Dunkelziffer – In the Night

Building on the trippy, psychedelics inspired prog rock of his previous album, the wizard Todd Rundgren delivers another impossibly creative and structurally daring double LP filled with pop ballads, show tunes, folk-poetry, synthesizer prog, heavy metal, Philly soul, and much more. As usual, Todd does it all himself on the majority of tracks. “I did the Wizard album where the song ideas ranged from 15 seconds to 10 minutes. A further refinement of that idea is represented in Todd, and the refinement is that I’m breaking down all these barriers — removing the six spirals – just saying there are no limitations as to what is sung about or what the music sounds like, or how long it is… or whether it is even music at all.”
Recommended – Full Listen
A1 How About A Little Fanfare?
A2 I Think You Know
A3 The Spark Of Life
A4 An Elpee’s Worth Of Toons
A5 A Dream Goes On Forever
A6 Lord Chancellor’s Nightmare Song
B1 Drunken Blue Rooster
B2 The Last Ride
B3 Everybody’s Going To Heaven / King Kong Reggae
C1 Number 1 Lowest Common Denominator
C2 Useless Begging
C3 Sidewalk Cafe
C4 Izzat Love?
C5 Heavy Metal Kids
D1 In And Out The Chakras We Go (Formerly: Shaft Goes To Outer Space)
D2 Don’t You Ever Learn?
D3 Sons Of 1984
Art Direction – A.G.I. (2), Jim Luft
Engineer – Todd Rundgren
Instruments [All Other], Voice [All Other] – Todd Rundgren
Lacquer Cut By – Bob Ludwig (tracks: RL)
Photography By – Joel Shapiro
Photography By [Back Cover Photo] – Bill Klein, Jr.
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Alen MacWeeney
Producer – Todd Rundgren
Written-By – Todd Rundgren (tracks: A1 to A5, B1 to D3)