Todd Rundgren Something/Anything? Double MFSL Gold CD UDCD 2-591

Erscheinungsdatum:  1. Januar 1994 
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL)
Import aus: USA
Format: Audio CD

      Tracks


DISC 1:
1. I Saw The Light
2. It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
3. Wolfman Jack
4. Cold Morning Light
5. It Takes Two To Tango (This Is For The Girls)
6. Sweeter Memories
7. Intro
8. Breathless
9. Night The Carousel Burned Down, The
10. Saving Grace
11. Marlene
12. Song Of The Viking
13. I Went To The Mirror

DISC 2:
1. Black Maria
2. One More Day (No Word)
3. Couldn't I Just Tell You
4. Torch Song
5. Little Red Lights
6. Overture (My Roots) / Money (That's What I Want) / Messin' With The Kid
7. Dust In The Wind
8. Piss Aaron
9. Hello It's Me
10. Some Folks Is Even Whiter Than Me
11. You Left Me Sore
12. S***


Produktbeschreibungen

 
Diese Doppel-LP von 1972 sticht nach wie vor in Rundgrens gesamter Karriere repräsentativ heraus. Für Rundgren, der drei Viertel der Studioarbeit allein bestritt, war dies gleichzeitig seine Doktorarbeit am Musikkonservatorium. Allein schon für die Komposition "I Saw The Light", ein Pop-Juwel und sein größter Hit, dürfte er den Titel verdient haben. Was Rundgren auszeichnet, sind sein beatlesartiger Poprock ("Couldn´t I Just Tell You", "Wolfman Jack"), sowie seine Soulballaden im Philly-Sound ("Hello It´s Me" und "It Wouldn´t Have Made Any Difference"). Auch liebt er Ausflüge in Heavy Metal-Gefilde ("Black Maria"), und streift sogar den Jazz-Fusion-Bereich mit einem Song wie "Breathless". Wie bei den meisten Doppelalben gibt es auch hier einige Hänger, aber insgesamt verschaffte Something/Anything? Todd Rundgren den Ruf eines Klangmagiers. --John Milward

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Wie ein Jongleur spielt Rundgren mit Instrumenten, Reglern, Sounds - was den Melody Maker rätseln ließ: Genie oder Scharlatan? Können und Interessen des Schreibers, Produzenten, Toningenieurs, Sängers und Musikers sind wohl zu vielschichtig für eine klare Linie: Das 72er Doppel bietet in Intro eine Lektion in Studiokunde, perfekte Westcoast-Harmonien à la Beach Boys oder Crosby, Stills & Co., landet über Beatles-Experimente und Hendrix-Rock (Little Red Lights) im muffigen Beat-Keller oder in Motowns Soulpop-Küche. Lecker - nur weder Fisch noch Fleisch.
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Others had recorded one-man albums before Todd Rundgren, most notably Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney, but with Something/Anything? he captured the homemade ambience of McCartney with the visionary feel of Music of My Mind, adding an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music from Gilbert & Sullivan through Jimi Hendrix, plus the crazed zeal of a pioneer. Listening to Something/Anything? is a mind-altering trip in itself, no matter how many shamelessly accessible pop songs are scattered throughout the album, since each side of the double-record is a concept unto itself. The first is "a bouquet of ear-catching melodies"; side two is "the cerebral side"; on side three "the kid gets heavy"; side four is his mock pop operetta, recorded with a full band including the Sales Brothers. It gallops through everything — Carole King tributes ("I Saw the Light"), classic ballads ("Hello It's Me," "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference"), Motown ("Wolfman Jack"), blinding power pop ("Couldn't I Just Tell You"), psychedelic hard rock ("Black Maria"), pure weirdness ("I Went to the Mirror"), blue-eyed soul ("Dust in the Wind"), and scores of brilliant songs that don't fall into any particular style ("Cold Morning Light," "It Takes Two to Tango"). It's an amazing journey that's remarkably unpretentious. Rundgren peppers his writing with self-aware, self-deprecating asides, indulging his bizarre sense of humor with gross-outs ("Piss Aaron") and sheer quirkiness, such as an aural tour of the studio at the beginning of side two. There are a ton of loose ends throughout Something/Anything?, plenty of studio tricks, slight songs (but no filler), snippets of dialogue, and purposely botched beginnings, but all these throwaways simply add context — they're what makes the album into a kaleidoscopic odyssey through the mind of an insanely gifted pop music obsessive.

Condition: VG: VERY GOOD  

"Item Condition" notes:

NM: NEAR MINT   CD & LP Just about in perfect condition.

E:  EXCELLENT   CD & LP Near perfect, may show very light signs of use & maybe one very light scratch.

VG: VERY GOOD   CD & LP  CD has some very minor wear (several very light scratches or marks). If insert, may have dimple marks or very light wrinkles/folds,

G:  GOOD        CD & LP  Some to very heavier wear or tear (some to very scratches throughout the CD), still plays perfectly. If insert, may have some wrinkles, folds, ripples, tears or multiple case. If  case has cracked or is broken.

Demo-Copy:      CD & LP = Promo - not for sale - particularly rare!!