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Ra was the Egyptian god of the sun as worshipped by Akhnaten. Your prog-rock warning bell should be going off right now, but if you're expecting some Emerson Lake and Palmer meets Spinal Tap travesty, rest easy. RA is definitely one of the most progressive albums by Todd Rundgren and Utopia, but it's also a surprisingly tuneful, meaty album not really that far removed from Rundgren's earlier pop records.
Utopia's new, slimmed-down lineup of Rundgren, Roger Powell, Kasim Sultan, and Willie Wilcox (a lineup that would remain intact for a decade) is a musically tight but never boringly meticulous unit. Tunes like "Overture" and "Sunburst Finish" feature tricky fusion-oriented soloing, but they also have some absolutely rapturous Byrds-like harmonies. The 18-minute fairy-tale suite "Singring and the Glass Guitar" sounds like Rundgren's homage to Brian Wilson's "Mount Vernon and Fairway," and "Magic Dragon Theatre" also recalls the Beach Boys' most lysergic work.
Recorded at Bearsville Sound Studio, Bearsville, New York and Utopia Sound, Lake Hill, New York.
Utopia: Todd Rundgren (vocals, guitar, piano, saxophone); Roger Powell (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Kasim Sulton (vocals, bass); John "Willie" Wilcox (vocals, drums, percussion).
Ra Music | List Price | $11.94 (You save $2.85) | | Category | Rock Albums, Rock/Pop CDs, Hard Rock, Art Rock | | Label | Rhino | | Orig Year | 1977 | | All Time Sales Rank |  9161  | | CD Universe Part number | 1117290 | | Catalog number | 70869 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 25, 1990 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Todd Rundgren | | Engineer | John Holbrook | | Recording Time | 53 minutes |
Utopia Ra Songs | 1. | Overture: Mountaintop And Sunrise / Communion With The Sun |
| 2. | Magic Dragon Theatre |
| 3. | Jealousy |
| 4. | Eternal Love |
| 5. | Sunburst Finish |
| 6. | Hiroshima |
| 7. | Singring and the Glass Guitar (An Electrified Fairytale) |
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Purchase Ra CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Todd Rundgren Hermit Of Mink Hollow CD (1978)
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Considered by many of Todd Rundgren's old-school fans to be his last truly "great" album--though the ones ...
| | Todd Rundgren Something/Anything? CDs (1972)
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Classics like the enormous hit "I Saw the Light" and the power-pop mainstay "Couldn't I Just Tell You" abound, alongside odder tracks like the homage "Wolfman Jack" and "Song of the Viking." Side four is a loose studio jam with a small army of pals, featuring the magnificent "Hello It's Me" alongside much goofier material like "Some Folks Is Even Whiter Than Me." Rundgren would often succumb to his indulgent tendencies in some of his later '70s efforts, yet SOMETHING/ANYTHING? perfectly balances his unique sense of experimentation with his impeccable grasp of song and production craft. Though he made many ...
| | Todd Rundgren Todd CD (1974)
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Keyboards dominate the arrangements, with Rundgren, longtime cohort Mark "Moogy" Klingman, and session-man Ralph Schuckett all contributing piano, organ, and vintage '70s-style clavinet. The songs themselves are quirkier and more exploratory than earlier efforts, with the progressive and fusion influences that would dominate Rundgren's forthcoming band Utopia rearing their heads. Yet, at its best, TODD ...
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| | Nice Five Bridges Suite CD (1970)
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Mid-price reissue of 4th album by Keith Emerson's pre-Emerson, Lake & Palmer band, originally released in 1970, features 13 tracks including 5 bonus tracks, 'The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack', 'Flower King Of Flies', 'Bonnie K', 'Diary Of An Empty Day', & 'America'. Virgin. 1990.
Five Bridges is a delectable representation of early-'70s progressive rock. It's makeup contains all of the elements needed to complete a solid prog album: a heavy intermingling of synthesizer and electric guitar, strong punctuation of both bass and drums, a central concept, and ...
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| | Jeff Healey Cover To Cover CD (1995)
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"Shapes Of Things" was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
Jeff Healey's collection of cover songs is fitfully entertaining, but his choice of material is predictable and when he does take a chance, such as on Stealer's Wheel's "Stuck in the Middle with You," he spends too much time trying to make it fit into his trademark stomping blues-rock style. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
One likes the covers concept espoused by blues-rockers The Jeff Healey Band in a kind of backhanded way: as much as one admires the chops displayed by Toronto's blind guitarist whiz-kid, the group's songwriting is somewhat lyric-challenged. Cover to Cover works to circumvent the combo's main limitations. The disc kicks off in grand style with a dramatic, original instrumental reading of The Yardbird's "Shapes of Things." A pair of Hendrix numbers ("Freedom," "Angel") chalks up to unfortunate ...
| | Abby Jenne Band Random Road CD (2004)
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In the snowy deep north a band was born. In the ski-bars and locals taverns a sound was created. In the pitch-black of sub-zero nights a voice was heard. And the people rejoiced! Random Road is the synergistic efforts of the top vocalist and many of the top musicians in Vermont. It includes the lead guitar stylings of Bart Feller, who has travelled the world for the last 15 years playing in various bands. His influences are Nashville based, but his versatility is especially highlighted on this album. ...
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