gafa42
2
This one was unfortunately just not for me. It was also much too long. I do really like the cover art though.
awful and obsolete.
I've seen the name a million times, and on pressing play I kind of recognize the voice, but I can't say I know much about Todd Rundgren at all. I am, however, put off by 1 hr 29 mins as a runtime, which is quite frankly bonkers. He's got a good voice. People have been saying this gets weird, where's the weird man?! Okay, now things are getting weird! Maybe gone too far into bizarre. It's still going, and things haven't been that bad, to be honest. It's all a bit AOR middle of the road 70s soft-rock stuff, but then that is what it is. And that's that. Not terrible, but going by what else has been not terrible... 2 / 5 stars.
A good album, and I like the concepts behind each side, but there's quite a bit of fat that should've been trimmed from this album (namely the cerebral side and the half-baked story, overture & last two songs of the "operetta side"). It would've made for an even better album, though a more accessible listen too, which Todd wouldn't have gone for. favs: Hello It's Me, Black Maria, I Saw the Light, Couldn't I Just Tell You, Dust in the Wind, It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference least favs: I Went to the Mirror, Breathless
It starts pleasant enough, then it gets a little weird, then it overstays its welcome.