{"id":29083,"date":"2025-03-24T05:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T09:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=29083"},"modified":"2025-09-12T15:47:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T19:47:43","slug":"review-roundup-todd-rundgren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/review-roundup-todd-rundgren\/","title":{"rendered":"Review Roundup: Todd Rundgren"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10142\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10142\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10142\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/bk_tr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/bk_tr.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/bk_tr-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The author with Todd Rundgren in 2008<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Todd may not be Godd, but he\u2019s certainly a wizard and a true star. I\u2019ve had the pleasure of seeing Todd Rundgren onstage many times, interviewing and meeting him on a number of occasions as well. I\u2019ve reviewed a great deal of his recorded output, too, beginning with one of my earliest published pieces, a (then-) career-spanning summary of his catalog (see below). Here\u2019s that and much more, presented in random order for your confused enjoyment.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Joe Jackson &amp; Todd Rundgren featuring Ethel \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/27\/album-review-joe-jackson-todd-rundgren-featuring-ethel-state-theater-new-jersey-2005\/\">State Theater New Jersey 2005<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Todd Rundgren\u2019s Utopia \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/12\/album-review-todd-rundgrens-utopia-benefit-for-moogy-klingman\/\">Benefit for Moogy Klingman<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Todd Rundgren \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/26\/cant-stop-running-todd-rundgrens-nearly-human-at-30\/\">Nearly Human<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Todd Rundgren \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/02\/todd-rundgrens-no-world-order-at-25\/\">No World Order<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Todd Rundgren \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/10\/album-mini-review-todd-rundgren-an-evening-with-todd-rundgren\/\">An Evening with Todd Rundgren<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Todd Rundgren &amp; Utopia \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/09\/10168\/\">Disco Jets<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Todd Rundgren \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2015\/06\/30\/album-review-todd-rundgren-global\/\">Global<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Todd Rundgren \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/20\/album-review-todd-rundgren-at-the-bbc-1972-1982\/\">At the BBC 1972-1982<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Todd Rundgren \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2013\/06\/24\/album-review-todd-rundgren-state\/\">State<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Todd Rundgren \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/28\/dvd-review-todd-rundgren-todd-live\/\">Todd Live<\/a> (DVD)<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Todd Rundgren\u2019s Utopia \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/13\/album-review-todd-rundgrens-utopia-live-at-hammersmith-odeon-75\/\">Live at Hammersmith Odeon \u201875<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><strong>Todd Rundgren and Utopia \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/13\/hundred-word-reviews-for-may-2015-part-8\/\">Live at the Electric Ballroom<\/a><\/strong> <\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Utopia \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/12\/shot-in-the-dark-utopias-adventures-in-utopia-at-at-40\/\">Adventures in Utopia<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Todd Rundgren\u2019s Utopia \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/15\/even-more-hundred-worders-for-may-2019\/\">Live at the Chicago Theatre<\/a> (2CD + DVD + Blu-Ray<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li>Nazz \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/10\/dont-forget-all-about-it-nazz-nazz-at-50\/\"><i>Nazz Nazz<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Todd Rundgren\/Emil Nikolaisen\/Hans-Peter Lindstr\u00f8m <i>\u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/14\/album-mini-review-todd-rundgrenemil-nikolaisenhans-peter-lindstrom-runddans\/\">Runddans<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2007\/12\/02\/todd-rundgren-utopia-nazz-a-critical-essay\/\">Everything up to 2004<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Todd may not be Godd, but he\u2019s certainly a wizard and a true star. 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