Very Best Of Todd Rundgren CD

MUSIC

POP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. We Gotta Get You A Woman ~ Todd Rundgren

2. Be Nice To Me ~ Todd Rundgren

3. I Saw The Light ~ Todd Rundgren

4. Hello It's Me ~ Todd Rundgren

5. Couldn't I Just Tell You ~ Todd Rundgren

6. Just One Victory ~ Todd Rundgren

7. Dream Goes On Forever, A ~ Todd Rundgren

8. Real Man ~ Todd Rundgren

9. Love Of The Common Man ~ Todd Rundgren

10. Love Is The Answer - (with Utopia) ~ Todd Rundgren

11. Love In Action - (with Utopia) ~ Todd Rundgren

12. Can We Still Be Friends ~ Todd Rundgren

13. Very Last Time, The - (with Utopia) ~ Todd Rundgren

14. Bang The Drum All Day ~ Todd Rundgren

15. Something To Fall Back On ~ Todd Rundgren

16. Want Of A Nail, The - (with Bobby Womack) ~ Todd Rundgren

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel includes: Todd Rundgren, Utopia, Bobby Womack.
	Personnel: Todd Rundgren (vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion); Bobby Womack (vocals); Tom Cosgrove, Lyle Workman (guitar); Barbara Imhoff (harp); Roberta Freier, Paul Brancato, Stephen Gehl, Nathan Rubin, John Tenney (strings); Bobby Strickland , Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone); Mike Rose, Randy Brecker (trumpet); Jim Blinn, Barry Rogers (trombone); Vince Welnick (piano); Ralph Schuckett (Clavinet, organ, keyboards); Mark "Moogy" Klingman (organ, keyboards); Roger Powell (keyboards, background vocals); Jon Wilcox (drums, percussion, background vocals); Hunt Sales (drums, percussion); John Guerin, John Siomos, Michael Urbano, Kevin Ellman (drums); Gary Yost (tambourine); Tony Sales (percussion); Michele Gray, Richard Corey, Hope Ruff, Dennis Cooley, Cecilia Norfleet, Jeanie Tracy, Kasim Sulton, N.D. Smart II, Vicki Randle, Vicki Sue Robinson, Brent Bourgeois (background vocals).
	Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot.
	Liner Note Author: Brett Milano.
	Photographers: Lynn Goldsmith; Michael Ochs.
	For all intents and purposes, THE VERY BEST OF TODD RUNDGREN is a one-disc condensation of Rhino's 1989 two-disc history ANTHOLOGY 1968-85. Wisely, this 16-track version de-emphasizes both Rundgren's spotty later career and his '70s jazz-rock band Utopia, whose thematic records and suitelike songs need to be heard in context to fully make sense.
	Instead, THE VERY BEST OF TODD RUNDGREN focuses on the early days of the Philadelphia native's career, when he was effortlessly turning out soul-tinged pop classics like "We Gotta Get You a Woman," the impossibly wistful "Hello It's Me," and his two dead-perfect, impossible-to-improve-upon AM radio classics, the slinky "I Saw the Light" and the power-pop archetype "Couldn't I Just Tell You." In the context of these gems, even quirky later cuts like "The Want of a Nail" and "Bang the Drum All Day" sound stronger than before.
Producer: Todd Rundgren; Utopia; Gary Peterson (Compilation)
Musical Guests
	Utopia
	Bobby Womack

Artist Overview

Todd Rundgren first surfaced with 1960s psych-pop group the Nazz, but quickly launched a solo career marked by unprecedented eclecticism. Continually straddling the line between experimentalism and pop accessibility, Rundgren's releases dart from pop-rock to blue-eyed soul to art rock. Though much of his mid-period work came under the group banner of Utopia, Rundgren is best known as a multi-instrumentalist/one-man-band studio whiz (he parlayed his studio skills into a lucrative production career, working with everyone from Meat Loaf to the Psychedelic Furs).

Compilation Appearances

	Gold(2cd)
	Project-Anthology of American Folk Music
	Top Of The Pop Hits:70's Vol 2
	Flower Power:music Of The Love Genera
	Singers Songwriters
	Who Are You:all Star Tribute To The W
	Son Of Rogues Gallery:pirate Ballads
	Love Romance

Associated Artists and Works

Original Soundtrack

Technical Info

	Release Date : 1997
	Original Release Date : 1997
	Catalog ID : 72811
	Label : Rhino (Label)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : DDD
	UPC : 00081227281120