| Artist |
Todd Rundgren |
| Album Title: |
Todd |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Rock: Psychedelic Rock |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
02/00/1974 |
| Reissue Date |
00/00/1986 |
| Label |
Rhino Records/Bearsville Records |
| Catalog No |
R2CD 71108 |
| Bar Code No |
none |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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How About A Little Fanfare (1:03)
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| 2.
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I Think You Know (3:06)
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| 3.
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The Spark Of Life (6:22)
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| 4.
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An Elpee's Worth Of Tunes (2:09)
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| 5.
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A Dream Goes On Forever (2:21)
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| 6.
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Lord Chancellor's Nightmare Song (3:32)
(Gillbert, Sullivan) |
| 7.
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A Drunken Blue Rooster (3:00)
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| 8.
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The Last Ride (4:48)
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| 9.
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Everybody's Going To Heaven/ King Kong's Reggae (6:38)
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| 10.
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Number One Lowest Common Denominator (5:12)
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| 11.
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Useless Begging (3:41)
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| 12.
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Sidewalk Cafe (2:14)
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| 13.
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Izzat Love (1:53)
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| 14.
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Heavy Metal Kids (4:18)
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| 15.
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In And Out The Chakras We Go (5:47)
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| 16.
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Don't You Ever Learn? (6:06)
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| 17.
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Sons Of 1984 (4:35)
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| Date Acquired |
05/05/1987 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Down In The Valley |
| Purchase Price |
18.00 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry:
Discogs Entry: |
Notes |
Todd Rundgren - Guitar, Arranger, Vocals, Producer, Engineer
Michael Brecker - Horn, Saxophone
Randy Brecker - Trumpet, Horn
Kevin Elliman - Percussion
Kevin Ellman - Drums
Bill Gelber - Bass
Wells Kelly - Drums
Mark "Moogy" Klingman - Piano, Keyboards
Chris Parker - Drums
Peter Ponzol - Sax (Soprano)
Peter Porozel - Saxophone
Barry Rogers - Trombone
Ralph Schuckett - Organ, Bass, Clavinet
John Seigler - Bass
John Siegler - Bass, Cello
Buffalo Gelber - Bass
Alen MacWeeney - Photography
John Miller - Bass
Recorded at Secret Sound Studios. Sons Of 1984 recorded at Womman Rink, Central Park by Bearsville Sound Remote Recording.
©1974 Bearsville Records. Issued under license from Bearsville Records. Manufactured and marketed by Rhino Records Inc.
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Analyzed: Todd Rundgren / Todd
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -1.11 dB -17.13 dB 1:03 01-How About a Little Fanfare?
DR11 -1.29 dB -14.98 dB 3:06 02-I Think You Know
DR11 -0.11 dB -14.80 dB 6:22 03-The Spark of Life
DR11 -3.50 dB -17.50 dB 2:09 04-An Elpee's Worth of Toons
DR12 -1.79 dB -15.65 dB 2:21 05-A Dream Goes on Forever
DR11 -1.46 dB -15.57 dB 3:32 06-Lord Chancellor's Nightmare Song
DR12 -1.28 dB -17.77 dB 3:01 07-Drunken Blue Rooster
DR12 -0.22 dB -15.36 dB 4:49 08-The Last Ride
DR10 0.00 dB -13.68 dB 6:38 09-Everybody's Going To Heaven / King Kong Reggae
DR12 -0.10 dB -15.80 dB 5:13 10-Number 1 Lowest Common Denominator
DR11 -3.82 dB -18.59 dB 3:42 11-Useless Begging
DR13 -0.52 dB -15.55 dB 2:14 12-Sidewalk Cafe
DR12 -0.57 dB -15.00 dB 1:53 13-Izzat Love?
DR10 0.00 dB -13.27 dB 4:19 14-Heavy Metal Kids
DR12 0.00 dB -15.11 dB 5:48 15-In and Out the Chakras We Go
DR10 -2.49 dB -16.14 dB 6:06 16-Don't You Ever Learn?
DR10 -3.63 dB -16.56 dB 4:35 17-Sons of 1984
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Number of tracks: 17
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 825 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Maybe some listeners thought that the sonic trip A Wizard, A True Star was a necessary exercise in indulgence and that Todd Rundgren would return to the sweet pop of Something/Anything? for its follow-up. Not a chance. As it turned out, A Wizard was the launch pad for further dementia, and, depending on your point of view, indulgence. Its follow-up was Todd, an impenetrable double album filled with detours, side roads, collisions and the occasional pop tune. That those pop tunes are among his best may come as little consolation to the lightweight fan who has stumbled upon Todd. Conceptually, A Wizard, A True Star may be the wilder record, but Todd is a more difficult listen, thanks to the layers of guitar solos and blind synth prog tunes, such as "In and Out the Chakras We Go." Large stretches of the album are purely instrumental, foreshadowing the years of synth experiments with Utopia that were just around the corner. The murk subsides every so often, revealing either exquisite ballads ("A Dream Goes on Forever"), blistering rock ("Heavy Metal Kids") or, more murk and dementia (particularly with how Gilbert & Sullivan rear their heads not only on the requisite novelty "An Elpee's Worth of Tunes," but an honest-to-goodness cover of "Lord Chancellor's Nightmare Song"). These are some major additions to his catalog, but the experiments and the excesses are too tedious to make Todd a necessary listen for anyone but the devoted. But for those listeners, the gems make the rough riding worthwhile.
aa note: I think the guy who did this review is a humorless f-wad who misses the point of this album and should be killed.
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