Something/Anything?

Something/Anything?
Something/Anything?
Studio album by Todd Rundgren
Released February 1972
Recorded Late 1971, Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, NY
Genre Pop rock, power pop
Length 86:15
Label Bearsville
Producer Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren chronology
Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren
(1971)
Something/Anything?
(1972)
A Wizard, a True Star
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 5/5 stars [1]
Robert Christgau (A-)[2]

Something/Anything?, released in 1972, is Todd Rundgren's third solo album. It peaked at #29 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold three years after its release,[3] and remains the singer-songwriter's best-selling album. In 2003, the album was ranked number 173 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[4]

Contents

History

"Hello It's Me", recorded earlier by Nazz and featured on side four of the record, reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 the following year.

Rundgren played every instrument (as well as sang every vocal) on the first three sides of the double LP, while a band accompanies him on the fourth.

In the liner notes, the first side of the album is described as "a bouquet of ear-catching melodies", the second as "the cerebral side", the third as "The kid gets heavy", and the fourth is titled "Baby Needs a New Pair of Snakeskin Boots (A Pop Operetta)".

The first five thousand issues of the LP were pressed on colored vinyl — the first half of the album on red vinyl, the second on blue.

The song "Couldn't I Just Tell You" has had a major influence on artists in the power pop musical genre, with music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine of the All Music Guide calling it one of "the great songs that provided power pop with its foundation".[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Todd Rundgren except as indicated.

Side one

  1. "I Saw the Light" – 2:56
  2. "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference" – 3:50
  3. "Wolfman Jack" – 2:54
  4. "Cold Morning Light" – 3:55
  5. "It Takes Two to Tango (This Is for the Girls)" – 2:41
  6. "Sweeter Memories" – 3:36

Side two

  1. "Intro" – 1:11
  2. "Breathless" – 3:15
  3. "The Night the Carousel Burnt Down" – 4:29
  4. "Saving Grace" – 4:12
  5. "Marlene" – 3:54
  6. "Song of the Viking" – 2:35
  7. "I Went to the Mirror" – 4:05

Side three

  1. "Black Maria" – 5:20
  2. "One More Day (No Word)" – 3:43
  3. "Couldn't I Just Tell You" – 3:34
  4. "Torch Song" – 2:52
  5. "Little Red Lights" – 4:53

Side four

  1. "Overture—My Roots: Money (That's What I Want) / Messin' With The Kid" (Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy, Mel London) – 2:29[6]
  2. "Dust in the Wind" (Mark Klingman, Rundgren) – 3:49
  3. "Piss Aaron" – 3:26
  4. "Hello It's Me" – 4:42
  5. "Some Folks Is Even Whiter Than Me" – 3:56
  6. "You Left Me Sore" – 3:13
  7. "Slut" – 4:03

Personnel

Additional personnel (side four only)

On track 1

Remaining tracks

^Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, and Barry Rogers are mislabeled as having played on track 3. Track 3 ("Piss Aaron") in fact contains no saxophone or brass parts, while track 4 ("Hello, It's Me") does.[7][8]

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1974 Billboard Pop Albums 29

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1972 "Couldn't I Just Tell You" Billboard Pop Singles 93
1972 "I Saw the Light" Billboard Pop Singles 16
1973 "Hello It's Me" Billboard Pop Singles 5

Certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAA – US Gold February 26, 1975

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2011 [last update]). "Something/Anything? - Todd Rundgren | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r17091. Retrieved 8 July 2011. 
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (2011 [last update]). "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 1593". robertchristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist2.php?id=1593. Retrieved 8 July 2011. 
  3. ^ "Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?". Superseventies.com. http://www.superseventies.com/rundgrentodd2.html. Retrieved 2011-08-12. 
  4. ^ 173 Something-Anything? : Rolling Stone[dead link]
  5. ^ Vladimir Bogdanov; Chris Woodstra; Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2001). All music guide: the definitive guide to popular music. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 464. ISBN 9780879306274. 
  6. ^ The Rhino/Bearsville CD incorrectly credits Ed Kuepper and Chris Bailey of The Saints, who released a song called "Messin' With the Kid" on their 1977 album (I'm) Stranded. Rundgren actually covers another song of the same name, written by Mel London in 1960.
  7. ^ Todd Rundgren- Something/Anything? @Discogs.com Retrieved 1-15-2011.
  8. ^ Todd Rundgren- "Hello, It's Me" information at fleetwoodmac.net Retrieved 1-15-2011.

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