A Wizard, A True Star

Brilliant

What a trip! This album is crazy. Misses the 5 only because the two parts feel too disconnected.

A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one. Favorite Tracks: Zen Archer Medley

This was...strange. Kind of cool, kind of annoying. At least it wasn't the same old boring 70s crap.

Not for me. 1/5

3.5.5

His bio has very hyperbolic language, but I predict a three. IDK. I don't remember enjoying this, and I can't tell if I even finished the album bc of computer glitches, but here we are.

You know that feeling like when you're at a freaky circus show and its too hot and humid in the tent and you're running out of air and getting increasingly anxious and they keep bringing out more clowns with basoons and chimps doing a one man band and then somebody starts doing gnarly sax solos and shredding fuzz guitar hard panning the delay effects and now its time for the tiger taming and the elephant parade and you've eaten more cotton candy than should be allowed and are really thirsty but the only thing there is is warm monster energy drink, and the key changes and tempo picks up and the trapeze artists are going nuts flipping around, and all you want is deep gulp of fresh air, but now its time for a soft-rock Isley Brothers tribute and you're bouncing on a trampoline for some reason and getting way too high and there are more clowns and more sax solos bouncing up with you and there's nowhere to land, but it's ok because there some Grays coming to beam you up into the spaceship from that one Boston album cover?

What did I just?

He really is a production wizard. An album so deep that touches into so many styles and emotions. Unidentifiable but pleasing, like a magic trick for your ears

There's a lot going on in this album. The early tracks are quick, an interconnected jumble of style and sound. The album seems to slow down in the latter half. There is a lot of variety here, but my favorite track is "Is It My Name?"

An interesting album. Blown away that this was made in the 70s. Sounded like a 2000s hipster indie album sometimes. Lots of short tracks

I listened to this album. I don't think I appreciated it enough because I don't remember it at all, but I did like that most of the songs were only a minute or so long. Efficient

I have no idea what to make of this. Too experimental/psychedelic for me. Album was a drag. 2*

I dug this more than the other Todd Rundgren album I got. Still it did feel like it went on forever and forever. 3.5/5

Not for me

I liked a couple of the tracks: International Feel and Sometimes I Don't Know What To Feel. But the album also had several crazy tracks like Dogfight Giggle and Da Da Dali which ultimately brought down the album for me.

If you take the transcendent euphoria out of the psychedelic experience, and just try to recreate the visuals or auditor experience... it's kind of an annoying nightmare. The second half (Melody and beyond) is better, but still doesn't redeem it.

Not the worst but also just weird and not great.

Not what I expected from rundgren. Ok. A little too easy listening for my taste

9.5/10

What in the acid trip did I just listen to?

Truly an epic record, lots going on here with many different musical stylings that shift without a moment's notice. It was a good listen but kind of exhausting, it'll be a little while before I can revisit and pick out more details.

Good but not as good as the album cover.

Never heard of this guy. Very weird but pretty cool. Certainly ‘interesting’. So quirky I’d assume he’s British. Somewhere between Queen and 10cc (but earlier than both) with a bit of Zappa in there. Good in small doses I reckon.

July 22 (later in the night...) HL: "International Feel", "Flamingo", "Zen Archer", "Is It My Name", Unlike Freak Out! & Tago Mago, AWATS puts all its weird stuff right at the beginning. Bold move, Rundgren Would listen again Idk much about this man's music, but there are a few albums produced by him on this list: Bat Out of Hell. New York Dolls' self-titled. XTC's Skylarking, which I literally listened to today. When you include this wild psych album, I haven't really gotten closer to identifying Todd's sound or style. Except, I guess, multiple layers? Synths?

Despite the lack of focus throughout the album, there are enough good songs to make it work. Not going to change my life, but it was alright.

I didn’t like this one bit.

How he followed up his 90 min snooze fest with this absolutely bonkers effort 1 year later it's beyond me. Really enjoyed it 😂 (apart from the stupid medley)

I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting the IRA to get a shout out on this. Mental album

Enjoyed this

3.5/5

A few seconds in, I was ready to give up. Then I decided to put in headphones and really listen. This album was eclectic with a wide range of influences. The sax solo on Zen Archer made me pump my fist. The animal noises on Dogfight Giggle had me scratching my head. It was at times bizzare, but I'm so glad I listened thru this, it's strange and I'd like to revisit it.

I'm half way thru my 2nd listen and I'm starting to understand it. This album is always on greatest all time lists. I knew it would come up eventually on this list. I've listened to this a few times and never got into it. I think the album picks up steam and the back half is strong. Maybe it's the early summer morning listen talking, but from Medley on it's pretty brilliant. Well executed psychedelic pop tunes unsullied by radio play. I'll probably listen to this all day.

3 songs in, this has the markings of a conceptual rock opera. Songs bleed from one to the next, taking individual form, but flowing nonetheless conceptually. Tic Tic Tic -> You Need Your Head are the first standouts to me. Trippy ass vocals on display with some really solid pop-rock songwriting and interesting effects. Feels well-ahead of its time. You Need Your Head in particular rips. Quickly wrapping up this review so I can reboot my system.... On a first pass with this mainly in the background I'm a soft 3. Not huge into operatic rock in the general sense, but I did enjoy a lot of individual sections. Much of this, however, I wasn't really able to sink my teeth or soul into.

Dog fight giggle seemed like a very crucial part of this album...Overall it wasn't a bad listen. Todd is obviously very interesting guy from some weird aspects of this album. 3 stars

Interesting album cover. I can only imagine how this album is about to go. That's about what I expected. Landed right around the 3.5 mark. I'll give it the bump up for being the right kind of weird for me (take notes, Zappa).

What a wild album I would have never expected that to go from the crazy psychadelic progressive to transitioning into some really good soul music. The variety throughout the whole album kept me extremely interested in what was coming next. Really liked this album rating it in the high 4 zone. Zen Archer was an awesome song probably my favorite on the album.

Really digging this out of the gate. The transitions have been pretty awesome, just sounds like one long song. This is an acid trip holy hell. Didn't know Todd Rundgren had this in him.

I respect the ambition a lot, it felt like a space opera, one continuous album. Not one you pick individual songs from, but they all flow together

Kind of good and kind of extremely annoying

"Flamingo" is literally nintendo music. What is going on

ho fatto davvero tanta, troppa fatica.

Adoro quando una canzone fluisce perfettamente dentro quella successiva. A parte quello non ho nulla da dire

This album sounds like you're listening to a classic rock/synth rock album via vinyl that is actively melting in the blazing hot sun. I didn't really enjoy much of anything, I do appreciate the experimenting and odd sound palette here.

This is pretty out there, not necessarily in a bad way, but not something I need to listen to again.

60/100 Can't get a lot more 70s than this. I like a lot of the experimental elements here but the first half has some real lows. Overall a good album that could've been great

An enjoyable bit of classic rock injected with a bit of psychadelia and prog

A shockingly interesting album, advancing the psychedelic sound to a proto-punk, proto-news-wave place. You Need Your Head and Rock & Roll Pussy are face melters! I love the tracks blending together.

weird album, liked it decently well, probably won't come back to it though.

What the fuck did I just listen to?

Quirky, but not for me

I wanted to like it and I liked that a lot of things were happening, but at the same time nothing really sticked.

Better than the other one, but still not so good of an album. I don't get the hype around this guy.

A few great songs here and there, the Flamingo/Zen Archer/Onionhead is particularly nice. Otherwise, it's still too long-winded and there's too many fillers along the way. I can't tell why it's on this list... It's a very usual 70s album, you know.

One or two good ones, but mostly just weird.

Listened to this while playing Glass Road solo. I lost...again. I liked aspects of this...I thought I was going to be in for an exciting ride given the first few tracks...but it kind of got more normal as the album progressed. I could hear the influence this had on more recent artists (at one point it sounded like Of Montreal.) I didn't love it, didn't hate it.

i think on a different day it may hit better. I liked the weirdness of it but need to revisit on a day where im more open to it.

This album is fucking crazy. I like Something/Anything a lot so I was pretty hyped for this listen. It kinda reminds me of the Syd Barrett album in that it seems like Todd was really going off and entertaining any wild idea he had. Not nearly as good as the stuff I love from him but it was a cool listen. Lots of weird abrasive noises too. I love the album cover.

I've rarely seen an album flow this well, especially for one from 1972. On top of that, the first half of this album has top tier psych rock. The second half is rougher, but still has it's high points, especially on Sometimes IDK What to Feel. In 1972, it may have been a little overdone, but in retrospect, this album is a treasure. Best Songs: International Feel, Tic Tic Tic..., Zen Archer, When the Shit Hits the Fan..., Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel, Just One Victory Worst Songs: Dogfight Giggle, Cool Jerk, Hungry for Love, Is It My Name

Good songwriter and performer. Easy to listen and relate. This is not his best work, but pretty darn good.

2.5 Back half of the album was better than the start. Im starting to think Im missing out on not doing a bunch of drugs

Crazy how much better this is than Something/Anything, but it combines better songs with not being 7 years long.

It feels like an old recording of some album recorded on a very bad cassette has been digitally restored. It's really hard to listen but i i liked just one of it all. This album is very strange. When I listen to it, I always want to hear ordinary music, but I hear the wrong thing, namely detuned music. It's confusing. Maybe it's this style but I didn't like it, 2/5

This album is all over the place, yet also seems so focused. Such a large range of different genres that flow seamlessly between each other. Although, the lack of faith to one specific style can leave the listener feeling as if they’ve listened to a compilation album (“I’m So Proud / Ooh Baby Baby / La La Means I Love You / Cool Jerk”) rather than a studio album. His vocals are impressive, though comical at times, especially when jumping suddenly into his falsetto. I enjoyed listening to the whole thing. 3/5

I quite liked the vocals on "international feel". Some of the music was a bit all over mind you. Honestly, it stopped right there. what the fuck was the next 4-5 songs. Mindless shit from a bloke off his face. Absolutely unbelievable drivel. Finally, zen archer. An attempt at a song rather than jamming off your face. Wasnt too bad. Just got further in and thought this isnt too bad. Then realised its international feel again. The first track i semi liked on the album. Sometimes i dont know what to feel. Thank god, another attempt at a proper song. Not bad. Just hit the long arse 10 minute medley. Quite surprised. Wasnt expecting it. Quite good actually. Some good vocals and melody. This album is a real mind bender. Some decent tracks ruined by several other experimental.

# Playlist track - Zen Archer # Notes - I'm always conflicted by this super experimental albums. - I can kind of sense that there is something in there. It was the 70s. Everything about it is unexpected and weird. This takes some real skill to do. - At the same time, you can't just listen to this thing once and go on about your day. It's just annoying. I might try to come back to it eventually and might revisit the score.

2.75

Deeply boring

I got Something/Anything a few weeks ago, and hated it. Naturally I wasn't expecting much from this, but was very pleasantly surprised. Its a very strange, all over the place kind of album with so many changes of style and tempo (sometimes within a single track) that I ended up with whiplash. There is quite a lot of horrible smooth jazz / yacht rock shittiness, and the amount of saxophone confirms that there is one single rock track in history where the presence of a sax has improved the song. Having said that, there is enough on this album that I enjoyed that it rates significantly higher than Something/Anything - it's not a four star, there's just too much crap for that, but it's a very high three

Heard of this artist, don't think I have listened to their music. Interested to see what this is like. Very experimental. Very interesting album so far. reading, a very influential album and artist.

Weird

it's all right

I read that Rundgren was experimenting with psychedelics while writing this album. Yea, no shit. It’s a really impressive piece of work and I respect Rundgren for what he did here. Perhaps I would have enjoyed more had I been on psychedelics but I really did enjoy a good amount of it, particularly the second half. I don’t know if I’ll return but this was impressive. 3.5 stars

Easy to listen to but didn’t blow me away

An interesting experience for sure. It starts out weird, but slowly comes back down. The guy was probably bare still on earth while making this.

Middle of the road Prog rock. Some memorable tracks. Some...

Very trippy album I dig it. The soft, whimsical vocals are pleasant. The sounds are unique without being unnecessarily complex. I enjoyed the flow of the album from song to song. It really felt like a complete piece of work. Definitely plan on revisiting this one.

Revisit this

There are parts of this album that I think are so cool and innovative I want to give them a five. There are some songs that make me think this guy needs to get committed and is not safe for civil society (looking at you Dogfight Giggle). One thing I can say for sure is that this guys done a lot of drugs. I love the flow of this album and all the wild stuff he’s trying but I think he lost the thread at a couple parts so ultimately I’m going to end up more in the middle with this one.

Todd Rundgren has before you a great example of the wonders of psychedelics. Rife with the instrumentation and free for all that can only be written by someone convinced that his audience will be salivating on every note played. Psychedelic music needs a backing. It's a texture but not the shape of the music. Grateful dead was more folk. Jimi Hendrix had soul and jazz, Pink Floyd had progressive Rock. The shape of Todd's music is pop rock, to me, the exact type of Pop Rock that David Bowie made, but with a psychadelic texture. Does it work? Eh. I'll say I don't think many people have tried it since. It was unique but I think too specific of a flavor. Sort of the ham and banana of music. It felt worthwhile to listen to but it just never found itself over its 55 minute run time. And Todd, I can guarantee no one is getting erect over your name, it's Todd Rundgren, perhaps the least arousing name I've ever heard.

"There is cause and effect There's a reason I'm so erect"

After reading the description I thought I was gonna hate this. There's really only 3 or 4 tracks out of the 19 that are just noise noodling, and they are mercifully short and fit in to the rest of it well enough. I feel like if I asked an AI to generate 70's rock/pop it would come up with something like this, not in a disparaging way either. This is a perfectly listenable album to have on as an active listener or the background. I wasn't particularly paying attention to the track names as they went by, and I couldn't really recall any one specific track if anyone asked me, but I enjoyed the album as a single work. It felt much shorter than it's hour runtime and had plenty of change in feels, tempos, keys, genres even, etc to keep it interesting. Overall pretty good! I would listen to it again on a lazy day I had to myself.

This is weird and not good. The "theremin?" in some of the songs sounds like the opera singing in FF6.

Like a velvet painting of dogs playing poker, this does not age well. At all.

Happy to have gotten this after Something/Anything? because now I have an idea of what Carole King might have been doing if she was on drugs. Enjoyed all 63 seconds of You Don't Have to Camp Around and most everything after Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel, but the rest was all over the place. Offsets to a 3.

Not for me

2.5. Not terrible but I won’t be reaching for another round

This was a GREAT surprise for me. I think I've never heard anything by this guy before and while this had some low points there were some really big highs also. For real this record feels like Pink Floyd, Elton John, a bit of late-era-Beatles/Wings sprinkled in, sometimes pulls all the way back to like Chicago- or Boston-ish,… it has that Bran Van “mix everything up” kind of spirit This guy is a pretty good vocalist actually also The 2nd-to-last track Is It My Name? was the cake-topper for me -> truly brilliant and one in my listening group mentioned "ahead of its time". Sadly I don't think it makes it to a 5 though as there /were/ a few points where I wanted to just skip to the next track. This is a wild ride though and well worth it.

In a desperate attempt to create something cool and interesting, Rundgren may have created the most boring album I’ve ever heard. A combination of psychedelic rock and soul. At times it sounded like The Who as circus performers. 4.5/10

Pretentious shit.

Weird album, but I couldn't get into it. Some songs are great, it's just that the complete picture is a complete mess.

This has a lot of "wrapped up in my own world" energy. I don't really hear any cohesive vision just someone madly hopping around between ideas they've soaked up from elsewhere. I can also hear the influence this has had on a lot of other stuff I don't like.

Very weird, but innovative.

No. 179/1001 International Feel 3/5 (2x) Never Never Land 3/5 Tic Tic Tic, It Wears Off 3/5 You Need Your Head 2/5 Rock & Roll Pussy 2/5 Dogfight Giggle 1/5 You Don't Have to Camp Around 3/5 Flamingo 2/5 (2x) Zen Archer 3/5 (3x) Just Another Onionhead 2/5 (2x) When Shit Hits The Fan 2/5 (3x) Le Feel Internacionale 4/5 (2x) Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel 3/5 (3x) Does Anybody Love You? 3/5 Medley 3/5 (6x) Hungry for Love 2/5 (2x) I Don't Want To Tie You Down 4/5 (2x) Is It My Name? 3/5 (3x) Just One Victory 5/5 (3x) Average: 2,93 Somewhere in here a great songwriter is buried. He is just overwhelemed by too much experimentation.

Weird

This was a nice surprise. Didn’t know what to expect but it was a nice mix of pop, rock, soul and psychedelic.

This guy is turning out to be one of my lease "vibed-with" artist of all time

Pop progresivo, psicodelia. Ni fu ni fa.

Allt í læ bara. Sýrutrip. Nokkur góð lög sem gripu mig alveg, Sometimes I don't know what to feel er fallegt. Todd er samt flottur og á alvöru kviðmága. Liv Tyler var rangfeðruð dóttir Todd og hét Liv Rundgren til 11 ára aldurs. Gaurinn er ennþá að og er m.a. að halda tónleika í dag 15. maí. Töffari.

Eh

Too long. Meh.

Day125 - how great would it be to be this talented and weird and have the opportunity to make the music you want to without rules

Zappa meets Chicago_Transit Authority with Acid in the water. What an experience.

Honestly, I'm okay with this album being pretty cracked out. The soul medley is just the weirdest. It does have a Bowie quality to it.

All over the place, intermittently brilliant but an exhausting listen. Teenage me would have probably obsessed over this record

I’m familiar with Todd Rundgren’s hits, of course. And I own his 1997 compilation album that contains 16 songs. Nothing from this album makes either set list. I guess it’s art, but it leaves me cold. Wikipedia notes this album resulted from Rundgen’s “experimentation with psychedelic drugs”. Yeah I can see (or rather hear) that, and it makes me especially happy that I never experimented with psychedelic drugs. Side 2 is a little more musical, but still lacking. The high point of the album is a 10 minute medley of soul songs, which only makes me want to play the originals. In short, I did not enjoy this album at all. I was looking forward to it based on my knowledge of his popular songs…. But what a disappointment. I won’t be listening to this again. 2/5

Enjoyed some of this, quite conceptual in parts

not for me

Weird album, very psychedelic and different for 70’s pop/rock. 3/5 because I can appreciate the originality but probably won’t listen again.

I admire the work but honestly a bit much for the 8 AM drive to work

Really liked this album 4 stars

I got Something/Anything? previously on this list, and thought it was fine, but relatively uninspiring. This album I found much more interesting, because he was obviously using a lot more drugs when he made this album. It's much more experimental, but still features his voice and folky songwriting. Really cool early 70s rock album that is still pushing the psychedelic envelope 4/5

What a weird mix of an album. Noise collages with generic 70s stuff. Could occasionally get into it.

The cover's surrealism is an accurate harbinger of what's to come, a fairly psychedelic experimentalism. While I love Rundgren's pop standards, I sure enjoy this album's growing complexity. You can hear the old Todd in You Don't Have to Camp Around but the new Todd starts right away in the opener, You Need Your Head. Yes you do.

Love the cover. The album is sprawling and a bit disjointed. I didn’t dislike it and it has the flow of a proper curated album. But it didn’t really hit any connective tissue for me. I like ‘flamingo’ as that just seemed a bit mad. But I’m not sure I could recognise or remember any other song.

I'm a big Todd Rundgren fan, though this is not an album I am familiar with. His career is pretty impossible to pin down, in terms of a musical label. He produces such a diverse, unpredictable, sometimes bizarre range of genres and styles and compositions, every album has a different flavor. Admittedly, it took me two listens to get into this, but on the second, it clicked immediately. As I've been pondering Zappa and Prince and their similarities (nutso work ethic, intensely prolific, musical genius, forging their own irreverent paths), I'd include Rundgren in the same camp. This album is fantastic. Not everyone's cup of tea, certainly a bit schizo, but I'm really glad I gave it two spins. I loved every song, I loved the medley, I loved the crazy swings from moods and sounds from song to song. Wild ride.

There was a lot to digest here. I'm not sure I loved how schizophrenic the album seemed, but at the same time I admired his ambition. There's no Tame Impala w/o this record. The first tune, Zen Archer, and the last two were my favorites. I didn't care for the medley of covers. I feel like this one might require a few listens to get into all the nuances. So my 3 is more of a tentative score than how I expect to feel about it down the road. I will definitely be revisiting this, though.

Not the Rundgren I’m used to. Clearly it was the LSD talking. His sound still shines through here and there but I like my Todd more straightforward

Amazing psychedelic pop record with experimental flare - a must listen for any fan of the genre. This album is weird, unique, and a lot of fun. It just exists in its own space (with maybe a bit of Beatles and Beach Boys influence). Very varied instrumentation with great instrumental parts and lots of cool bass and vocal melodies. Effects galore all over these tracks and a lot of interesting production choices (in a good way). Overall, it’s densely packed with sounds and ideas and rewards repeated listening. So much zaniness, a terrific album if you can really appreciate imagination in songwriting. It really feels like Rundgren did not give a fuck here and just made an album he thought it would be fun to make - and the results show in the best of ways.

Alternative noise, horrible experience, stopped after the 4th song, which luckily was quite quick, as his songs are only 1 minute.

just too weird

This is 1973? Bonkers. It's cacophonic, darting between styles in a way that didn't really catch on again for 20 more years. I love to know more about the thought process behind the production of this, because it's delightfully all-over-the-place.

In Something/Anything?, Rundgren churned out 25 unique ideas that touched base on every idea in his head of how he could manipulate pop music. And in this follow-up, Rundgren is influenced by psychedelics to create something even more chaotic. Much less accessible and incoherent, these tracks can be a lot to take in. But it's once again an amazing demonstration of how a talented songwriter can break conventions while having access to the best technology. The first side, "The International Feel", is a huge medley full of chaos as he bounces from one idea to the next. - The intro track hypes up the adventure. - "Never Never Land" and "Tic Tic Tic It Wears Off" are wacky and light. - "You Need Your Head" and "Rock & Roll Pussy" are just pure disorder. - "Dogfight Giggle" is some musique concrete nonsense. - "You Don't Have to Camp Around" is a change of direction to something calmer and wacky but forgettable. - "Flamingo" is decent as space rock and fits with the theme. It's a nice interlude before we get more accessible songs. - "Zen Archer" is our first coherent standalone track. Fantastic track, which evolves by the second. - Another cut transition to "Just Another Onionhead". Wacky and a bit fun. - "When the Shit Hits the Fan" is another track I like. It feels complete and satisfying without coming as too exhausting. Interesting ideas, sure. But exhausting, dated, sharp, and is based on novelty that doesn't survive re-listens. If I were tripping, then sure, it might be fun, since the short track lengths should keep me engaged long enough. But the side overall just feels like an exercise, and I could see why it was so influential to modern artists. But it's not enjoyable for casual listening or much replayability. The 2nd side is much more accessible and coherent. - "Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel" is another incredible complete song. - "Does Anyone Love You" is an ok interlude that I don't care for much. - The Soul Medley was really pleasant to listen to. - At this point, I'm always too tired to continue. The remaining songs are always all over the place with different energy and styles and even production quality, which makes them very hard to compare. The things they have in common is Rundgren's singing vocals and the space synths, both of which get too repetitive and tiring after so long. It's an incredible effort by Rundgren and one that I appreciate for his innovation and skillset. But it's not a very enjoyable listen, especially due to its hour-long length and chaos. There's a lot to learn here, but only a few tracks worth sharing and revisiting.

That was a strange listen but ok

Very good psychedelic rock. Very weird but very enjoyable

Not my

Strange, not liked at first glance

Musical acid trip

it was good. I thought it was going to be weird bad music, but it wasn’t.

ahead of it's time. brilliant.

No es su mejor disco (Something/Anything de un año antes) ni de lejos el mejor disco del espectacular 1973: Dark side of the moon, Catch a fire, Raw power, Band on the run, New York dolls, Aladdin sane, Berlin, Let´s get it on, For Your Pleasure, Call me, Innervisions, GP, Houses of the holy, Quadrophenia, Selling England by the Pound, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (y Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player), Killing Me Softly... De este disco la mejor canción es Zen Archer, una golosina que se abre al final con una instrumentación fascinante. Sin embargo, a pesar de tener grandes momentos (la inicial International Feel es una declaración de intenciones, Sometimes I Don't Know What To Feel, el clásico Just One Victory, Never never land del musical Peter Pan...) el disco es disperso y complicado de escuchar pues tiene demasiados cambios de ritmo, estilo y de todo incluso dentro de las propias canciones (un Medley dentro del medley, versiones por doquier, desvaríos como R&R Pussy...) Macca lo resolvió mucho mejor y estuvo más inspirado ese año en su Band on the run por ejemplo. A pesar de ello, hay que escuhar a Todd una vez en la vida, ya sea con este o con el anterior disco. Setentero en todos los aspectos desde la portada, hasta la última nota.

I think I made this same album once on a bender but unlike Todd, I forgot to hit record.

Kinda Psychedelic. Love it

it was bad.

psychedelic music, it's weird but groovy

sunset blvd/le feel/sometimes i don't know is an UNHINGED 3 track run. the first half of the album is nonsense and the 2nd half is some of the best music i've ever heard

3.5

"A Wizard, a True Star" is the fourth studio album by American musician Todd Rungren. The album was self-produced, self-engineered and largely self-performed with Moogy and the Rhythm Kings as his backing band. The album can best be described as a chaotic, pyschedelic first side and a soulful, R&B second half. Rungren admits to having experimenting with pyschedelic drugs to get the most out what music sounded like to his internal environment. That explains side one. The album sold poorly hitting #86 in the US but had wide-spread critical acclaim. Side one ("The International Feel (in 8)") opens with what sounds like a motor in "International Feel." Wobbly keys. This is very spacey. Rungren singing not to give up. The album continues without any breaks with one to two minute-long songs. The highlight of these may "Rock and Roll Pussy" where he is criticizing John Lennon and other "limousine radicals." A nice guitar jam. The first full-length and probably best song is "Zen Archer." An accordion and the first "Todd-like" song. It's still very dreamy and pyschedelic. Side two ("A True Star") begins with "Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel." This is more like it if you're looking for old Todd. Slower, more horns, a piano, bscking vocals and more soulful. "Medley" is a four-song ten-minute medley of some classic R&B and soul songs including ones by Curtis Mayfield and Smokey Robinson. An interesting, unique and well-done song medley. The last two songs come full circle back to the Todd we know. "Is It My Name" rocks pretty hard with a forward guitar. And eerie sounding keyboards that Rick Wakeman may have been playing. Todd gives us one of his best songs "Just One Victory" as the closer. Great backing vocals that harmonize and criss-cross with Todd's vocals. Very soulful. Optimistic with the theme of pulling through the day to shine. The best way to describe this album is one of dual personalities. The first side is spacey dreamy, pyschedelic and stream of consciousness with the no breaks between songs. At times it almost sounds like you're listeng to a 45 rpm album. It might also be good to take some of pychedelics that Tood took to enhance the experience. The second side is soulful, heavy R&B and rock & roll. The band is jamming and ends with one of his best songs. I like this album quite a bit. It might be difficult for some but worth the effort.

Fet start men altså hvilken idiot har mastret dette, for en forferdelig diskantbalanse djises kraist. Musikken er bonkers og megakul. Her er det noen som har gitt faen og gjort det de ville.

Very interesting prog rock/psychedelic rock with a hint of glam rock, too. It was a bit too varied, too much, too weird at my first listen but I can see if I listened to it a couple of times more I'd give it a 4, because musically he is great.

Definitely would be better if I engaged in some substances, but there are some solid songs mixed in.

Some absolutely fantastic prog rock constantly interrupted by cartoon BOINGYOYOYOING sounds. 7/10, I had a good time.

Listening to this, I got the feeling he could have made a better album but chose not to

When the guy with mismatched shoes outside the 7-11 who’s always talking about alien abductions and government conspiracies hands you a blunt that looks dripping wet and suddenly, starts to make a lot of sense.

Bullshit. Derivative.

El rock alternativo de Todd Rundgrend se transforma en una buena parte de este disco en art-rock flotando sobre un cierto aire post-psicodélico. Tras un arranque sorprendente con "International Feel", se suceden una serie de canciones cortas, de poco más de un minuto, donde reina un cierto caos sonoro, hasta llegar a otra de las canciones más apreciadas del álbum, "Zen Archer". El disco cierra con "Just One Victory", un himno en el que es hay que esforzar el oído para apreciar su conmovedora melodía. En "A Wizard, A True Star" reina la discordancia, convirtiéndolo en un disco que tiende a perturbar.

This was actually really cool. What a trip!

The best part about "A Wizard, A True Star" is the production trick of all the tracks transitioning into one another. The worst part is the music. The entire album sounds like the Beatles invited over a bunch of the bands they inspired, they all got fucked up on mushrooms and LSD, and recorded an hour long jam session. Which is basically what happened, except no one was there but Todd Rundgren. I was fooled into thinking I'd like this early by "Tic, Tic, Tic..." into "You Need Your Head," but it kust kept falling off from there. Chops and musical talent be damned, I can't stand his shrieking style of singing, and in general this was just an obnoxious slog of a listen.

Remembered the name from the 70's. Thought he was in the musical bracket of Steely Dan etc...the album content was very different to the name I associated with it. Overall I liked it. Songs go from ballads to almost manic noise. Incredible variation throughout the album that takes the listener on a musical journey. Quite enjoyable

I have to admit, when I pulled this up in Spotify and saw the impressively low play counts, I thought "oh, another one that no one ever listens to." So far, the low play count ones have been pretty underwhelming. You can imagine my surprise - and delight - when this was a weird, psychedelic romp. Not at all what I expected from the "Bang the Drum All Day" guy. I don't know exactly when I would re-visit this, but it was a revelation all the same.

oh man this is so goofy. the songs are only like a minute long, which is good when you've got something like 'dogfight giggle' which just sounds like its title. sometimes campy, like an 80's movie soundtrack concept album. Whten the Shit Hits the Fan/Sunset Bvld. is a good proggy epic and Le Feel Internacionale is a great guitar workout.

this is weird, i like it

Like an insane, pompous, prog opera. Some tracks that actually felt like songs as it went on and none of the sonics were unpleasant.

Dom mindre psykotiska bitarna är fyror men det är rätt mycket instrumentalt och knepigt. En trea får det bli

Omöjligt att få grepp om detta trots att jag lyssnat ett gäng gånger. Otroligt spretigt.

When I started listening to this album, I thought, wow this is what schizophrenia sounds like. And then I read about the album where they are saying Todd Rundgren experimented with drugs before and during the making of this album. And you can hear that. It's not bad, there are some interesting takes and songs. The more accessible part is the B-side for sure. I might dig into the rest of his albums.

A bit dated. Sounds like 70's music and not particularly good music...

Þetta var allt í lagi en mér fannst þetta samt svolítið tilgerðarlegt og það er ólíklegt að ég spili þetta aftur. Afskaplega auðgleymanlegt allt saman. Ekkert meira um það að segja. Ekki lélegt en samt ekki neitt.

So 70's core. Is it a screen play? Soundtrack to a musical? A frightening look at what the future holds? Sign me up for the interplanetary deals if it means getting away from this album.

This is a bold and eclectic masterpiece that pushes the boundaries of rock and pop. S psychedelic journey, weaving together diverse musical styles and surreal soundscapes, showcasing Rundgren's experimental genius. It's just so unpredictable that i have to give it full marks.

Very odd, but very good. Some of the songs are so short they blur into each other, but it still works. A tricky one to score, since it is so long and so weird!

Stellar. Like a psychedelic Queen, but less anthemic.

"Lesser reliance to straightforward pop songs", powered by "psychedelic drugs". What a trip.

this album was fun and interesting keeping me intrigued with very different individual short tracks, some tracks were really pretty and some were just fun to listen to, i’m interested in what this guy makes and i’d be interested to see more from him, ill be re listening to this album soon, some tracks fell a bit boring 7/10

Nope

This one wasn't that interesting. I'd rather bang on the drum all day.

That was annoying. Where was the wizard? Can we get one to help make this disappear? But there was no wizard, I fear. Just like there was no true star. Unsurprisingly, this album killed Todd Rundgren’s career. Surprisingly, this career-killing album made the 1001. ⭐️ But we need a wizard. Not just any wizard, I think. How about a Lizard Wizard? Accompanied by a King Gizzard? I’ve actually been meaning to check out some of the prolific output of Australian band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard for some time, daunted by the sheer volume of it. But none of it can be any worse than false wizard Todd Rundgren. It turns out I don’t think KGLW is a five-star replacement. But I would still argue for a place on the list, if just for completely unrivaled prolific productivity, consistently pushing the envelope of genre boundaries. They are prog and hard rock, but at a pace of two albums a year for more than a decade it's no surprise that their sound is a bit all over the place, dabbling into funk, heavy metal, and psychedelic rock. Some of the bands of the 1960s and 70s were putting out an album a year for a while, but that breakneck pace has since become incredibly rare, with 2-3 years between albums becoming the norm. Maybe it’s better that way for the artists. But somehow KGLW makes it work. Still, it would be fascinating to see if they could make a five-star album if they spent the time to refine their plethora of ideas down to one honed and concise statement of their sound. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Parts of this are fine and then other parts are just strange.

It was okay. end of album better than weird beginning

I got excited when I saw something I had never heard before from an artist I know. But this one didn’t hit home. I enjoyed the covers but even those weren’t the beats.

This was honestly good as fuck.

Didn't like it a lot

Very interesting and fun. Psychedelic American and irreverent

I gave it a try. Didn't click in for me. Felt too self-indulgent psychedelic-sounding. I was bored, honestly.

Zero stars

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Medley: I’m so proud/Ooh baby baby/La la means I love you/Cool jerk, I don’t want to tie you down

like the risk taking and experimental nature. love his voice. not my favorite of his work but solid harmonies and great musicianship.

I had no drugs at hand….

I guess he's a good musician, but his music is not my thing.'70s, multiple personality, carnivalesque.

Wow. Clunker. So odd. Not a fan

Progressive pop. Es como un musical. No me aporta nada.

Interestingly weird, weirdly interesting.

Did not love it. Pretty weird.

Trippy and fun! I probably wasn’t in the right headspace for this, but I can tell he definitely pushed the technology available in 1973 to the max to great effect . Really rocked near the end

I like the Spotify description of Todd. It says something to the effect that he straddles the line between pop sensibility and introspective rock (probably not really close to what Spotify said, but I think it's accurate). This is enjoyable, yet not mainstream, yet not that far from mainstream pop/rock of the time. It's different, but enjoyable. Slightly above a 7 out of 10, so I'm rounding up.

Didn't think I'd appreciate this, I was right.

Super weird, super experimental. It kinda rocked

I didn't hate this. Sounded kind of like a mix between Roxy Music and Elton John. I guess I know what Todd Rundgren sounds like now.

ganske chill, ikke så mye mer å si enn det

Todd in his “I like lsd” phase I think… definitely not the record that got major radio play….

What a strange, trippy musical Journey into Rundgren’s artistic soul. The album starts off really weird and then finally settles down during the later half with more traditional sounds from the 70’s. It was definitely an interesting experience.

I do like a few tunes by Todd Rundgren and always have. This album wasn't a favorite.

Bit left of field, I enjoyed it

Trippy. Some really surprising and interesting soundscapes. Would get a higher rating if I was stoned but alas I wasn't at time of lustening

This is really intense- a strange Prog Rock Opera come drugtrip all the vision of one man it seems. Well put together and produced- musically accomplished but quite disjointed to the point of unenjoyable.

Nope

Not for me 1/5

Very nice album.

Not gonna lie the first few seconds of International Feel just sounded like one, long fart and set the tone for the rest of the album for me. This is extremely psychedelic, to a fault and I really struggled to get through it, even when it transitioned to more rock/Rush style music towards the end. Very much did not enjoy this.

Complete bollocks

I haven't listened to much by Todd, and certainly not this. The wiki write-up was ticking all the right boxes, Beach Boys Smile era style production, experimentation, alienation of half his fan base to make something he wanted to make. But it didn't do it for me unfortunately, I don't know why, maybe caught me on the wrong day.

It’s fun when you listen to something for the first time and immediately realize this is the album all your favorite artists glommed onto when they were weird teens.

Nunca habia escuchado a Todd Rungren, pero me sorprendió para bien, este disco me suena muy adelantado a su época, algo de pop, rock progresivo, funk, una propuesta experimental.

La plupart des titres m'ont plus angoissée qu'autre chose malheureusement

fever dream

I had made myself a sort of scale with this five star system. I figure that any "normal" album should be at least a three. And over that would have to earn a bit more credit. However, under that and the album would have to have fundamental flaws that I couldn't get past. Todd Rundgren is definitely a good music producer. I think musically he might be just a bit to experimental. If I rate this three stars someone might say "OK, than rather normal then?" But it is not... really normal at all. It is, at its core, a little too weird.

I was not familiar at all with this side of Todd Rundgren. Kind of hippie/weird/experimental but I liked it for the most part. Glad to discover this on here.

för många skämtlåtar på en minut. skulle göra mer aktuell musik, så jag kanske skulle vilja att Mr paska. mr paskakikkare... starstadium kraschar idag.. på rekordets svans. Jag var redan två dussin före och trasslade i helvete, ändå var jag före och jag skruvade till slutet sometimes i dont know what to feel

Very different Todd. Interesting sounds that do not sound like his famous and familiar song, "Hello, it's me."

I was fairly certain I would hate this. And I'm not saying that I didn't *end up* hating it. But the first half of the album ... I kind of liked. Some parts of it I like a lot. Weird instrumentation, harshness, odd cuts, tonal shifts. It was fun. But I hated the medley of soul covers and all the songs that followed it, except maybe "Just One Victory". A three would be generous here. I'll give it a two.

Definitely bottom 5 so far. Just a terrible experience sonically.

This album had some real highs and lows. "Dogfight Giggle" was a real low. That was one of the most horrendous noises that my ears have ever suffered through. Idk why he put that on the album. A high was that medley that he put close to the end of the album. In particular, the "Cool Jerk" part of the medley in 7/4 time was very enjoyable, and I could see myself listening to that track again. There were a lot of questionable choices made of this album, and some of them landed but many didn't.

ooh, a 2.5 but in a VERY mixed bag sorta way. basically every song had bits i adored, and bits that felt like someone was jamming needles in my skull. halfway through i was really feeling like it overstayed it's welcome but then i enjoyed the back half. wtf.

I mostly enjoyed this! I like weird chaotic mess sometimes. unfortunately i cannot stand the pretension here so. 3 stars instead of 4

I didn't dislike this as much as I expected to and a couple of tracks were fairly likeable.

Dogfight Giggle made me want to die The rest of the album wasn't as bad but it wasn't great I Don't Know What to Feel is the only song I remember kindof liking

The album cover is fitting. The guy had a lot of ideas and decided that all of them were good. I admire his self-esteem. It was just too much clutter for my taste. 2.0

Side 2 should have been the lead off. Then the experimental, frenetic, unfocused mess of side 1 would have made slightly more sense. Probably worth listening to for the ambition and influence, but the production is better than the music. 2.8

very diverse

Yeah. I liked parts of this. It’s all over the place though and just didn’t grab me. A bonkers psychedelic trip indeed but kind of disappointing

Wiggles and squirming Weirdly poppy but not catchy Bouncing off the walls

Kinda unhinged and almost, but not quite, fun. It just doesn't have any "meat" to it. Todd's has much better albums. I still appreciate the spirit of it. Best I can do is a 3, now get out of here.

Clairement pas pour moi.

Really fun album, need to revisit bc I was listening on a plane from Portland to DC, so I was missing the finer points. But I like the vibe! Seemed like something I could dance to

Cool moments, you can tell why there were influential to so many bands like MGMT

Weird, but I liked it more than I've liked other experimental albums. Flamingo was a surprise song I'll add to a playlist or two. 2/5

A little psychedelic and experimental for the time. Not my style, but something to appreciate.

Not for me

Interesting. But I don't really loke it.

Hmmm

As if Ross Gellar from friends made an album with his key-tar.

Probably would have enjoyed it more if I was tripping on shrooms

Not my style. A couple of ok songs but wouldn't listen to again

Not my style

Not my jam. The album cover was cool. It was trippy but not in a way I loved. Weird. But I think that’s what they’re going for

Not my thing

Insane man creates the greatest psychedelic rock album of all time and then wastes the last 20 minutes on weird R&B bullshit nobody cares about. This is one of those albums where I feel like I'm going to need an entire month and a room of researchers to fully get a grasp on my true feelings. Is this pretentious slop? Is this the most genius thing ever made? Is Todd Rundgren just a figment of my imagination? Was the Moon landing fake? 4/5 I guess? Contact me in a month.

This album sounded a bit like a bad trip. I was out on it at first but, after a few listens, there were some spots I somewhat enjoyed. Overall not really my vibe.

This is like if ADHD made an album. First 20 or so minutes are racing from track to track, then it seems to jump genres, from prog to punky to soul, to... some other stuff... Still, I mostly enjoyed it but the frenetic approach made bits of it a struggle.

Not a fan. Possibly drugs would help me enjoy it but not going to happen sober.

Genre: Progressive pop, psychedelia, avant-pop, R&B 1973 Very interesting album. One great song runs right into another.... Fantastic! Not a fan of Cool Jerk as part of an otherwise very nice R&B Medley. Standouts: The entire side 1 especially Zen Archer. Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel, I'm So Proud (best part of the Medley), I Don't Want to Tie You Down, Just One Victory. 4/5

Very interesting album. Side 1 - 2/5, Side 2 is much better - 4/5. Favourite song(s): "Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel", "Medley: I'm So Proud/ Ooh Baby Baby/ La La Means I Love You/ Cool Jerk" Overall 3.5/5

Mieluummin kuuntelisin kunnin rehellistä soulia. Ihan hassunhauskoja sanoituksia tosin välillä, mikä piristi. En inhoa, en todellakaan pidä oikein minään.

Velho näyttää, miten nuotti asetetaan nuotin ja sointu soinnun perään, ja miten homma välillä hajoaa smoothisti kasaan. Mutta miksei hän vain tehnyt levyä? On tässä siihen rahkeet.

3.5 stars rounded up. Wildly inventive. Reminded of late era Flaming Lips: solid pop rock mixed with psychedelia. A bit too inventive in that nothing in particular stood out, but I will definitely re-listen.

Interesting soft rock

Much of this album seems to be self-indulgent experimentation, or contractual obligation work, or writer's block. None of these are bad per. But they are not the stuff masterpieces are made from. Bigger Rundgren fans than I probably appreciate this more, and it did have its enjoyable moments. Listened to this twice to get a better grip on it. It does go down a little easier the second time. Rather listen to Iron Maiden again, though. Sex, drugs, and Rock n Roll I guess? A reluctant 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ei oikeastaan yhtään hyvää biisiä koko levyllä ja osa vielä ärsyttäviäkin.

Eipä ollu erikoinen

2/5

You do you

hop la il était passé à la trappe le todd

I'm giving this an extra star because there were moments that I enjoyed, but overall each song got to a point that I had to skip it. Get this one outta here!

Our second from Todd, he's back with another banger. Of course I know "International Feel," it's on Frank Ocean's GTA radio station. Like the other album, this one travels through a variety of sounds and genres. It's rock, but sometimes funky, psychedelic, soul-y, etc. Some long tracks that take you on a journey all their own too. I really enjoyed this, I'm glad this list has given me two albums worth of music from Todd, enough to know he's not just the "Bang on the Drum All Day" guy. Favorite tracks: International Feel, Tic Tic Tic It Wears Off, Flamingo, Zen Archer, I'm So Proud, I Don't Want to Tie You Down. Album art: Really cool, love the abstract style, double ears plus a third ear on the eye. Lots of funky shapes, and the title and artist are actually written at the top. Need more covers as distinct and creative as this. 4.5/5

I think the album cover of A Wizard, A True Star pretty much nails the feel of most of the album. Many of the songs, especially in the first half, were pushing the boundary of "music" a bit too much for my enjoyment. But when the more standard pop songs showed up they did the trick. Lyrically Rundgren sometimes came off as a bit whiny, or maybe egocentric, but otherwise there's a lot of really genre-pushing stuff here. It's not an album that will find it's way back into the rotation for me any time soon, but it wasn't painful to listen to... for the most part. Highlight: Medley: I'm so Proud / Ooh Baby Baby / La La Means I Love You / Cool Jerk Lowlight: Dogfight Giggle Surprise Hit: Tic Tic Tic, It Wears Off

Rundgren doing some soul. Nice surprise!

Not for me :(

Weird album. Loved it

Um álbum ok, gostei da sonoridade mas definitivamente não é meu estilo.

I know some of the songs but definitely think his music covered by someone else is better.

I think this might be brilliant. There's Barretty Floyd here, Wilson Beach Boys, and much more insanity besides. I get 10cc Sheet Music vibes in places - from the following year, so there was something in the water. The short stabs of 1 minute long ideas also bring to mind later artists such as Fiery Furnaces and of Montreal. Never heard a single bit of his stuff. Recognise the name from his production work with others. Proof you can make a kind of psych prog rock album without loads of 8 minute behemoths (although I like those too). When it does really open up such as with Zen Archer it is outstanding. There's also a fair lashing of 70s schmaltz in Medley, which I haven't made my mind up about. To wholly wrongly use the word, a very schizophrenic record.

I can see how people might say this is great.

Blind album, know the artist from the list. Wow what a trip of an album. Crazy cool parts, but i felt like my head was swirling. If this album was an acid trip, this is one where im happy, but im also laying in a corner drooling seeing shit. Like the album is cool, but parts of it made me feel very very strange.

Amazing. Listened to it twice. This is the shit I like. Gives an Abbey Road vibe with the Medley. I disavow Dogfight Giggle. Ez 5

bad length, cool album cover, I don't like the 70's sound, I might listen again. ez 3 zen archer

Very good 4.5

45/100 Based on this scale: 1 star - 0 to 19 2 stars - 20 to 39 3 stars - 40 to 59 4 stars - 60 to 79 5 stars - 80 to 100 I would have probably enjoyed this more years ago, but I no longer do acid. Interesting, but not likely to make me listen a second time.

eh... it's alright.

Quite odd, not sure I get it

This is my second Todd Rundgren album this month, having previously never listened to him. Seems like I've been missing out big time. On first listen, I found it a difficult one - particularly the more psychedelic snippets in the first half. I often find with psych rock that I have to be in the right mood for it, and the first time was a bit grating. However, second listen was much better, and there are some real gems on the second half in particular. Although not as listener friendly as Something/Anything, I think this will be a grower for me. Love the weirdness and fairly wild experimentation for the time. Even though not all of the experiments work out I respect the effort. That's kind of the point! Will definitely be revisiting this.

Thoughts before listening: Todd Rundgren is an enigma to me. He gets massive praise from music nerds and critics, but I don't recognize any of his songs on Spotify. I know he's in the rock n roll Hall of Fame and produced a lot of well known records, but when I have tried to listen to his music, it's just fine to me. Sounds like other 70s rock bands like Steely Dan. I do understand that he changed his sound a lot and I've seen where this album is labeled as experimental, so maybe the "hits" on Spotify aren't representative of his full discography. Anyway, I'm excited to try this album out. Review: So this sounds like Steely Dan meets Frank Zappa with some Beatles melodies thrown in as well. I think I like it, but its also a lot to take in on one listen. This is one of those albums where a lot of ideas show up but not always in the form of a fully fledged out song. There are bits and pieces of great melodies that are then abruptly ended for some weird avant garde art rock song...much like Frank Zappa. That makes for an interesting if not always fully enjoyable listen. There are some really good songs on here. International Feel, Zen Archer, Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel, Is It My Name?, and Just One Victory are great tracks that I am glad to add to the playlist. A lot of the other songs are either sappy ballads or complete weirdo arty excursions that just aren't for me.

A lot of talent and creative brilliance on display here, but the overall package is kind of a sloppy mess.

Rundgren has always been under my radar, but I do know he writes some pretty great pop songs. His depth of a songwriter is evident on A Wizard, A True Star with a varied range of songs and for the most part, enjoyable. I wouldn't consider this his best work, but it's a good effort and worth the listen.

Rundgren didn’t try hard enough to make this cohesive. The textures are lush and interesting, but they also make very little sense. The lyrics are pretty confusing and sung in a strangely un-catchy way. With some of the less substantial tracks removed and other shorter ones (such as Tic-Tic-Tic and Rock & Roll Pussy) more fully realised, this could’ve been a great double album. Unfortunately, I can’t give this more than 3 stars. The ideas have a great deal of potential that just doesn’t land properly. We instead get a decent-sounding but very swift-moving, hard-to-remember set of psychedelic rock tracks. There are definitely some highlights, including the I’m So Proud medley, Is It My Name?, and Sometimes I Don’t Know What to Feel.

mega fed!! Meget positivt overrasket, jeg havde dårligt nok hørt om ham før. vildt forud for sin tid, noget af det lød som mr. bungle i øjeblikke

Vidste meget lidt om Todd Rundgren da jeg gik ind til det her, troede det var lidt noget hygge-psykedelisk. Men det her plade er jo bonkers. Pissefedt.

Syret... 😄 Var egentlig fik nok, men det er lidt et commitment at skulle høre den med 56 minutter uden nogle egentlige "sangskifte"

There were a few songs that stood out to me and there were parts of songs that I enjoyed but then there were things thrown in like creepy laughing. I think I was too sober for this album.

PHASER. I'm glad this exists but it's not for me.

Never actually listened to a Rundgren. This is weird! Really well done. The self awareness and fun combination of styles, the way everything runs together but is still very different. I feel like this is really good. It’s a wild ride in a great way! This is the kind of album I would want to make. Seems like my kind of guy just doing whatever he wants. At least a 4, but maybe a 4.5. Ok 4.5 considering this was 73!

The album is structured like a manic, multi-layered collage. Side one bleeds track into track with no breathing room—zipping from explosive cosmic synth-rock ("International Feel") into Broadway showtunes ("Never Never Land"), bizarre comedy, heavy metal stabs, and fragments of sound effects, all produced entirely by Rundgren himself playing almost everything.

Didn't feel right. Will listen again another day

Weird but interesting

I

Lite småhemligt är det allt.

Sam likes Todd Rungren, but I find it is either too light and fluffy or else madly prog-rock, almost avante garde.

I enjoyed the album but some of the songs seem to be unfinished demos, and I would have appreciated those more if they were longer than a minute or two

Noisy and cluttered David Bowie. Some songs create a nice chaotic mixture. Nice enough voice. Back half of album settles into a nice dream-pop explosion.

Really liked the synthy proggy parts. It lost me more on the romantic ballads and cheesy parts

There were some weird parts that were cool, I guess, but I didn’t get much out of this one

The back half of this was more interesting than the first. The influences were all over the place but it was a pretty solid lesson

I"ll give it another try when i'm high

Definitivamente o álbum de número 1001

Mix of bizarre and fascinating original pieces and some wonderful covers of a few classics.

Noh. Ei tämä mun juttu ole. EI kuitenkaan ihan toivotonta.

Very different to the kind of music I am used to but found some enjoyment from Zen Archer and Never Never Land

I was shocked and had no idea that there was some off these crazy sick ass sounds. The first song international feel was amazing and the intro was just perfect. Not the biggest fan of dogfight giggle, a little too experimental for me. Also flamingo just didn’t have any words which was unfortunate because there were was such a good opportunity for some vocals. Sometimes I don’t know what to feel was also very well paced

Meh

Never heard of this guy before. Weird and different, but cohesive and it kinda works. You can tell this dude was having fun making this music which is a plus. Sounds like he was just testing new sounds on some acid. Pretty cool experience listening. Glad I listened, this was probably ground breaking in 1973. Probably wouldn't listen again. Personal Favorites: Zen Archer