KLAATU : ENDANGERED SPECIES

1. I Can't Help It
2. Knee Deep In Love
3. Paranoia
4. Howl At The Moon
5. Set The World On Fire
6. Hot Box City
7. Dog Star
8. Sell Out, Sell Out
9. All Good Things

Label : Capitol Records

Release Date : 1980

Length : 33:35

Review (AllMusic) : The bottom fell out of Klaatu by this time. Forced by Capitol into moving to Los Angeles and working with a unknown producer, the three Canadians actually wrote a song called "Sell Out, Sell Out" that summed up their experience. Even the album title is a pun on how they felt about themselves and their music. They actually came out of the closet this time, splashing their photos and names on the album insert and advertising a Klaatu fan club, but it didn't help. Most of the tunes are pretty dismal. Exceptions are "Hot Box City," a bouncy cameo of L.A. life, and the coda "All Good Things," which has a sweet, albeit derivative, melody line. The only song that fully succeeds is a Bread-influenced track called "Knee Deep in Love." Fortunately, the group resurrected themselves for their final effort, Magentalane. It's no coincidence that they left L.A. for Canada to do it.