| Deface the Music | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Utopia |
| Cover: | Deface_The_Music.jpg |
| Released: | September 24, 1980 |
| Studio: | Utopia Sound Studios |
| Genre: | Pop rock |
| Length: | 32:06 |
| Label: | Bearsville |
| Producer: | Todd Rundgren and Utopia |
| Prev Title: | Adventures in Utopia |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | Swing to the Right |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
Deface the Music is the fifth studio album by the band Utopia. The concept of the album was to pay homage to the Beatles and create songs which sounded very similar to the Fab Four's tunes throughout the various stages of their career. Their song "Take It Home", replete with guitar riff, is their homage to "Day Tripper". The first track, "I Just Want to Touch You", was written by Todd Rundgren for the Roadie soundtrack. It was rejected by the movie's producers for fear of legal action because it sounded so much like the Beatles.[1] The original pressing was made to look like an early 1960s Beatles release, with custom inner sleeve advertising their previous three albums even down to the way the vinyl was mastered with wide bands of silence between each song.
| Track | Song | Running time | Sources and notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "I Just Want to Touch You" | 2:00 | "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Little Child" | |
| 2 | "Crystal Ball" | 2:00 | "Can't Buy Me Love", "She's A Woman" | |
| 3 | "Where Does the World Go to Hide" | 1:41 | "A World Without Love", "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" | |
| 4 | "Silly Boy" | 2:20 | "I'm a Loser", "I'll Cry Instead", "Help!" | |
| 5 | "Alone" | 2:10 | "And I Love Her" | |
| 6 | "That's Not Right" | 2:37 | "Eight Days a Week", “Tell Me Why” | |
| 7 | "Take It Home" | 2:53 | "Day Tripper" | |
| 8 | "Hoi Polloi" | 2:33 | "Penny Lane", "Lovely Rita" | |
| 9 | "Life Goes On" | 2:21 | "Eleanor Rigby" | |
| 10 | "Feel Too Good" | 3:04 | "Getting Better", "Fixing a Hole", “I’m Only Sleeping” | |
| 11 | "Always Late" | 2:22 | "Yellow Submarine", "A Day in the Life (middle section)", “Don’t Pass Me By” | |
| 12 | "All Smiles" | 2:27 | "Michelle", "I Will" | |
| 13 | "Everybody Else Is Wrong" | 3:38 | "Strawberry Fields Forever", "I Am the Walrus" |