Editing Klaatu (band) (section)

==Musical style==
Klaatu has variously been described by critics and journalists as [[progressive rock]],<ref name=JRA>{{cite book|title=Us and Them: Canada, Canadians and The Beatles|first=John|last=Robert Arnone|date=2021|page=179|publisher=FriesenPress|isbn=9781039115729|quote=Klaatu's progressive rock sound was definitely Beatle-esque in a post-Revolver kind of way}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Havers |first=Richard |date=October 8, 2020 |title=When The Carpenters Met Prog Rock |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/carpenters-meet-prog/ |website=[[UDiscoverMusic]]}}</ref> [[psychedelic pop]],<ref name="pitchfork">{{Cite web |date=March 14, 2018 |title=6 Pitchfork Staffers on the Best Albums They Found Based on the Cover Art |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/6-pitchfork-staffers-on-the-best-albums-they-found-based-on-the-cover-art/ |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> [[pop rock]],<ref name=allmusic /> [[space rock]]<ref>{{Cite book |title=Strange History |publisher=Portable Press |year=2016}}</ref> and [[progressive pop]].<ref name="Shindig"/>

The band's combination of [[pop music|pop]] and progressive/[[art rock]] has often been compared to [[the Beatles]], the guitar-rock of [[Queen (band)|Queen]], the electronic music of [[Wendy Carlos]], the light pop sound of [[10cc]], and the orchestrated ballads of [[the Moody Blues]] and [[Electric Light Orchestra]].<ref name="allmusic">{{Cite web |title=Klaatu/Hope - Klaatu - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/klaatu-hope-mw0000199578 |access-date=October 16, 2017 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref><ref name=Billboard>{{cite magazine|title=Billboard's Top Album Picks — Pop|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1977/Billboard%201977-09-24.pdf#page=90|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|location=[[United States]]|publisher= |date=September 24, 1977|access-date=March 3, 2022|via=World Radio History}}</ref> British music magazine ''Shindig!'' praised the band's "otherworldly brand of progressive pop".<ref name="Shindig">{{Cite web |title=Shindig! - Issue 35 / from Piccadilly Records |url=https://www.piccadillyrecords.com/counter/product.php?pid=93072 |access-date=April 20, 2017 |website=Piccadillyrecords.com |language=en}}</ref>