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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Todd Rundgren |
| Record Label: |
Sanctuary (USA) |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Art Rock |
| Release Date: |
April 06, 2004 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Truth
2. Sweet
3. Happy Anniversary
4. Soul Brother
5. Stood Up
6. Mammon
7. Future
8. Past
9. Wondering
10. Flaw
11. Afterlife
12. Living
13. God Said
14. Liar |
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Personnel: Todd Rundgren (vocals, various instruments); Ken Emerson, Garn Ian Thomasson. Long before Prince came along, Todd Rundgren was one of the original one-man-band prodigies, right alongside Stevie Wonder. Over the years, Rundgren's hermetic genius has grown ever more willful and techno-savvy, so that 2004's LIARS might even be seen as a less funky analogue of the man from Minneapolis. A quirky sense of humor is displayed on several cuts, but that's nothing new for the man who released "Some Folks Is Even Whiter Than Me" in 1972. The most striking development here is the electro-dance element. While Rundgren has been working with synthesizers since the '70s, some of LIARS goes so far as to incorporate house and techno beats. Nevertheless, there's still plenty of elegantly crafted pop-rock here with ties to Rundgren's glory days (and occasionally, even stray echoes of fellow pop perfectionists XTC). While it's too left-of-center to appeal to classic-rock radio, LIARS should still find favor with au... |
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