
Fairy tale, just picture little fairies with wee tiny electric guitars.
Once upon a time
I said show me to the water
Quick before I change my mind
I go down to the river and bravely the rapids I row
Over the falls to the bottomless pool
And it's down to the bottom I go
Only one has the courage to dive into the river and brave the bottomless pool
In search of the first key.
Let the four winds blow icy breath before me
Storms will never keep me from the gla*s guitar
Hurricanes may scream, I will never feel it
'til I find the key that leads me to the gla*s guitar
Only one has the courage to wander the desert [alone] and brave the eternal
Winds in search of the second key
Fire can never burn me
Flames can not catch me - faster am i
Blazes never faze me
Barefoot I walk hot coals for a mile
My sword is tempered, my loins are girded in steel
Make my way to the heart of the forest of flames
And if I do my best and don't stop to rest
I may pa*s the test and capture the key that opens the chest
Only one has the courage to make his way into the forest of flames and brave
The fire-breathing dragon in search of the third key.
I will climb the face of the highest mountain
Whilst singring calls crying from the gla*s guitar
Though the earth may shake let the planet tremble
Steady will I struggle onward to the gla*s guitar
Only one has the courage to climb to the top of the highest mountain in search
Of the fourth key.
Having scaled the mountain and finding no key, the climber begins chopping
Madly at the ground with his pickax, causing the mountain to split in two,
Revealing the last key.
Now in possession of all four keys, the brave adventurers march triumphantly
Into the valley of silence to open the chest, smash the gla*s guitar, and free
The spirit of harmony.
Provided to YouTube by Rhino
Hiroshima · Utopia
RA
℗ 1977 Bearsville Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed by Rhino Records Inc.
Writer: Roger Powell
Writer: Todd Rundgren
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Excerpt taken from Redux live in Japan DVD. Song original appeared on the 1977 Ra album. I don't own the rights I only want to support my favourite Artist. Buy his Stuff!
Utopia is the fifth studio album by industrial metal band Gothminister, released on 17 May 2013 on the label AFM Records. It is their first album following the signing with AFM in December 2012.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Bjørn Alexander Brem.
Reception
The album got a mixed review by Ulf Kubanke for the website laut.de while Eric May of the New Noise Magazine gave it a rather positive review.
When your life gets too lonely It might help to feel me in your heart I remember you happy, but thought it Unfair that we are apart And it's gonna be all right 'cause everlasting love Will get us through the night There's a new day that's dawning It brings with it skies so blue and clear I can't offer you blue skies I've only got love, eternal love Soon it's gonna be all right And the day will come When we live as one Drifting through time on an ocean of eternal love Sailing through space on an ocean of eternal love Doesn't love have a meaning To put that in words would be so hard Just remember the feeling of love in a song That's a love for real And it's gonna be all right 'cause everlasting love Will get us through the night
Photo... If Born This Way was about learning to love yourself, ARTPOP imagined the Gaga-ified utopia we could live in. “Venus” opens by quoting Sun Ra, the iconic jazz Afrofuturist, then blasts off through the solar system in search of sexual liberation.
On occasion, this has led to some questionable choices – for instance, the stage set for the tour of Ra, the 1977 album by Utopia, cost $250,000 and included a 6.7m-high pyramid and a golden sphinx.