2nd Wind
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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
.
Todd Rundgren
Todd Harry Rundgren is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. Hailed in the early stage of his career as a new pop-wunderkind, supported by the certified gold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972, Todd Rundgren's career has produced a diverse range of recordings...
, as well as his last one for a major label.
Rundgren terminated his relationship with Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
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
Joe Orton
John Kingsley Orton was an English playwright.In a short but prolific career lasting from 1964 until his death, he shocked, outraged and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies...
play Up Against It
Up Against It
Up Against It is an unproduced script by Joe Orton, written in 1967 for The Beatles at the height of their fame.- Background :Orton's screenplay was a revised version of an earlier, unnamed draft by a now-unknown writer, which producer Walter Shenson wanted Orton to "punch-up", in his words; Orton...
. "Gaya's Eyes" continues the new, more adult sound introduced on the preceding album Nearly Human
Nearly Human
Nearly Human is a 1989 album by Todd Rundgren, and his second for Warner Bros. Records. His first release in four years time - the longest break in Rundgren's discography up to that point, although he had been active as a producer in the intervening years - the album has a soulful, searching,...
.
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
Video Toaster
The NewTek Video Toaster is a combination of hardware and software for the editing and production of standard-definition and high-definition video in NTSC, PAL, and resolution independent formats on Commodore Amiga computers and subsequently on computers running the Windows operating system...
, a desktop video card for the Commodore Amiga
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
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
Image Entertainment
Image Entertainment, Inc. is an independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming and film & television productions in North America, with approximately 3,000 exclusive DVD titles and approximately 250 exclusive CD titles in domestic release, and approximately 450...
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
Video Toaster
The NewTek Video Toaster is a combination of hardware and software for the editing and production of standard-definition and high-definition video in NTSC, PAL, and resolution independent formats on Commodore Amiga computers and subsequently on computers running the Windows operating system...
-powered music videos, including "Change Myself."
As with its predecessor, Nearly Human
Nearly Human
Nearly Human is a 1989 album by Todd Rundgren, and his second for Warner Bros. Records. His first release in four years time - the longest break in Rundgren's discography up to that point, although he had been active as a producer in the intervening years - the album has a soulful, searching,...
, 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
Palace of Fine Arts
The Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina District of San Francisco, California, is a monumental structure originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in order to exhibit works of art presented there. One of only a few surviving structures from the Exposition, it is the only one still...
in San Francisco, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
Track listing
- "Change Myself"
- "Love Science"
- "Who's Sorry Now"
- "The Smell of Money"
- "If I Have to Be Alone"
- "Love in Disguise"
- "Kindness"
- "Public Servant"
- "Gaya's Eyes"
- "Second Wind"