popular music: Todd Rundgren

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Todd Rundgren

Todd Rundgren

Rhino / Wea, 1990

Sometimes I Don't Know What To Feel
This is a far out and trippy album and features what would be the first touring Utopia lineup. This album reminds me sort of prog rock crossed with glam rock in a sort of T-Rex kind of way with a Las Vegas stage show thrown in. Far out and totally Todd, No one has ever ...

2nd Wind (Original Recording Remastered)

Todd Rundgren

Friday Music, 2008

2nd Wind gets a 2nd wind
First of all, I don't notice any new liner notes written by Todd as Amazon describes although Joe Reagoso does write a brief blurb as well as doing the remastering. I'm also not sure that this album has really been out of print for nearly 20 years. I bought mine when ...

Todd

Todd Rundgren

Rhino / Wea, 1991

our dreams are magic
with his two previous albums todd had done 'pop'("something/anything") and psychedelic brainstorm ("a wizard, a true star"). for me the 'todd' album beats those as he achieves a mixture of both styles but with a depth that showed what they call 'artistic maturity.' ...

Remote Control

Todd Rundgren

American Beat, 2007

The Television Tubes.
"You make me so excited and you make me so lame You're just a tube full of gas and a box full of tin But you show me your charms and I want to jump in Oh if only your chassis was covered with skin 'Cause TV you're my everything."--"T.V. is King." The San ...

Runt

Todd Rundgren

Rhino / Wea, 1990

One of my all time favorites
This is Todd's first solo album and it's still one of my favorites. Todd was working as a recording engineer at the then new Record Plant in New York and part of the deal was that he received free studio time and he ended up making this album.Originally released on ...

The Definitive Rock Collection

Todd Rundgren

Rhino / Wea, 2006

This is THE Todd Rundgren collection to get
Todd Rundgren's music career has been a difficult one to digest. He's a very talented songwriter, but he also loves to dabble in the latest technology. So, as a result, he releases a great album and then follows it with some half-baked piece of experimentalism. ...

Hermit of Mink Hollow

Todd Rundgren

Rhino / Wea, 1990

Pop doesn't get better than this
If I could own only one of Todd's solo works (wouldn't that be tragic) this would be it. This breathtaking album highlights what Todd does best... sing and write great songs. He is my favorite vocalist because you can empathize with him and his passion, depth, and tone ...

The Very Best of Todd Rundgren

Todd Rundgren

Rhino / Wea, 1997

A trip into time
I remember hearing alot of these songs on the radio while growing up, but never could remember any names that belonged to it. Then recently I heard my favorite song on a classic rock station. Once the DJ announced it as "Bang The Drum All Day", I was all over it. I ...

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

Rhino / Wea, 1990

Todd Paints the Sistine Chapel of Power Pop.
Something/Anything? is to Todd Rundgren what Abbey Road is to the Beatles or what Dark Side Of The Moon is to Pink Floyd. The 1972 album is his magnum opus of 3-minute pop songs and blue-eyed soul, including the hit singles "I Saw The Light," "Couldn't I Just Tell ...

Arena

Todd Rundgren

Hi Fi Recordings, 2008

Great Songs Period
Let's start with how people listen to music. In the car, in the front room, etc. I would only review a CD after repeated listenings with good headphones and as a long time Todd listener I love this CD. It may take a sec to get used to the sound, you might think a ...

Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren

Todd Rundgren

Rhino/Wea UK, 1990

Todd: a master of styles
Todd Rundgren dispalys a superb mastery of styles on this his second solo lp. The overall feel of this music not dissimilar to Carole Kings's tapestry with the beatles thrown in. Rundgren moves effortlessly from pop to soul ballards and country rock and he is also ...

Nearly Human

Todd Rundgren

Warner Bros / Wea, 1989

The best from a songwriting genius.
This is easily Todd's best album in the 80's (though it came out in '89), and certainly the 90's. It is my favorite, though 'Something/Anything' is certainly not far behind. I read a review of 'Nearly Human' when it came out, in either Spin or Rolling Stone, that was ...

Initiation

Todd Rundgren

Rhino / Wea, 1990

Fair Warning
This is one of my all time favorite Todd albums. There isn't a bad song on here and it's unfortunate that at it's release was widely panned. The album also lasts 67 and 1/2 minutes which in the days of lps was quite long. Side one features six songs played mostly with ...

Healing

Todd Rundgren

Rhino / Wea, 1990

Remarkable!
I bought this album in 1981. I was 15, and "Healing" was one of the very first albums I bought with my own money. That's how crazy I am! And I liked it then, just as I like it now. No matter how many times I hear it, I am still taken by surprise due to its uniqueness ...

Faithful

Todd Rundgren

Rhino / Wea, 1990

Brilliant on MANY levels!
Rundgren was on a roll like no other Rocker throughout the entire 70's! While he is still, in my opinion, very relevent in 21st Century music, Something/Anything, Wizard, Todd, Faithful and Hermit (his solo recordings circa 1972/1978)ALL are Five Star records! The ...