Faithful (album)
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| Studio album by Todd Rundgren | ||
| Released | April, 1976 | |
| Genre | Pop rock | |
| Length | 50:04 | |
| Label | Bearsville Rhino |
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| Producer(s) | Todd Rundgren | |
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| Todd Rundgren chronology | ||
| Initiation (1975) |
Faithful (1976) |
Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978) |
Faithful is Todd Rundgren's seventh album, released in 1976. The first side of the LP is dedicated to "faithful" re-recordings, meaning treatments approaching near-replications of the originals, of some classic 1960s psychedelic-era songs, while side two comprises original material.
Rundgren explained the motivation of the first side as treating rock music like European classical music, where a piece is performed over and over again in essentially the same way. Critics generally hailed the latter half of the album as a comeback for Rundgren as a pop songwriter[citation needed].
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side one
- "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" (Beck/McCarty/Page/Relf)
- "Good Vibrations" (Love/Wilson)
- "Rain" (Lennon/McCartney)
- "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" (Dylan)
- "If 6 Was 9" (Hendrix)
- "Strawberry Fields Forever" (Lennon/McCartney)
[edit] Side two
- "Black and White" (Rundgren)
- "Love of the Common Man" (Rundgren)
- "When I Pray" (Rundgren)
- "Cliché" (Rundgren)
- "The Verb "To Love"" (Rundgren)
- "Boogies (Hamburger Hell)" (Rundgren)
[edit] Personnel
- Todd Rundgren - Guitar, Producer, Vocals
- Roger Powell - Trumpet, Keyboards
- John Siegler - Bass, Cello
- Jon Wilcox - Drums
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1976 | Pop Albums | 54 |
Singles - Billboard
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1976 | "Good Vibrations" | Pop Singles | 34 |
