| Hope | ||||
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| Released | September 1977 | |||
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| Length | 40:53 (including hidden track) | |||
| Label | Daffodil, Capitol | |||
| Producer | Terry Brown | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1][2] (Klaatu/Hope two-in-one) |
| Classic Rock | [3] |
Hope is the second album by the Canadian rock band Klaatu and their first concept album. Released in September 1977, it won a Juno Award for "Best Engineered Album" and a Canadian Music Critics award for "Best Album" that same year. The album follows the loose concept of space travelers visiting a distant planet.[4]
An alternate version of Hope was released in 2005 as part of the group's Sun Set collection of rarities. The alternate version on Sun Set includes the complete contributions of the London Symphony Orchestra, which had largely been removed from the version released in 1977. The alternate version also includes a short unreleased track, "Epilogue," which had originally been intended to be placed between "So Said the Lighthouse Keeper" and "Hope."
Hope was remastered and re-issued in 2012 by the band's members, and was released on the band's independent record label Klaatunes.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
allmusic2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Dave Sleger (1992-01-06). "Klaatu/Hope - Klaatu | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
- ^ "Klaatu: Hope album review". Loudersound. 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Billboard's Top Album Picks — Pop" (PDF). Billboard. United States. September 24, 1977. Retrieved March 3, 2022 – via World Radio History.