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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 still comes across as a pop album, with soulful gems like "I Think You Know" and snarling rockers like "Heavy Metal Kids" predominating. Listeners looking for more ear-pleasing pop on the order of SOMETHING/ANYTHING? may be surprised by the musical tangents here, but fans of early '70s prog and experimental pop will find much to appreciate.
1974's TODD was a departure for Todd Rundgren. After a series of one-man-band albums highlighted by the classic SOMETHING/ANYTHING?, he'd allowed a few other musicians onto this effort's immediate predecessor, A WIZARD A TRUE STAR. TODD goes one step further here by incorporating a full band, and the difference between this and Rundgren's streamlined, early records is startling. The songs are lushly orchestrated, with a full Philly-soul-styled horn section led by the legendary Brecker brothers on several tracks. The double-album length gave Rundgren the license he needed to stretch out compositionally and instrumentally.
Personnel: Todd Rundgren (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Michael Brecker (saxophone); Peter Porozel (soprano saxophone); Randy Brecker (trumpet); Barry Rogers (trombone); Mark "Moogy" Klingman (grand piano, electric piano, organ, keyboards); Ralph Schuckett (Clavinet, organ); John Miller , Bill Gelber (bass instrument); Wells Kelly, Kevin Ellman (drums); First United Church Of The Cosmic Smorgasbord (background vocals).
Todd Music | List Price | $8.96 (You save $1.37) | | Category | Rock Albums, Rock/Pop CDs, Singer/Songwriter, Art Rock | | Label | Rhino | | Orig Year | 1974 | | All Time Sales Rank |  9244  | | CD Universe Part number | 1117451 | | Catalog number | 71108 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jul 01, 1991 | | Studio/Live | Mixed | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Todd Rundgren | | Engineer | Todd Rundgren | | Recording Time | 66 minutes | | Personnel | Todd Rundgren - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Barry Rogers - trombone
Ralph Schuckett - Clavinet, organ
Mark "Moogy" Klingman - grand piano, electric piano, organ, keyboards
Wells Kelly
John Miller
John Miller
John Miller
Kevin Ellman - drums
"Buffalo" Bill Gelber - bass instrument
First United Church Of The Cosmic Smorgasbord - background vocals
Peter Porozel - soprano saxophone
Also: Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker |
Todd Music Review Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews The Man!
The 1st Utopia is my favorite still BUT I named my 1st child after him, if that tells you anything...
Submitted by capn_bill1 (West Tn.)
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 the cd album
the todd cd album
hello! I'm vince louie zamt
but is favorite album is
initiation, oops!wrong planet,
a wizard a true star and
back to the bars
but really is my favorite album
Submitted by VINCE LOUIE ZAMT (las vegas, nevada, USA)
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my favourite album ever
completely idiosyncratic and utterly brilliant - the saying was "todd is god" - with this MUSIC he comes close, like beethoven and brahms (both of whom are also worth a play or two!)
Submitted by michael.w.barker (London, UK)
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“Hello It’s Me” was still a hit on the radio when this second double album was released by the rainbow haired pop genius. It had a full band arrangement on it, unlike the previous albums which were essentially one man band efforts. I sold my hawkbill knife to my best friend, who had just gotten his restricted license, and we went to the record store so I could buy this album. I think this album is better than Something/Anything. Song such as “Izzat Love” “I Think You Know”, the hilarious hard rock of “Heavy Metal Kids”, and the bluesy Hendrix- like “Lowest Common Denominator”. And you gotta love the crazy genius who recorded one song live in New York and LA, and has the LA audience singing in the left speaker and the NY crowd coming out of the right speaker!
Submitted by Ed Campbell (Prater's Creek, SC)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Underated and Underappreciated
Like the preceding Todd Rudbgren album, "AWATS", "Todd" is perenially cast in the pop shadow of "Something/Anything". While "TODD" is not as much of a head trip as AWATS, the resulting songs were more "progressive" pop, with lost of synth, guitar and layered Todd vocals. Songs such as the Hendrix inspired "No.1 Lowest Common Denominator", "Dream Goes On Forever", "Izzat Love", "I Think You Know", "The Last Ride" & "Heavy Metal Kids" are the obvious pop gems, while the majority of the remaining tracks are indulgent Todd beauties such as the Gilbert & Sullivan inspired tracks "Elpee Worth Of Tunes" and "Lord Chancellor's Nightmare Song". Overall, one of Todd's best recordings along with "S/A" and "AWATS", for these three discs are the ones truely worth owning.
Submitted by DGC (Toronto, ON, Canada)
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Purchase Todd CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Todd Rundgren Runt CD (1970)
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Todd Rundgren's first solo album after the breakup of his '60s band the Nazz originally didn't even feature his name on the cover; despite Rundgren being the only person pictured on the sleeve, it was treated as the self-titled debut of the "band" Runt. (This also explains the confusing title of the second Runt/Rundgren album, RUNT: THE BALLAD OF TODD RUNDGREN.)
RUNT contains at least two spectacular songs, the soulful piano-rock hit "We Gotta Get You a Woman" and the snide pop-rocker "I'm in the Clique," along with the choogling opener "Broke Down and Busted"--featuring members of the Band, who shared management with Rundgren--and the first of the extended pop-soul medleys that would become a recurring theme in Rundgren's career. Though perhaps not as impressive as later masterpieces like SOMETHING/ANYTHING? and A WIZARD A TRUE STAR, RUNT is an unpretentious gem.
Recorded at I.D. Sound Studio in Los Angeles, California and the Record Plant, New York, New York.
Personnel: Todd Rundgren (vocals, various instruments); Don Lee Van Winkle (guitar); Mark Klingman (piano); Tony Sales (bass, percussion); Rick Danko, John Miller, Don Ferris (bass); Hunt Sales (drums, percussion); Levon Helm, Bobby Moses, Mickey Brook (drums).
| | Todd Rundgren Wizard, A True Star CD (1973)
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A WIZARD, A TRUE STAR is not the most humble album title ever, and the album fits it. In the tradition of sprawling pop messes like the Beatles' WHITE ALBUM or Game Theory's LOLITA NATION, a large part of this album's considerable charm is in its "throw it against the wall and see what sticks" construction.
After three albums with Philadelphia's psych-pop Nazz and an equal number of exquisitely crafted AM-pop solo records, Rundgren felt the need to stretch. So side one of A WIZARD, A TRUE STAR consists of 12 ultra-brief song fragments and burbling synth solos. From the giggly "Rock and Roll Pussy" to the genuinely experimental finale "La Feel Internationale," variety is the watchword. Side two is only slightly more structured, with a 10-minute medley of '60s R&B hits dominating. Weird but often fascinating.
Digitally remastered by Bill Inglot and Ken Perry (K-Disc).
Principally recorded at Secret Sound, New York.
Personnel includes: Todd Rundgren, Mark Klingman, John Siegler, Ralph Shockett, Tom Cosgrove, "Buffalo" Bill Gelber.
| | Todd Rundgren Initiation CD (1975)
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The other half of the album contains a pair of Rundgren's trademark pop-soul gems, "Real Man" and the title track; the SMILE-era Beach Boys homage "Eastern Intrigue," which foreshadows the genre exercises of Rundgren's next album, FAITHFUL; and an odd layered-vocals experiment called "Born to Synthesize." INITIATION is the first taste of the restless stylistic exploration that dominates the rest of Rundgren's career.
INITIATION took a lot of notice when it was first released in 1975, because of its technical oddity: at 68 minutes, it was and remains the longest single-disc-vinyl pop album ever, longer than some two-LP sets. Over half of that length is taken up by the 36-minute exploration "A Treatise on Cosmic Fire." Bookended by pyrotechnic guitar solos, most of the piece consists of a lengthy synthesizer solo that actually sounds like a lot of the electronica acts that appeared two decades later.
Personnel: Todd Rundgren (vocals, guitar, sitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion); Rick Derringer (guitar, bass); Bob Rose (guitar); Dave Sanborn, Edgar Winter (saxophone); Roger Powell (nose flute, synthesizer); Moogy Klingman (organ); Ralph Schuckett (clavinet); John Siegler, Dan Hartman (bass); Kevin Ellman, John Wilcox, Roy Markowitz, Bernard Purdie, Rick Marotta, Chris Parker, Barry Lazarowitz (drums); Barbara Burton, Lee Pastora (percussion).
| | Todd Rundgren Faithful CD (1976)
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The second half of this set is made up of Rundgren originals in the style of the preceding batch of covers. (Think of the Rutles, though this pre-dates that loving parody.) Rundgren and the members of his fusion-oriented side project Utopia pull the feat off beautifully. The covers are perfect, and the originals include two of his best tunes, "The Verb 'To Love'" and "Love of the Common Man." Falling for this set depends on whether one thinks this conceit is worthwhile.
The first half of FAITHFUL consists of dead-on, note-perfect recreations of six classic '60s pop tunes: the Yardbirds' freakout "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago," the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations," the Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Rain," Bob Dylan's "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)," and Jimi Hendrix's dreamy "If Six Was Nine."
Personnel: Todd Rundgren (vocals, guitar); Roger Powell (keyboards, synthesizer); John Siegler (bass); John Wilcox (drums, percussion).
| | Utopia Ra CD (1977)
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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).
| | 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 that follow have more than their share of goodies for the attentive listener--1978's HERMIT OF MINK HOLLOW does contain some of his last pure pop tunes in the vein of such previous hits as "I Saw the Light." The heartbreaking "Can We Still Be Friends" was his last Top-40 hit. Besides that gem, the album contains some of his most wide-ranging material, from the silly, sound-effects-laden but utterly delightful "Onomatopoeia" to the dark, foreboding "Bag Lady," which includes a then-current reference to New York's notorious Son of Sam serial killer that provoked small controversy. Elsewhere, the hard-charging "You Cried Wolf" is one of his most effective rockers. While not as perfect as SOMETHING/ANYTHING? or as peculiar as A WIZARD, A TRUE STAR, HERMIT OF MINK HOLLOW is one of Todd Rundgren's best pop albums.
Solo performer: Todd Rundgren (vocals, various instruments).
| | Forbidden Zone Oingo Boingo Forbidden Zone CD (1980) Original Soundtrack
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Movies don't get more out there than the 1980 cult classic Forbidden Zone (which starred the late Herve Villechaize of Fantasy Island fame), so it shouldn't come as much of a shock that the motion picture soundtrack by Danny Elfman is in the same peculiar vein. While the music was performed by Elfman's band at the time, Oingo Boingo, it was all composed by Elfman himself. While some of the music can be compared to '90s experimental rockers Mr. Bungle (Elfman must have been an obvious influence for them), most of it is so off the wall that it's incomparable to anyone else. The anthemic lead-off title track is the soundtrack's undeniable highlight, while the rest of the songs alternate widely between genres. Styles include originals that sound straight out of the '40s ("Some of These Days," "Yiddishe Charleston," "Bim Bam Boom"), warped children's songs ("Alphabet Song"), chants ("Flash and Gramps") and short synthesized instrumentals ("Chamber Music," "Journey Through the Intestines," "Factory"). Weird but brilliant stuff. ~ Greg Prato
All music written by Danny Elfman.
Composer: Danny Elfman.
Personnel: Danny Elfman (vocals); R. Yossele Elfman, Marie Pascale Elfman, Miguelito Valdés, Richard Elfman, Susan Tyrrell, Cab Calloway (vocals); Steve Bartek (guitar); Carol Emmanuel (harp); Sam Phipps, Leon Schneiderman (flute, reeds); Dale Turner (trumpet); Brad Kay, Stuart Elster (piano); John Hernandez, Johnny Hernandez (drums, percussion).
Audio Remasterer: Brad Kay.
Liner Note Author: Danny Elfman.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo; Loren Paul Caplin; Oingo Boingo; Robert Townson.
Arranger: Steve Bartek.
Danny Elfman
| | Exotic Beatles, PT. 3 CD (1999) (Import) United Kingdom
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This third volume of the EXOTIC BEATLES series presents another round of quirky Fab Four covers.
The Beatles didn't simply inspire the teens of suburban America to pick up guitars and form garage bands; they also inspired musicians as far away from Liverpool as Lebanon, Laos, or Lithuania. The third volume in the Exotic Beatles series is yet more unimpeachable proof of the Fab Four's global reach, assembling 20 recordings that span the farthest reaches of the musical spectrum. What sets apart this disc from its predecessors is the inclusion of spoken word reflections from the Beatles' contemporaries (Allen Ginsberg), lovers (Yoko Ono), and acolytes (Oasis' Noel Gallagher) that contextualize the band's enduring relevance, even if this crazy quilt of covers is as delightfully irrelevant as you can get. Contributors this time out include organist and BBC Radio personality Ena Baga ("World Without Love"), Hollywood arranger Marty Gold ("Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite"), Japanese pop trio Shang Shang Typhoon ("Let It Be"), and rhumba masters los Fernandos ("Yellow Submarine"). And even if some of the more out-there tracks are more interesting in principle than in practice, it's still better than your average Paul McCartney solo record. ~ Jason Ankeny
2009 release, the third part of Exotica's Beatles trilogy, features many more classic Beatles songs interpreted in eccentric, but truly endearing ways. Including; Arthur Mullard's cockney take on 'Yesterday', a nursery rhyme version of 'I Am The Walrus', Frank Sidebottom's 'Flying' and 'Let It Be' in a hillbilly style! The disc also includes interludes and introductions from The Beatles themselves as well as characters such as Noel Gallagher, Rolf Harris and Homer Simpson! The Exotic Beatles series are recognized as the most well researched and thorough Beatle related cover albums and are firm favorites with the media and fans.
Audio Mixer: Pete.
Photographer: Victor Napolski.
| | Right Said Fred For Sale CD (2006) (Import) Enhanced CD; Import
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2005 enhanced album from your favorite band! The Fairbrass brothers. Their 6th album and the follow up to 2002's Stand Up.
| | Doo Wop 45S On CD, Vol. 4 CD (2002) Remastered
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Doo Wop 45s on CD, Vol. 4 is a single disc containing 25 tracks that dig a little deeper into the genre and haven't been burned out from years of over-exposure. While a few well-known chart-toppers are included ("Tonight Tonight," "When You Dance," and "Fountain of Love"), it's a treat to have access to songs by the Avalons, the Superiors, the Scarlets, and the Bosstones that received regional attention but never achieved the national success initially hoped for. These tracks have been remastered from the original tapes, providing superior sound and giving the Doo Wop 45s on CD series that extra edge over similar compilations. ~ Al Campbell
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
| | Sailor Live In Berlin CD (2002)
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It's titled Live in Berlin, but according to a small note in the booklet, "this album was recorded at various European concerts including Berlin in late 1995." It's a reunion version of the band, and one that's missing key member Georg Kajanus from the lineup. So it's really an extraneous souvenir for diehards, even if the sound quality is good and the performances reasonably spirited and accomplished. Their big mid-'70s British hits "Girls Girls Girls" and "A Glass of Champagne" are here, of course (as is their much smaller hit "One Drink Too Many"), with some less expected things like "Mack the Knife," a "La Bamba Medley," and a "Ghostbusters Medley" thrown in. The tone of much of the material reflects frivolous romps of the jet set through drink and casual affairs, though it's hardly going to make anyone forget Bryan Ferry. ~ Richie Unterberger
Their first ever 'live' greatest hits album. 16 tracks recorded in Berlin, Germany during 1995. Includes 12-page booklet with photos from band member's personal archives. 2002.
Recorded live in 1995.
| | Scanner + Dessy: Play Along CD (2005) Import
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Photographer: Philippe Franck.
Personnel: Vincent Goyer, Dominica Eyckmans (viola); Jean-Paul Dessy, Sigrid Van Den Bogaerde (cello); Robin Rimbaud (electronics).
Recording information: Studio Igloo, Brussels, Belgium.
| | Xlr8faster Com XLR8 CD (2007) (Import)
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| | Paul Temple & Der Fall Jonathan Paul Temple & Der Fall Jonathan CD (2005) (Import)
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| | Ahmed El-Motassem Legal Fiction CD (2006)
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'Legal Fiction'is Ahmed El-Motassem's third CD output. Prior to that he recorded two CD's for Tellus, a New York City based multi-media corporation. Ahmed also produced tracks on compilation CD's by veteran guitarist/composer Elliott Sharp (State of the Union & Revenge of the Stuttering child). Born in Egypt, Ahmed moved to New York City as a teenager in the Eighties, and has since shared the same stage, as singer-songwriter as well as actor-performance artist, with artists varying from Lydia Lunch and Sonic Youth, to Hassan Hakmoun and Marc Ribot. The songs on this CD have the sound of a Brechtian-Mid-Eastern-rock-opera, with sharp zany psychopolitical lyrics vocalized through Iggy Pop-like vocal chords, and accompanied by the dedicated musicianship of saxophonist-composer Michael Attias, drummer Igal Foni, both Israel-born French-American citizens, as well as Evan Gallagher, a saint, on keyboards, piano and bass.
| | Louis Mazetier Tributes, Portraits And Other Stories CD (2008)
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In the 21st century there are relatively few active pianists who specialize in stride piano, though French pianist Louis Mazetier, a radiologist whose ability to tour has been limited, is one of the top stride stylists in Europe. Prior to this record date, he had recorded a pair of releases for Stomp Off and a duo date with stride master Dick Hyman, but he's solo for this outing. He romps through James P. Johnson's "You've Got to Be Modernistic" and displays a bit of Art Tatum-like flourishes in his treatment of "Tea for Two," though his stride-oriented interpretation of the latter piece is at a far more relaxed tempo. It's also great to hear a forgotten gem like the lyrical "Sneakaway" by stride great Willie "The Lion" Smith. There are plenty of standards, including an upbeat stride setting of "Just You, Just Me" that suggests the late Ralph Sutton's influence, along with a dreamy "Skylark" that glistens. Mazetier's originals are memorable, too. "Simply the Blues" is a relaxed, subtle tribute to Tatum that conveys Tatum's blues chops in a reserved manner. "Portrait of a Portraitist" is a playful salute to Duke Ellington in the mold of the bandleader's tribute to Willie "The Lion" Smith. Mazetier's four-part "Significant Ladies Suite" is a diverse, entertaining affair. ~ Ken Dryden
Personnel: Louis Mazetier (piano).
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