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Todd Rundgren - Hermit Of Mink Hollow (Japan Pccy-00924-11) (1978)

Track listing:
  1. All The Children Sing 3:11
  2. Can We Still Be Friends 3:37
  3. Hurting For You 3:22
  4. Too Far Gone 2:39
  5. Onomatopoeia 1:35
  6. Determination 3:12
  7. Bread 2:50
  8. Bag Lady 3:16
  9. You Cried Wolf 2:32
  10. Lucky Guy 2:06
  11. Out Of Control 3:58
  12. Fade Away 3:06

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Todd Rundgren - Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978) [FLAC+Scan]

Artist:
Todd Rundgren

Album:
Hermit of Mink Hollow

Released in 1978
(PCCY-00924-11 from Todd Rundgren Complete Bearsville Box, PCCY-00924
imported from Japan / DISCID 9308510C)

Tracks:
- The Easy Side -
01. All The Children Sing
02. Can We Still Be Friends
03. Hurting For You
04. Too Far Gone
05. Onomatopoeia
06. Determination

- The Difficult Side -
07. Bread
08. Bag Lady
09. You Cried Wolf
10. Lucky Guy
11. Out of Control
12. Fade Away

All vocals and instruments by Todd Rundgren

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Over the course of 1977, Todd Rundgren moved Utopia toward a more pop-oriented direction, winding up with the slick mainstream arena rock of Oops! Wrong Planet. With that in mind, it makes sense that The Hermit of Mink Hollow - his first full-fledged solo album since Initiation, if you discount the half-cover/half-original Faithful - finds Rundgren in his pop craftsman persona. The difference is, he's heartbroken. His relationship with Bebe Buell collapsed during 1977 and it's clear that the separation has pained him, since pain and melancholy underpin the album, whether it's on ballads ("Can We Still Be Friends") or on apparently joyous revelries, like "All the Children Sing." That said, this is a Rundgren solo album and he has not abandoned his trademarks, which means that the lush ballads are paired with novelties ("Onomatopoeia," which sounds exactly how you hope it does), ersatz soul ("You Cried Wolf"), and pure pop ("Hurting for You"). Hermit is also the first record Rundgren recorded completely alone since Something/Anything- Where that record sounded like the inner workings of a madman, with each song providing no indication what the next would sound like, Hermit is more cohesive. It also feels less brilliant, even if it is, in many ways, nearly as excellent as Rundgren's masterwork, mainly because it doesn't have such a wide scope. Still, the reason The Hermit of Mink Hollow is such a milestone in Rundgren's career is because it's a small album, filled with details, and easily the most emotional record he made.
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