Todd Rundgren - 1972 Something/Anything? (2CD)
2006 JVC K2HD VICP-63261-2 Remastered
Limited edition Japanese pressing has been recorded in high difinition and comes in a miniature LP sleeve. Bearsville. 2006
repacked by yury_usa
Amazon.com Review
This double record from 1972 remains the definitive collection of Rundgren's long career. With Rundren acting as a one-man-band for three-quarters of the session, it was also his bid for a Ph.D. from the college of musical knowledge. He deserved the degree for simply writing the lead-off track, "I Saw the Light," a melodic pop-rock gem that remains Rundgren's greatest hit. Rundgren excels at Beatles-esque pop-rock ("Couldn't I Just Tell You," "Wolfman Jack") and Philadelphia-styled soul ballads ("It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference," "Hello, It's Me"). He also sticks his toe into heavy metal ("Black Maria"), jazz-rock fusion ("Breathless"), and cerebral pop ("The Night the Carousel Burnt Down"). Like most double albums, there's fat on the play-list, but the best of Something/Anything gave credence to Rundgren's boast of being a wizard and a true star. --John Milward
CD1:| TRACKLIST | 1. I Saw the Light
2. It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
3. Wolfman Jack
4. Cold Morning Light
5. It Takes Two to Tango (This Is for the Girls)
6. Sweeter Memories
7. Intro
8. Breathless [Instrumental]
9. Night the Carousel Burned Down
10. Saving Grace
11. Marlene
12. Song of the Viking
13. I Went to the Mirror
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CD2:
| TRACKLIST | 1. Black Maria
2. One More Day (No Word)
3. Couldn't I Just Tell You
4. Torch Song
5. Little Red Lights
6. Overture-My Roots: Money (That's What I Want) /Messin' With the Kid
7. Dust in the Wind
8. Piss Aaron
9. Hello It's Me
10. Some Folks Is Even Whiter Than Me
11. You Left Me Sore
12. Slut
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| QUOTE (Wikipedia): | | Todd Rundgren's third solo album, and is often regarded to be the singer-songwriter's magnum opus. Rundgren played every instrument (as well as sang every part) on the first three sides of the double LP, while a band accompanies him on the fourth. The album was hailed as an impressively diverse pop rock masterpiece by most critics, while some felt it was considerably self-indulgent.In 2003, the album was ranked number 173 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. |
| QUOTE (seva.ru): | | Пребывание в группе "Nazz", не принесло Рандгрену музыкального удовлетворения - именно этим и объяснялось его желание стать продюсером. Однако дело вскоре приняло неожиданный оборот: Тодд Рандгрен стал продюсировать самого себя. Первым альбомом в 1970 году стал "Runt", затем пластинка "Todd Rundgren" и позже в 1972 году "Something/Anything?" ("Что-то/что угодно?"), песня с которого "I Saw The Light" ("Я увидел свет") вышла в американский список. |
  
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