Todd (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Todd
Type = Album
Artist = Todd Rundgren


Released = December, 1973
Recorded =
Genre = Pop rock
Progressive rock
Rock
Length = 66:28
Label = Bearsville, Rhino
Producer = Todd Rundgren
Reviews =
* allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:cev8b5f4tsqh link]
Last album = "A Wizard, a True Star"
(1973)
This album = "Todd"
(1974)
Next album = "Initiation"
(1975)

"Todd" is a double album by Todd Rundgren, released in 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 the postcard included in "A Wizard, a True Star"

"Lord Chancellor's Nightmare" is a cover of a Gilbert & Sullivan song from their 1882 opera "Iolanthe".

Track listing

All songs by Todd Rundgren except where noted.

ide one

#"How About a Little Fanfare?" (1:03)
#"I Think You Know" (3:04)
#"The Spark of Life" (6:23)
#"An Elpee's Worth of Toons" (2:09)
#"A Dream Goes On Forever" (2:21)
#"Lord Chancellor's Nightmare Song" (W.S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan) (3:32)

ide two

#"Drunken Blue Rooster" (3:00)
#"The Last Ride" (4:48)
#"Everybody's Going to Heaven/King Kong Reggae" (6:38)

ide three

#"No 1. Lowest Common Denominator" (5:12)
#"Useless Begging" (3:40)
#"Sidewalk Cafe" (2:15)
#"Izzat Love?" (1:55)
#"Heavy Metal Kids" (4:16)

ide four

#"In and Out the Chakras We Go (Formerly - Shaft Goes to Outer Space)" (5:47)
#"Don't You Ever Learn?" (6:04)
#"Sons of 1984" (4:34)

Charts

Album - Billboard

Singles - Billboard