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Todd
Artist:
Todd Rundgren
Format: CD
New: Currently Unavailable New
Used: Currently Unavailable $0.00
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Formats and Editions
1. How About a Little Fanfare?
2. I Think You Know
3. Spark of Life, The
4. Elpee's Worth of Toons, An
5. Dream Goes on Forever, A
6. Lord Chancellor's Nightmare Song
7. Drunken Blue Rooster
8. Last Ride, The
9. Everybody's Going To Heaven / King Kong Reggae
10. Number 1 Lowest Common Denominator
11. Useless Begging
12. Sidewalk Cafe
13. Izzat Love?
14. Heavy Metal Kids
15. In and Out the Chakras We Go (Formerly: Shaft Goes to Outer Spac
16. Don't You Ever Learn?
17. Sons of 1984
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''Todd'' is a double album by Todd Rundgren, released in February 1974. It was an expansion of his experimentation on ''A Wizard, A True Star''. It showed his growing interest in the synthesizer, and its ability to expand the textures of rock music. Much of the album is intensely experimental. However, it is not without its share of pop songs. Todd also tinkers with the synth-heavy progressive sound he would take further with his later band Utopia. First issues of this LP included a lyrics poster that had 10,000 names sent in from fans using the postcard included in ''A Wizard, A True Star''.
Release of the album, originally conceived as but too long for a single disc, was delayed by a vinyl shortage. This was further compounded by reluctance from the record label, Bearsville, to release a new album when his song "Hello It's Me" from ''Something/Anything?'' remained strong on the singles charts.
Other lore from ''Todd'' is the battle with Rundgren over the label's desire to release the song "Izzat Love?" as a single. The artist insisted the song was indicative of a music style he no longer wished to pursue, and won under threat to never record again should the song be released.
"Lord Chancellor's Nightmare" is a cover of a Gilbert & Sullivan song from their 1882 opera "Iolanthe". - Wikipedia
