The bottom fell out of Klaatu by this time.

Forced by Capitol into moving to Los Angeles and working with a unknown producer, the three Canadians actually wrote a song called "Sell Out, Sell Out" that summed up their experience.

Even the album title is a pun on how they felt about themselves and their music.

They actually came out of the closet this time, splashing their photos and names on the album insert and advertising a Klaatu fan club, but it didn't help.

Most of the tunes are pretty dismal.

Exceptions are "Hot Box City," a bouncy cameo of L.A.

life, and the coda "All Good Things," which has a sweet, albeit derivative, melody line.

The only song that fully succeeds is a Bread-influenced track called "Knee Deep in Love." Fortunately, the group resurrected themselves for their final effort, Magentalane.

It's no coincidence that they left L.A.

for Canada to do it.