Todd Rundgren : Something / Anything ?

Something/Anything?

 is a double album

 by 

Todd Rundgren,

 released in February 1972.

 It was Rundgren's 

third solo release, 

and was recorded

in late 1971 

in Los Angeles, 

New York City

 and

 Bearsville Studios,

 Woodstock. 

Three quarters of the album 

was recorded in the studio

 with Rundgren

 playing all instruments

 and singing all vocals, 

as well as 

being the producer. 

The final quarter

 contained a number of

 tracks recorded live

 in the studio 

without any overdubs, 

save for a short snippet 

of archive recordings

 from the 1960s.

Rundgren had become

 confident enough at

 other instruments 

beyond his standard guitar 

and keyboards

 that he had tackled

 in earlier releases, 

and this, 

coupled with a 

general dissatisfaction

 with other studio musicians,

 led him to temporarily

 relocate to Los Angeles

 in an attempt to

 record an entire album

 single-handedly.

 After he had created

 significantly more material

 than would fit on a standard LP,

 an earthquake struck LA. 

He decided to head back

 to New York 

for some live sessions,

 with the help of

 Moogy Klingman, 

to lighten the mood. 

The final sessions 

were in Bearsville, 

where the remainder of the

 recording and mixing 

took place, 

and this created

 enough material 

for a double album.

TRACK LIST 

Side One: 

A Bouquet of 

Ear-catching Melodies

1. "I Saw the Light" 
2. "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference" 
3. "Wolfman Jack" 
4. "Cold Morning Light" 
5. "It Takes Two to Tango (This Is for the Girls)" 
6. "Sweeter Memories" 

Side two: 

The Cerebral Side

1. "Intro" 
2. "Breathless" 
3. "The Night the Carousel Burnt Down" 
4. "Saving Grace" 
5. "Marlene" 
6. "Song of the Viking" 
7. "I Went to the Mirror"

Side three: 

The Kid Gets Heavy

1. "Black Maria" 
2. "One More Day (No Word)"
3. "Couldn't I Just Tell You" 
4. "Torch Song" 
5. "Little Red Lights" 

Side four: 

Baby Needs a New Pair of

 Snakeskin Boots 

(A Pop Operetta)

1. "Overture: My Roots:  Money (That's What I Want) /Messin' with the Kid" 
2. "Dust in the Wind" 
3. "Piss Aaron"
4. "Hello It's Me" 
5. "Some Folks Is Even Whiter Than Me" 
6. "You Left Me Sore" 
7. "Slut" 

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