Utopia (album)

Utopia is Gary Hoey's forthcoming album, set to be released in the summer of 2010.
== Overview ==
Utopia, like the previous album American Made, is another mostly-vocals album. It feautures nine vocal tracks among its twelve songs. The three instrumentals appear at the beginning (title track) and end of the album. It is Hoey's first since Get A Grip to not feature at least one cover song.
The album is the first released under Hoey's own Wazoo Music Group label. It was released on August 24th, 2010 exclusively to Hoey's official site. The first 500 copies sold will be autographed by Hoey. Every order of the CD also came with a free mp3 download of the album. At first, mp3 downloads were available, with physical copies expected to ship around September 20th.
The album was more or less completed by early 2009, when "Only Human" was released as a free mp3 to promote the upcoming release. however, due to various issues - mainly in getting his label off the ground - Hoey was forced to hold off on releasing the album for over a year. He claims that doing so is one of the best decisions that he ever made, and that it will positively affect his career moving forward.
== Alternate versions ==
According to an interview with Flashback's Record Rack, Hoey is considering releasing an all-instrumental version of the album, with melody lines played on guitar replacing the vocal tracks, as well as a 'Hoey-oke' version, with his lead guitar tracks removed, for guitarists to jam along to. Also, there were several outtakes from the album that Hoey may release as digital downloads at his official site.
== Gary sez ==
I’ve always been famous for doing remakes and different cover songs, but this album is one hundred percent me. - from HippoPress interview
== Track listing ==
# "Utopia" 3:31
# "Walk Away" 3:05
# "Reminds Me Of You" 3:42
# "Inevitable" 3:13
# "Something's Going On" 4:42
# "Only Human" 3:41
# "You're Killing Me" 3:40
# "Barn Burner" 3:15
# "If I Knew Then" 4:43
# "Simplify" 4:56
# "Big Cactus" 3:18
# "Bonzai Island" 2:34
== Personnel ==
* Gary Hoey - guitar, vocals
* Erik Kondziolka - bass
* Matt Scurfield - drums
==See also ==
* Gary Hoey's Discography
== External links ==
* Flashback's Record Rack interview