2nd Wind

2nd Wind is the thirteenth album released by Todd Rundgren, as well as his last one for a major label.

Rundgren terminated his relationship with Warner Bros. Records shortly after its release. He was said to have grown increasingly unhappy with the label's insistence that he start including single-worthy material.

The album includes three songs ("The Smell of Money", "If I Have to Be Alone" and "Love in Disguise") written for the Joe Orton play Up Against It. "Gaya's Eyes" continues the new, more adult sound introduced on the preceding album Nearly Human.

Always a believer in cutting-edge technology, Todd used the video for the album's only single, "Change Myself," as a showcase for the NewTek Video Toaster, a desktop video card for the Commodore Amiga computer.

Promotional DJ issues of the CD have a black, gold and blue swirl on the CD label where the stock releases have a blue and yellow swirl.

There was also a vinyl release of the album in Europe which is nearly impossible to find.

After being out of print for several years, Friday Music released a remastered version in October 2008, the first release in what the company is calling the "Todd Rundgren Remaster Series.".

In 2002, Image Entertainment released a DVD entitled The 2nd Wind Recording Sessions, which detailed the making of the album, and featured interviews with Rundgren as well as band members and fans. Also included with the video was The Desktop Collection, a compilation of Rundgren's Video Toaster-powered music videos, including "Change Myself."

As with its predecessor, Nearly Human, Rundgren chose to record the album "live" with a full band, as opposed to playing all of the instruments himself. The album was recorded at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California.

Track listing

1. "Change Myself"
2. "Love Science"
3. "Who's Sorry Now"
4. "The Smell of Money"
5. "If I Have to Be Alone"
6. "Love in Disguise"
7. "Kindness"
8. "Public Servant"
9. "Gaya's Eyes"
10. "Second Wind"