Nearly Human

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Nearly Human
Nearly Human cover
Studio album by Todd Rundgren
Released May, 1989
Genre Pop rock
Length 53:02
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer Todd Rundgren
Professional reviews
Todd Rundgren chronology
A Cappella
(1985)		 Nearly Human
(1989)		 2nd Wind
(1991)

Nearly Human is a 1989 album by Todd Rundgren, and his second for Warner Bros. Records. Finishing off a fine run of work during the 1980s, this album is considered one of Rundgren's best by many of his fans, the songs having aged well in the intervening years.

In contrast to much of his other solo work where Rundgren performed in isolation playing all instruments, the album was performed live in the studio with many musicians contributing. The technique was reminiscent of the fourth side of the popular Something/Anything?, except that the material reflected the more mature perspective of a 40-year-old.

For the Japanese release of the album, the sixth finger of the handprint on the cover was removed, "due to the religious significance of six fingers in Japan."[1]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Todd Rundgren unless otherwise noted.

[edit] CD issue

  1. "The Want of a Nail"
  2. "The Waiting Game"
  3. "Parallel Lines"
  4. "Two Little Hitlers" (Elvis Costello)
  5. "Can't Stop Running"
  6. "Unloved Children"
  7. "Fidelity"
  8. "Feel It" (Rundgren/Tubes/Vince Welnick)
  9. "Hawking"
  10. "I Love My Life"

[edit] LP issue

[edit] Side one

  1. "The Want of a Nail"
  2. "The Waiting Game"
  3. "Parallel Lines"
  4. "Unloved Children"
  5. "Can't Stop Running"

[edit] Side two

  1. "Fidelity"
  2. "Feel It" (Rundgren/Tubes/Vince Welnick)
  3. "Hawking"
  4. "I Love My Life"

[edit] Staring Musicians

Brent Bourgeois - keyboards Larry Tagg - bass guitar Lyle Workman - guitar Michael Urbano - percussions Kasim Sulton - bass guitar on "Can't Stop Running" Elvis Costello - appearance on "Two Little Hitlers"

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard

Year Chart Position
1989 The Billboard 200 102

Singles - Billboard

Year Single Chart Position
1989 "The Want of a Nail" Mainstream Rock Tracks 15

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://trconnection.com/~todd/tig/near.html (information found at bottom of page)
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