Introduction:
Although primarily a compilation of Utopia tracks from thier 2 Passport albums POV and Oblivion, Trivia contains two extra, previously unreleased, tracks. Although the orginal CD of this album in now scarce (along with POV and Oblivion) the tracks have recently been re-released on the Rhino CD 'POV, Oblivion, and some Trivia'.


Credits:
All songs written by Roger Powell, Todd Rundgren, Kasim Sulton, and Willie Wilcox (except "Feet Don't Fail Me Now" by Utopia and Doug Howard)
Produced by Todd Rundgren and Utopia at Utopia Sound Studios
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound
Photography by Lynn Goldsmith
Layout by Murrey Brenman
Artwork Solid Modeling System by West End Film Thanks to: Chris Andersen and Mary Lou Arnold
Managed by Eric Gardner/Panacea Entertainment Management.


Track Listing:

  1. Fix Your Gaze
  2. Hammer In My Heart
  3. Feet Don't Fail Me Now
  4. Bad Little Actress
  5. Princess Of The Universe
  6. Too Much Water
  7. Crybaby
  8. If I Didn't Try
  9. Style
  10. Mated
  11. Play This Game
  12. Monument


Discography:
LABELCat. NoTracks/TitleFormatCoverCountry
RhinoR2 72287Oblivion, POV, and some triviaCD Re-issueDifferentUSA
PassportPBLP6053triviaLPstandardUSA
PassportPBCD6053TriviaCDstandardUSA
PassportPBCS6053TriviaCasstandardUSA


Lyrics:

Fix Your Gaze

When you hit your note
It's like you had no choice
I can't resist distraction's web
When you use that voice
On a crowded stage
I play soliloquy
I'm at the center of the earth
When you gaze on me

The familiar ring of the native drums
Sometimes I hardly recognize it
Inspiration comes
With the tip of my mind
Holding back the sea
I have no choice but to prevail
When you gaze on me

I've got the ghost of a new machine
Where I can find reality routine
Every time you fix your gaze on me

When you gaze on me
I feel a ring of fire
When you gaze on me
And I lose all desire
Fix your heart on me
I'll show you what I've memorized
Fix your gaze on me
I need to see your eyes [Uh - good God!]

Out in the cold the assassin waits
Armored by love no sword can penetrate
Every time you fix your heart on me
I'm a new machine
Where I can find reality routine
Every time you fix your gaze on me

Monument

I got the message in my mailbox
Nobody goes to church no more
They're closing down your little altar
They've locked the sanctuary door

Don't fight it
Who can say that you didn't try
Don't fight it
Old soldiers never die

Where will I go to leave my offering
To think about how life's so queer
And listen to the little choir
The sermon I don't care to hear

Don't fight it
Who can say that it's not the end
Don't fight it
And if we don't meet again
I know somewhere a monument
Stands in the name of our love
Somewhere are monuments
Standing in the name of our love

I've seen such strange times
Seems like lifetimes
Sometimes good and sometimes bad
And I don't see how it could
Have been much different
Everybody gave the best they had


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Trivia