Reviews (page 8 of 8)
I like only his hits. Otherwise, not my cup of tea.
Boring as fuck.
Probably a 2 star album but losing a point for being so long. Nothing really of note here and this goes on for 90 MINUTES??? Definitely not worth your while. Spinal Tap is only 82 minutes. Watch Spinal Tap instead 👍🏾
Wat een saaie bende zeg! Ik zie nu pas dat ik deze belege plaat van deze lapzwans al gedraaid had zelfs. Totaal geen indruk gemaakt.
Far too long, far too not good. Very little quality to write home about, all the hallmarks of a bad album.
So dull…so long…
Not sure why, but this album kinda gave me the creeps. 2/5.
No-one needs 1 hour 27 minutes of this. Stop it Todd.
So what's 25 track double album basically? One of substance 2 or 3 others the 2 singles are OK. Little red lights is great and some folks are wider than me is a notable track.
So many great albums came out in the 1970s... but this is not one of those. In fact, if you were to take all that was bad about 70s rock - the cheesy soft ballads, the "blue-eyed" soul, the unnecessary saxophones - and distill it into one album, it would be this album. This album smells like stale tobacco and cracked jukebox buttons.
Cheesy kutnummers
Repetitive soft rock
awful and obsolete.
It starts pleasant enough, then it gets a little weird, then it overstays its welcome.
The album was long. All over the place, inconsistent and not good. It is probably better than a one but not much.
Didn’t enjoy this at all. Except the “Intro” song was interesting
Ok side 1 is kinda bullshit. Side two is a more Steely Dan vibe, just without the goove. It's like someone put music of the era and put it in a blender and then portioned it back out. The really banal hooks are what kill me, see "Saving Grace". Black Maria sucks. This album sucks and it will not leave. This part 4 is like souless Billy Joel and that is saying something.
1.5 Our previous Rundgren album, A Wizard/A True Star, was a fun musical journey through the audible equivalent of an LSD trip. This one is a bit more of a musical marathon, where you’re out of breath and ready for the finish line by the end. I’m really glad he decided to get a bit more experimental with his follow-up, as this one just feels like safe pop song after lame soft rock song… after safe pop song after lame soft rock song after safe pop song after lame soft rock song. Really don’t think this needed to be 25 tracks, and I think the fact that not one jumped out to me makes it seem like Rundgren was going for quantity over quality. I guess I’ll give him kudos for playing almost all of the instrument tracks on the album, but still, it doesn’t make the listening any more interesting to me. Since I didn’t outright hate any tracks in particular, I was feeling a strong 2 at first, but I ultimately decided to deduct a half point for runtime, as that would most likely deter me from listening again in the future.
I am a fan of Todd and seen him a few times, I just don't like this album. Sounds like he fell in love for the first time and wanted to sing about it
You suck and this sucks. It drove me up a wall. Stupid double albums.
Not my speed at all.
2/18/23
Got about 3 songs in and had to abandon it. Nothing about it captured my imagination or stirred emotion. The sound of unsweetened rice pudding with cloves in it. Spyak.
1.5
I saw the light está OK, el resto es una mierda.
I didn't care for this. Not my taste in music at all.
Not into it
This guy again. Probably not as bad as his drugs are so interesting album but not good either.
I'm so mad I got distracted and let this play for an hour. Corny shit. "Intro" was pretty funny.
Cannot rate this - wouldn’t listen again
Terrible. I'm not sure how this made the list. I could only make it half way through.
This really sucks