Sir Army Suit

Klaatu | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 1, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 1978
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bullseye Canada
• ASIN: B0000TAPG0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #327,430 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Routine Day

2. Juicy Luicy

3. Everybody Took a Holiday

4. Older

5. Dear Christine

6. Mister Manson

7. Tokeymore Field

8. Perpetual Motion Machine

9. Chérie

10. Silly Boys

Editorial Reviews

The Beatles-like pop-rock outfit's 1978 album features 10 tracks. Bullseye. 2003.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an overlooked gem..., March 13, 2005

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timework (Safety Harbor, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sir Army Suit (Audio CD)

This album is a very good 70's pop album start to finish, there's not a bad song on it. One of my all time favorite 'lesser known' songs is the track 'Older'. Take a chance on it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, October 23, 2007

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Dave Verachuck (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sir Army Suit (Audio CD)

For me, possibly their best album. Maybe I'm prejudiced because it was the first Klaatu I heard. "A Routine Day" is classic from beginning to end. "Dear Christine" is sort of a historical love song. "Mister Manson" takes shots at Charlie and at Timothy Leary. "Cherie" is a lovely string-quartet-and-harpsichord waltz. "Silly Boys" takes a song from their first album and plays the tape backwards (vocals and all), which results in a new song with truly bizarre lyrics ("Hark and enamour me/May I survive?/Ah Sir Army Suit/You're psychic").

Overall, very melodic, with some great harmonies, and well played, with some Beatlesque (of course!) moments.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars klaatu officially rules, January 29, 2010

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B. E Jackson (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sir Army Suit (Audio CD)

Sorry but I have to remain completely confused, shocked and sickened that Sir Army Suit is -for some amazingly bizarre reason- not considered a masterpiece and even to this day is going by completely unnoticed by just about everyone. An extreme shame.

Klaatu proves that the third time is once again *another* charm.

Sir Army Suit is one cool album. By "cool" I mean songs like "Older" and "Mister Manson" are the kind of songs kids in todays world would instantly love and appreciate. They both feature insanely catchy vocal melodies, and the latter even reminds me of late 70's Blue Oyster Cult such as "Godzilla". These two songs not only hold up really well through repeated listens, but they sound just as fresh and energetic as they did back in the late 70's. Not to mention they spark a return to Klaatu's original roots such as resembling a song like "True Life Hero".

These two particular songs also arguably sound completely melodic (like most of the album for that matter) and if you include the previous two Klaatu albums, you have a grand total of three diverse and *highly* creative pop albums.

All three albums in a row would make one heck of a purchase for a pop fanatic (or a Beatles fan) so I suggest all the people out there who have a passion for creative and melodic pop music to go right ahead and buy the first three Klaatu albums. You won't regret it.

"Everybody Took a Holiday" is quite possibly the most melodic song I've ever head, and immediate Beatles connections are almost guaranteed. It's THAT good. "A Routine Day" reminds me of either Revolver-period Beatles or classic 10cc. Not sure which. This particular song proves that Klaatu can deliver with lyrically-meaningful creativity as well as giving us an instantly enjoyable vocal melody.

"Tokeymore Field" reminds me of "Penny Lane" quite a bit, and perhaps even BETTER than the Beatles classic since it hasn't ever been played anywhere over the years, like FM radio stations for example (which, as we know by now, ignorantly chose to focus on the aspect that Klaatu was a wannabe Beatles band which is certainly debatable).

I personally believe Klaatu were simply fans of the Beatles and wanted to attempt continuing with more of the same kind of extremely diverse pop music. Unfortunately most people prefer screaming "This is not the Beatles! Get it out of here!" What a freakin' shame.

Anyway, "Dear Christine" is a beautiful ballad, "Perpetual Motion Machine" sounds like the late 60's psychedelic years of the Moody Blues never left, "Cherie" is a very British-influenced ballad with shades of Paul McCartney in the vocals, and "Silly Boys" is a REALLY catchy Alan Parsons Project-like pop song with robotic vocals and lots of dreamy instrumental creativity appearing in the middle and very end of the track.

Every song on Siry Army Suit stands apart from the other ones, thanks to more creative ideas than you can shake a stick at. Klaatu could very well be the most underrated band of the late 70's. Instead of dwelling on the fact they aren't the Beatles, just embrace them for what they are- the second best pop band ever.