Track Listing 1. We Gotta Get You a Woman 2. Be Nice to Me 3. I Saw the Light 4. Hello It's Me 5. Couldn't I Just Tell You 6. Just One Victory 7. Dream Goes on Forever, A 8. Real Man 9. Love of the Common Man 10. Love Is the Answer - (with Utopia) 11. Love in Action - (with Utopia) 12. Can We Still Be Friends 13. Very Last Time, The - (with Utopia) 14. Bang the Drum All Day 15. Something to Fall Back On 16. Want of a Nail, The - (with Bobby Womack)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Bobby Womack, Utopia | | Producer: | Todd Rundgren, Utopia | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel includes: Todd Rundgren, Utopia, Bobby Womack. 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.
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