Yet another 4 Star review, as Andy Gill in the Independent calls 'Liars' Todd's " best since his Seventies heyday" . He praises the line "It's easy to be smart, but it's a struggle to be wise," as possibly the wisest lyric of the year. He does have a minor quibble, that the "lush retro-nuevo pop-soul arrangements are sometimes a bit too top-heavy with keyboards for their own good, but Todd's vocal harmonies are faultless, and his way with a melody as winning as ever".
Meanwhile the Guardian - again with 4 Stars - calls the album "an album that dares to be of its time, out of time and in the nick of time" They say "Rundgren manages to survey almost the entire pop universe, while weaving his myriad inspirations and derivations into a single, seamless tapestry with fiendish ingenuity" Like most people they too find a flaw. This time that " Rundgren's identity tends to get lost in his own infinite landscape. But who else is capable of such a feat?" Amen.
Meanwhile the Guardian - again with 4 Stars - calls the album "an album that dares to be of its time, out of time and in the nick of time" They say "Rundgren manages to survey almost the entire pop universe, while weaving his myriad inspirations and derivations into a single, seamless tapestry with fiendish ingenuity" Like most people they too find a flaw. This time that " Rundgren's identity tends to get lost in his own infinite landscape. But who else is capable of such a feat?" Amen.
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