Todd Rundgren: A Wizard, A True Star
Nick Kent, NME, 23 June 1973
BOY, IS THIS a great record. I love it and that's saying a lot seeing as I don't seem to like that much of anything these days. You see, the real clincher here is that although Rundgren is one of those annoying multi-gifted heavy-duty musical types, his basic motivation is against making "profound statements" like your average bozo who knows more than eight chords ends up doing.
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