Not impressed.
> ...badly...
>
> It’s one of the more interesting approaches to a covers
> record. Todd Rundgren has put together an album of his
> versions of songs that he’s produced for other artists
> during the past few decades. According to an interview he
> did with PopMatters, Rundgren covers Meat Loaf, Cheap
> Trick, XTC, The Psychedelic Furs, Patti Smith and others
> on the new album.
>
> “[The album] essentially is new versions of songs that I
> produced for other people, and they’re mostly all dance
> versions,” he said. “So I had to do arrangements that were
> completely unlike the originals; there was simply no point
> in me aping what I had done already. So all of the songs
> have some twist, or unique approach to them that makes
> them not necessarily recognizable at first.”
>
> The album, called (Re)Production, includes XTC’s “Dear
> God,” Cheap Trick’s “I Can’t Take It,” Meat Loaf’s “Two
> Out of Three Ain’t Bad,” Patti Smith’s “Dancing Barefoot”
> and The Psychedelic Furs’ “Love My Way.”
>
> Rundgren has released another covers project involving the
> songs of Robert Johnson. The title: Todd Rundgren’s
> Johnson.
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