Originally issued in 1981,
Klaatu's fifth and final album,
Magentalane, is highlighted by the elegiac ballad "December Dream," an homage to the recently slain
John Lennon that eerily mirrors the fallen
Beatle's own late-period work. Even with the mystery of their identities long ago solved,
Klaatu still recalls the Fab Four with remarkable accuracy: "I Don't Wanna Go Home" conjures vintage
McCartney, while "Mrs. Toad's Cookies" is like a
Yellow Submarine track left on the cutting room floor. "A Million Miles Away" and "The Love of a Woman," on the other hand, bring to mind
Electric Light Orchestra -- inspiration once removed.