TODD RUNDGREN - STATE - DOUBLE LP - NEW

Sold Date: May 11, 2018
Start Date: January 17, 2018
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TODD RUNDGREN - STATE - DOUBLE LP - NEW

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Tracklist

A1 Imagination A2 Serious A3 In My Mouth A4 Ping Me A5 Angry Bird B1 Smoke B2 Collide-A-Scope B3 Something From Nothing B4 Party Liquor B5 Sir Reality   “State” is the latest album from Todd Rundgren, having been released earlier this year. It is his first album of original material since “Arena” in 2008, although there have been two albums of “side projects” – “Todd Rundgren’s Johnson” – a blues album and “(re)Production” where Todd plays songs where he was the original producer. Both are fun and entertaining but “State”, I feel, is an album that rivals much of his best work. Played & sung completely by Todd with the exception of vocals from Rachel Hadden on “ “Something From Nothing”, “State” is a fine mix of Todd’s prog and “blue-eyed soul” pasts– top tunes all. I have read that “State” plays better “live” with a band – but sadly I can’t say, as he decided to play London the same day as Bruce Springsteen and I already had tickets for The Boss, but I am very sorry I could not be in two places at once. The opening track “Imagination” is my favourite  - starts a bit like a Terry Riley piece (like The Who’s “Baba O’Riley”) but builds into a great song with a great guitar solo and clever vocals & lyrics. But it really is all good and I would not have thought a song called “Ping Me” could be so emotional but it is. The Todd of “Runt” is in evidence on “Serious” & “Smoke” while his mid-seventies albums are recalled in tracks like “Sir Reality” & “Collide-A-Scope” – There is nothing radically different on “State”  - it is a synthesis of what has gone before. Except “Part Liquor” reminded me of someone – and then I realised it was Lady Gaga. Maybe Todd is implying that “you may be good, young lady but I did it first and I can do it as well as you can” – maybe I am just imagining it, but it’s a very good track. So I can say that “State” is one of the best albums of this year.   WHY NOT CHECK OUT MY EBAY STORE - 

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