This is probably my third or fourth favourite Todd album ever, after AW/ATS, S/A, and maybe The Ballad of Todd Rundgren. The songs are all great and Todd’s singing has never been better. I also love how he went against the grain with full-blown productions at a time when everyone else was going for the mechanical two-man “drum-machine and workstation keyboard” sound. Unfortunately, he tipped over too far into Broadway schmaltz for my liking with 2nd Wind but it was fun while it lasted (and the 2nd Wind tour was incredible!).
“Hawking” never fails to put a lump in my throat. “Can’t Stop Running” is another favourite tune off of this one you didn’t mention. I do have to say, though, as someone who discovered this via the vinyl, the inclusion of the bonus track “Two Little Hitlers” in the middle instead of at the end is an annoyance (a la the original pressings of the XTC CDs). It doesn’t fit in with the other songs and ruins the disc’s flow.
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Date: 2010-03-30 08:38 pm (UTC)“Hawking” never fails to put a lump in my throat. “Can’t Stop Running” is another favourite tune off of this one you didn’t mention. I do have to say, though, as someone who discovered this via the vinyl, the inclusion of the bonus track “Two Little Hitlers” in the middle instead of at the end is an annoyance (a la the original pressings of the XTC CDs). It doesn’t fit in with the other songs and ruins the disc’s flow.