After two albums, Todd Rundgren had one hit and a burgeoning cult following, plus growing respect as a hitmaking record producer. There's no question he was busy, but as it turns out, all this work only scratched the surface of his ambition. He had decided to abandon the Runt pretense and recorded a full double album by himself (save for one side). Others had recorded one-man albums before, most notably Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney, but Rundgren -- without borrowing musically from either artist -- captured the homemade ambience of McCartney with the visionary feel of Music of My Mind, adding an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music from Gilbert & Sullivan through Jimi Hendrix, plus the crazed zeal of a pioneer. Listening to Something/Anything? is a mind-altering trip in itself, no matter how many instantly memorable, shamelessly accessible pop songs are scattered throughout the album. Each side of the double album is a concept onto itself. The first side is "a bouquet of ear-catching melodies"; side two is "the cerebral side"; on side three "the kid gets heavy"; side four is his mock pop operetta, recorded with a full band including the Sales brothers.
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DR11 -1.58 dB -14.78 dB 2:59 01-I Saw The Light
DR14 -1.09 dB -17.95 dB 3:50 02-It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
DR12 -2.78 dB -17.03 dB 2:56 03-Wolfman Jack
DR14 -0.70 dB -16.94 dB 3:36 04-Cold Morning Light
DR12 -4.23 dB -17.13 dB 2:42 05-It Takes Two To Tango (This Is For The Girls)
DR12 -3.17 dB -16.94 dB 3:34 06-Sweeter Memories
DR14 -1.23 dB -18.85 dB 1:12 07-Intro
DR12 -2.10 dB -15.63 dB 3:15 08-Breathless [Instrumental]
DR11 -3.52 dB -17.86 dB 4:29 09-The Night The Carousel Burned Down
DR12 -1.18 dB -16.26 dB 4:13 10-Saving Grace
DR14 -0.85 dB -18.35 dB 3:55 11-Marlene
DR12 -3.26 dB -17.56 dB 2:33 12-Song Of The Viking
DR13 -2.65 dB -20.01 dB 4:01 13-I Went To The Mirror
DR14 -0.72 dB -16.99 dB 5:20 14-Black Maria
DR12 -2.44 dB -17.23 dB 3:43 15-One More Day (No Word)
DR12 -2.82 dB -16.57 dB 3:35 16-Couldn't I Just Tell You
DR12 -3.96 dB -18.62 dB 2:52 17-Torch Song
DR13 -0.71 dB -15.26 dB 4:50 18-Little Red Lights
DR12 -3.65 dB -18.89 dB 2:30 19-Overture -- My Roots: Money (That's What I Want)/Messin' With The Kid
DR12 -1.99 dB -16.62 dB 3:49 20-Dust In The Wind
DR13 -0.77 dB -15.05 dB 3:27 21-Piss Aaron
DR13 -1.82 dB -17.40 dB 4:38 22-Hello It's Me
DR13 -0.72 dB -16.65 dB 3:58 23-Some Folks Is Even Whiter Than Me
DR15 -2.01 dB -20.53 dB 3:16 24-You Left Me Sore
DR12 -4.44 dB -18.96 dB 4:04 25-Slut
Hey! You found Todd. Thank you for answering my request! You are now officially on my annual Christmas Card mailing list, from which there is no escape. :D But seriously, a HUGE thank you for resurrecting this little rock gem from the grave. When I was a teenager and later at university, Todd was my hero. His lyrics meant something and his concerts were wild affairs with devoted groupies on LSD - not unlike Dead heads, following their musical Messiah from city to city.
Something Anything was his third solo album. It reached #29 on the Billboard 200 and went Gold a few years later. If I'm not mistaken, it was also Rundgren's best-selling album and in 2003 made it onto the coveted Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It includes his big hits 'Hello It's Me' and 'I Saw The Light' - but the real gems (imho) are the lesser known tracks most people have never heard, like 'Black Maria'.
So, and without further ado, let me just say THANK YOU (in all caps) cuz' I'm so thrilled to have this one in FLAC. 🥂
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