Todd

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Personnel: Todd Rundgren (vocals, various instruments); Peter Ponzel (soprano saxophone); Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone); Randy Brecker (trumpet); Barry Rogers (trombone); Moogy Klingman (piano, electric piano, organ, keyboards); Ralph Schuckett (organ, Clavinet); Buffalo Bill Gelber, John Miller, John Seigler (bass); Wells Kelly, Kevin Ellman (drums); First United Church Of The Cosmic Smorgasbord (background vocals).
Originally released as a 2 LP set.
1974's TODD was a departure for Todd Rundgren. After a series of one-man-band albums highlighted by the classic SOMETHING/ANYTHING?, he'd allowed a few other musicians on this effort's immediate predecessor, A WIZARD A TRUE STAR. TODD goes one step further by incorporating a full band, and the difference between it and Rundgren's more spare, earlier records is startling.
The songs are lushly orchestrated, with a full Philly-soul-styled horn section that's led by the legendary Brecker brothers on several tracks. Keyboards dominate the arrangements, with Rundgren, longtime cohort Mark "Moogy" Klingman, and session-man Ralph Schuckett all contributing piano, organ, and vintage '70s-style clavinet. The songs themselves are a little quirkier than earlier efforts, with the progressive and fusion influences that would dominate Rundgren's forthcoming band Utopia rearing their heads. Yet TODD is very much a pop album, with soulful gems like "I Think You Know" and snarling rockers like "Heavy Metal Kids" predominating.