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Hope, released in September 1977, is the second album by the Canadian progressive rock group Klaatu. It is a concept album, recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, about the sole survivor of an arrogant race of beings, who warns space travellers of hazards in the last days of his life.

Many fans and critics consider Hope to be the most creative of the Klaatu albums.


The album marks a departure from Klaatu's usual Beatlesque psychedelic rock sound heard on the other albums in their catalog, and instead is often dominated by complex orchestral sequences and arrangements, resulting in a more traditional symphonic/progressive rock album.

It won a Juno Award for "Best Engineered Album" and a Canadian Music Critics award for "Best Album" in 1977.

An alternate version of Hope was released in 2005 as part of the group's Sun Set collection of rarities. The alternate version on Sun Set included the complete contributions of the London Symphony Orchestra, which had largely been removed from the version released in 1977. The alternate version also includes a short unreleased track, "Epilogue," which had originally been intended to be placed between "So Said the Lighthouse Keeper" and "Hope."


01  We're Off You Know
02  Madman
03  Around the Universe in 80 Days
04  Long Live Politzania
05  The Loneliest of Creatures
06  (Prelude)
07  So Said the Lighthouse Keeper
08  Hope