I like Klaatu a lot and yes they had a very Beatlesque sound and approach. The production on their first two albums perhaps even set a new bar at the time in terms of musical ambition and even results for their genre of music.
They also had a knack for writing catchy lightweight pop-friendly tunes, which extended even to their later albums. The song "Hope" from that album, though a bit more substanntive lyrically than many of their pop tunes, is one example of Klaatu at their best.
I agree also that their stuff is highly underrated, largely as a result of the fact that their first album was rumored to be the Beatles.
People listened and heard enough to hang on to that "hope". Then when it became clear they were not, the band was doomed from there on despite the actual merits of their work which is certainly very capable of standing on its own.
Also, there was so much production applied to their first two albums and the soundscapes so ambitious that they sound crappy on all but very good systems, on which you discover that they were actually extremely good.
Audiphiles that are into that kind of pop/rock/prog music should definitely give Klaatu a listen.
I'd love to hear a properly done digital remaster of these albums some day.
They also had a knack for writing catchy lightweight pop-friendly tunes, which extended even to their later albums. The song "Hope" from that album, though a bit more substanntive lyrically than many of their pop tunes, is one example of Klaatu at their best.
I agree also that their stuff is highly underrated, largely as a result of the fact that their first album was rumored to be the Beatles.
People listened and heard enough to hang on to that "hope". Then when it became clear they were not, the band was doomed from there on despite the actual merits of their work which is certainly very capable of standing on its own.
Also, there was so much production applied to their first two albums and the soundscapes so ambitious that they sound crappy on all but very good systems, on which you discover that they were actually extremely good.
Audiphiles that are into that kind of pop/rock/prog music should definitely give Klaatu a listen.
I'd love to hear a properly done digital remaster of these albums some day.