POV (album)

POV

Studio album by Utopia

Released

January 1985

Recorded

at Utopia Sound

Genre

Rock, new wave

Length

41:11

Label

Passport

Producer

Todd Rundgren, Willie Wilcox

Utopia chronology

Oblivion
(1984)

POV
(1985)

Trivia
(1986)

Singles from POV

"Mated"
Released: June 1985

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

POV is the ninth and final studio album by the rock group Utopia, released in 1985.^[2] It peaked at #161 on the Billboard 200 charts. Except for live albums and compilations, this is the last album recorded by Utopia. The ambiguous acronym title is given four possible explanations on the back cover of the album, standing variously for "Price of Victory", "Pillar of Virtue", "Point of View" or "Persistence of Vision". The front cover photo depicts the band dressed in quasi-military costumes and looking at a star map, while in the background the giant "Pharaoh" mask (a stage prop from their mid-1970s "RA" tour) can be seen. The album layout also reflects Rundgren's interest in computers and information technology and incorporates elements adapted from the 'window' design used in the Apple Macintosh operating system of the mid-1980s.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Play This Game"	4:12
2.	"Style"	4:14
3.	"Stand for Something"	3:50
4.	"Secret Society"	4:17
5.	"Zen Machine"	4:07
6.	"Mated"	3:56
7.	"Wildlife"	3:36
8.	"Mimi Gets Mad"	3:44
9.	"Mystified"	5:21
10.	"More Light"	3:54
11.	"Man of Action (Not on LP, bonus track on cassette and CD versions)"	3:42
12.	"Fix Your Gaze (Originally from Trivia, bonus track on 2011 reissue)"	4:32
13.	"Monument (Originally from Trivia, bonus track on 2011 reissue)"	5:39

Personnel

Todd Rundgren – Vocals, Guitar
Kasim Sulton – Vocals, Bass guitar
Roger Powell – Vocals, Keyboards
John "Willie" Wilcox – Vocals, Drums

Charts

Album - Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1985	Pop Albums	161

References

↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2011). "POV - Utopia | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
↑ "Utopia (5) - POV (LP) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2009-06-25.

Utopia

Todd Rundgren John Siegler Ralph Schuckett Kevin Ellman Kasim Sulton Jesse Gress Jean Yves "M. Frog" Labat Dave Mason Hunt Sales Tony Fox Sales Mark "Moogy" Klingman Roger Powell John "Willie" Wilcox Doug Howard

Studio albums	Todd Rundgren's Utopia (1974) Ra (1977) Oops! Wrong Planet (1977) Adventures in Utopia (1979) Deface the Music (1980) Swing to the Right (1982) Utopia (1982) Oblivion (1984) P.O.V. (1985)

Live albums	Another Live (1975) Redux '92: Live in Japan (1992)

Compilation albums	Trivia (1986) Oblivion, POV & Some Trivia (1996)

Singles	"Love Is the Answer"

Todd Rundgren

Studio albums	Runt Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren Something/Anything? A Wizard, A True Star Todd Initiation Faithful Hermit of Mink Hollow Healing The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect A Cappella Nearly Human 2nd Wind No World Order The Individualist With a Twist... Up Against It! One Long Year Liars Arena (re)Production State Global

with Utopia	Todd Rundgren's Utopia Another Live RA Oops! Wrong Planet Adventures In Utopia Deface the Music Swing to the Right Utopia Oblivion P.O.V. Redux '92: Live in Japan

Live albums	Another Live Back to the Bars Redux '92: Live in Japan

Singles	"I Saw the Light" "Hello It's Me" "Good Vibrations" "Can We Still Be Friends" "Bang the Drum All Day"

Related articles	Discography Nazz The New Cars Bat Out of Hell Bebe Buell Liv Tyler Steven Tyler Daryl Hall

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