Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything? (LP, 45 RPM)

Description

Something/Anything? is the third album by American musician Todd Rundgren, released in February 1972. It was his first double album, and was recorded in late 1971 in Los Angeles, New York City and Bearsville Studios, Woodstock. Three quarters of the album was recorded in the studio with Rundgren playing all instruments and singing all vocals, as well as being the producer. The final quarter contained a number of tracks recorded live in the studio without any overdubs, save for a short snippet of archive recordings from the 1960s. Rundgren had become confident enough at other instruments beyond his standard guitar and keyboards that he had tackled in earlier releases, and this, coupled with a general dissatisfaction with other studio musicians, led him to temporarily relocate to Los Angeles in an attempt to record an entire album single-handedly. After he had created significantly more material than would fit on a standard LP, an earthquake struck LA. He decided to head back to New York for some live sessions, with the help of Moogy Klingman, to lighten the mood. The final sessions were in Bearsville, where the remainder of the recording and mixing took place, and this created enough material for a double album. The album peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold three years after its release. A single taken from the album, "Hello It's Me", was a top-five hit in the US in late 1973, and it contained a further hit, "I Saw the Light". Something/Anything? later attracted critical acclaim as one of the most significant records of the 1970s. In 2003, the album was ranked number 173 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list, and later ranked at number 396 in the 2020 edition. It was voted number 797 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000). After Something/Anything, Rundgren moved away from the straightforward pop ballads present on this album to more experimental territory and progressive rock in later releases, beginning with A Wizard, A True Star.

Release Info

Artist: Todd Rundgren
Label: Bearsville
Format: LP, 45 RPM
Country: USA & Europe
Label: Bearsville
Released: 2022-11-25
Genre: Rock
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Tracklist

A1 I Saw The Light
A2 It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
A3 Wolfman Jack
B1 Cold Morning Light
B2 It Takes Two To Tango (This Is For The Girls)
B3 Sweeter Memories
C1 Intro
C2 Breathless
C3 The Night The Carousel Burned Down
C4 Saving Grace
D1 Marlene
D2 Song Of The Viking
D3 I Went To The Mirror
E1 Black Maria
E2 One More Day (No Word)
F1 Couldn't I Just Tell You
F2 Torch Song
F3 Little Red Lights
Baby Needs A New Pair Of Snakeskin Boots (A Pop Operetta)
Overture - My Roots
G2 Dust In The Wind
G3 Piss Aaron
G4 Hello It's Me
H1 Some Folks Is Even Whiter Than Me
H2 You Left Me Sore
H3 Slut