▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▓▓ ▄██▓▀▀▀ ▄█▓▀▀██▄ ██▓▀▀███▄ ▄█▓▀▀█▓▄ ▄█▓▀▀█▓▄ ▐██▌▀ ▐██▌ ▐█▓▌ ▓▓▒ ▐██▓ ▐██▌ ▐█▓▌▐██▌ ▐██▌ █████▓▓ ███ ███ ▒▒░█████▓ ██▓ ██▓ ██▓ ███ ▄ ██▓ ███ ░░ ▀██▄ ▄▄▄▀ ▀▀▀ ██▓ ██▓ ▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ██▓ ▄▄█ ▄▄▄▄▄█▓█ ███ ██████▄ ███ ▓▓█ ▄▄▄▄▄█▓█ ██▓ █▓█▐███ ▌█▒█ ▀▀ ███ █▓█ ██▓ ▒▒▓ ███ █▒█ ███ █▒█▐███ █░█ ██▄ ███ █▒███████ ░░▒ ▐██ █░█ ██▓ █░█ ▀█████▄█ ███ ███ █░█ ░ ██████▄█ ▀▀███▄█ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▀▀▀ ▀▀███▄█ sK! ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄ ██▓ ▀ ██▓ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄█▓█ █▓█▀████ ▄████████▓██████ ▀▀ ███ █▓█ █▓█ ███ ██▓ █▒█ █▒█ ███▓ ███ ██▓ █▒█ ▄██▀ ██▄ ███ █▒█ █▒█▄▄███ ▌██ █░█ █░█ ██▓ ▄▄▄ █░█ ███ ███ ███ █░█ █░█ ▄▄▄ ██████▄█ █▄█ ▓▌ ███████ █▄█ ██▓ ███ ▀████▄▀ ▀▄██████ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▓▌ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▓ ██▓ ██▓ ▐██▌ ▄▐█▓▌ ██▓ ░ ██▓ ▐██▌ ▄▐█▓▌▐█▓▌ ▄▐██▌ █▓▓ ▀██▄█▓▓▀ █▓▓ ▒ ██▓ ▀█▓▄██▓▀ ▀██▄█▓▓▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▓ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ aUDIO aRCHIVE fORCE 2002 ....................................................................... rELEASE iNFORMATION artist : Utopia album : Adventures in Utopia Remastered tracks : 10 time : 0:42 hours bitrate : 192kbps size : 58MB label : Essential str.date: 00/00/2000 rip.date: 09/29/2002 ripper : Team aAF ........................................................................ aLBUM iNFORMATION Another HOT Release from aAF! Oops! Wrong Planet wrote the blueprint for Utopia Mach II, but the group didn't deliver the polished, radio-ready follow-up Adventures in Utopia until two and a half years later. Granted, leader Todd Rundgren kept busy in the interim, but it was an abnormally long time between records. As it turns out, the wait didn't matter, since Utopia delivered a record that was quintessentially 1980 a shiny, buffed album every bit as pop as The Hermit of Mink Hollow, but considerably less introspective and altogether ready for action. It's a bid for the big seats, and Utopia, surprisingly, achieved their goals, as the record climbed into the Top 40 and spawned a hit single with "Set Me Free," a song sung by Kasim Sulton. That fact alone indicates that Adventures is the closest Utopia had yet come to its band ideal. It's no surprise that Todd Rundgren still dominates the proceedings, but his presence is not omnipresent, which is to the benefit of the album. Like its predecessor, Adventures is consistent but a little bland, but the shiny pop surfaces are more appealing than the arena rock bluster of Oops!, which makes the fact that it has about the same number of memorable songs "You Make Me Crazy," "Second Nature," "Set Me Free," "The Very Last Time" (again, all top-loaded) not quite as noticeable. It keeps things moving as the record is playing, and if the album as a whole isn't entirely memorable, at least the half that does take hold still sounds as if it was state-of-the-art pop-rock for 1980. ........................................................................ tRACK iNFORMATION 01 The Road to Utopia 4:54 02 You Make Me Crazy 3:40 03 Second Nature 2:32 04 Set Me Free 3:08 05 Caravan 6:59 06 Last Of The New Wave Riders 4:19 07 Shot In The Dark 3:40 08 The Very Last Time 3:51 09 Love Alone 3:54 10 Rock Love 5:31 ........................................................................ gROUP mEMBERS Rippers: Umm Yea We Have a few ;) ........................................................................ gROUP gREETS BERC - BOS - DISS - FWYH - LOGOS KSi - EGO - rH - YARD - aPC - AMOK ViC - OZM - WOS - ITS - gF - AMRC ........................................................................ gROUP nEWS We Came into the Scene With a Bang in 2001 with over 3800 Releases of awesome Tunes for the year.We Hope to Carry on The Tradition in 2002.We will be Rockin even harder and faster in 2002 and Remember "It's not the Year that Matters it's the Music" aAF Forever!!! ........................................................................ cONTACT iNFORMATION We're looking for : ...ppl who make tues store pickups of cds on a regular basis... ...ppl who can get promos or pre street rls... ...ppl who have large cd collections... ...ppl with skill and experience who feel they can help us... ...ppl who can supply legal shells or bnc's... ...ppl who can supply hardware... ...siteop's who host 100mbit+ 200 gig+ mixed sites for affils... ...North American siteop's invite the force to pre 2k2 on your site... Come to the force with us ! ........................................................................