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Lack of Mojo

UK Music mag Mojo reviews the new album 'Global' giving it just two stars and comments "Rundgren remains unpredictable, Impressively so, but he is better than this."

Meanwhile Todd tell's Billboard (who have a stream of the track Rise) where the album was coming from lyrically:-

"Most of my albums have been insular and about self-examination, and this is a little more about the collective and the issues that face everybody. I wanted to make a record that was sort of simultaneously like a cheerleading record but at the same time not letting anyone forget that we have issues that can only be addressed collectively."

Comments

Jim Marquis said…
Nice that Billboard did an article on TR. Too bad they couldn't get the name of the featured song right.
Scott said…
Yes, More Gary Gaff than Graff when headline that is incorrect and been flagged as so in comments almost 20 hours ago remains unchanged. Poor work Billboard.
Jim Marquis said…
Touche.

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