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Todd Rundgren - Nearly Human (1989)
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Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock | Label: Warner 25881-2 | Release: 1989

“As the '80s drew to a close, Todd Rundgren turned over a new leaf with his first album recorded specifically for Warner Bros. Not long after the release of A Cappella, he separated from Bearsville and disbanded Utopia, choosing to embark on a few years as a producer and session man. He finally returned with Nearly Human, his first album of new material in four years, in the summer of 1989. During his hiatus as a recording artist, Rundgren became fascinated with recording live music, deciding to record Nearly Human live in the studio -- not nearly as flamboyant as A Cappella, but a gimmick nonetheless. If anything, the live-in-the-studio gimmick works better than the all-vocal track, not only because it's easier to execute, but because the production style complements the soul-inflected songs. Song for song, Nearly Human is his best record since The Hermit of Mink Hollow, since not only is the bulk of the album filled with charging blue-eyed soul like "The Want of a Nail" or sweet ballads like "Parallel Lines," but because there are no novelties and the cover choice (Elvis Costello's "Two Little Hitlers") is fresh and surprising. At times, his eccentricities get the best of him, as he overstuffs his arrangements or lyrics with unnecessary details, but these are minor points -- Nearly Human finds Rundgren at the top of his game as a performer, producer and songwriter, sustaining his momentum in a way he hadn't for nearly a full decade. ”




Tracklist:
01 The Want Of A Nail
02 The Waiting Game
03 Parallel Lines
04 Two Little Hitlers
05 Can't Stop Running
06 Unloved Children
07 Fidelity
08 Feel It
09 Hawking
10 I Love My Life

Credit:
Todd Rundgren : not specified
Bobbt Womack: Guest Vocal on #1
Michael Urbano: ds
Larry Tagg : b
Narada Michael Walden : Choir Master on #10