3.4 - Listening to this record released in 1972 reminds me of Hunter S Thompson’s summation of how the giddy creativity of the 1960 ultimately led to disappointment. “So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill…and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark—that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.” I hate to criticize this record too much - I appreciate the meticulous instrumentation and the amount of output - but it’s like Todd Rundgren channeled all of the bland, easy listening elements of the 1960s and forgot about the rest. And at over 90 minutes, this is a boring, bloated slog.