Endangered Species (Klaatu album)

1980 studio album by Klaatu

Endangered Species is the fourth and penultimate album by the Canadian rock band Klaatu, released in 1980.

Reception

The album was a commercial and critical failure. As a result, the band was dropped shortly afterwards by Capitol, though Capitol's Canadian division picked up the band and released their final album Magentalane in Canada only.

AllMusic described Endangered Species as a "downright ghastly pop-rock affair",^[2] and deemed its songs "dismal".^[1]

Track listing

Side 1

Side 2

Personnel

Klaatu

• Dee Long – vocals, guitar solo on "Sell Out, Sell Out"
• John Woloschuk – vocals, bass, keyboard, guitar
• Terry Draper – vocals

Additional musicians

• Chris Bond – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ARP Avatar synth guitar, backing vocals^[3][4]
• Leland Sklar – bass guitar^[3]
• Ed Greene – drums^[3]
• Jeff Porcaro – drums^[3][4]
• Gary Coleman – percussion^[3][4]
• Bobbye Hall – percussion^[3][4]
• Tom Hensley – keyboards^[3][4]
• Clarence McDonald – keyboards^[3][4]
• Richard Kerr – keyboards^[3][4]
• Tom Scott – saxophone and solo on "Hot Box City"^[3]
• Ernie Watts – sax^[3][4]
• Jim Horn – sax^[4]
• Chuck Findley – trumpet^[3][4]
• Sir Rupert Perry – spoken vocals on "Sell Out, Sell Out"^[3]

Charts

References

1. "Endangered Species - Klaatu - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
2. "Klaatu/Hope - Klaatu - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
3. "890. Klaatu - Leland Sklar talks about Endangered Species". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
4. "1980 Klaatu – Endangered Species". www.sessiondays.com. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
5. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0218b". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 25, 2024.