''(re)Production'' is the twenty-third solo album by rock musician

Todd Rundgren Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, multimedia artist, sound engineer and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the band U ...

that was recorded and released in 2011. For this album, Rundgren re-recorded songs that he had produced for other bands across his career, including

Meat Loaf Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American rock singer and actor. He was noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. He is on t ...

Hall & Oates Daryl Hall and John Oates, commonly known as Hall & Oates, are an American pop rock duo formed in Philadelphia in 1970. Daryl Hall is generally the lead vocalist; John Oates primarily plays electric guitar and provides backing vocals. The two ...

The Tubes The Tubes are a San Francisco-based rock band. Their eponymous 1975 debut album included the single " White Punks on Dope," while their 1983 single "She's a Beauty" was a top-10 U.S. hit and its music video was frequently played in the early ...

and

Grand Funk Railroad Grand Funk Railroad (often shortened to Grand Funk) is an American rock band formed in 1968 in Flint, Michigan, by Mark Farner (vocals, guitar), Don Brewer (drums, vocals), and Mel Schacher (bass). The band achieved peak popularity and succ ...

. ''(re)Production'' gives these songs a much more modern sheen, incorporating elements of electronic dance music and

synthpop Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s a ...

. The work was created during the MyRecordFantasy Camp sessions at the Track Shack in January 2011 arranged by the label Gigatone Records. Album packaging includes samples of cover art submissions by fans. Alternate covers were used for International, Domestic, and online versions.

Track listing

# "Prime Time" (Spooner, Waybill, Cotten, Prince, Styles, Anderson, Steen, Welnick) – originally performed by

– 3:29 # "

Dancing Barefoot "Dancing Barefoot" is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Ivan Král, and released as a second single from the Patti Smith Group's 1979 album ''Wave''. According to the album sleeve, the song was dedicated to women such as Amedeo Modigliani ...

" (Kral, Smith) – originally performed by

Patti Smith Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album ''Horses''. Called the "punk poet ...

– 3:56 # "

Two Out of Three Ain't Bad "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" is a power ballad performed by the American musician Meat Loaf. It is a track off his 1977 album '' Bat Out of Hell'', written by Jim Steinman. It spent 23 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at #11, and ea ...

" (Steinmann) – originally performed by

– 3:21 # "Chasing Your Ghost" (Johannes) – originally performed by

What Is This? What Is This (known prior to 1980 as Anthym) was an American rock band that originated in Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, California. Formed by guitarist Hillel Slovak, drummer Jack Irons, vocalist Alain Johannes, and bassist Todd Strassm ...

– 3:29 # "

Love My Way ''Love My Way'' is an Australian television drama series. It won the AFI award for Best Television Drama Series for each of its three seasons (2004–2007). Premise Set in Sydney, ''Love My Way'' was about a group of 30-somethings dealing wit ...

" (Ashton, R. Butler, T. Butler, Ely) – originally performed by Psychedelic Furs – 4:31 # "Personality Crisis" (Johansen, Thunders) – originally performed by

New York Dolls New York Dolls were an American rock band formed in New York City in 1971. Along with the Velvet Underground and the Stooges, they were one of the first bands of the early punk rock scenes. Although the band never achieved much commercial suc ...

– 3:53 # "Is It a Star?" (Hall, Oates) – originally performed by

– 3:38 # "Tell Me Your Dreams" (Eaton) – originally performed by

Jill Sobule Jill Sobule (born January 16, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1995 single "I Kissed a Girl", and "Supermodel" from the soundtrack of the 1995 film ''Clueless''. Her folk-inflected compositions alternate between ironic, ...

– 3:50 # "Take It All" (Ham) – originally performed by

Badfinger Badfinger were a Welsh rock band formed in Swansea, who were active from the 1960s to the 1980s. Their best-known lineup consisted of Pete Ham (vocals, guitar), Mike Gibbins (drums), Tom Evans (bass), and Joey Molland (guitar). They are r ...

– 4:08 # " I Can't Take It" (Zander) – originally performed by

Cheap Trick Cheap Trick is an American Rock music, rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973 by guitarist Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Petersson, lead vocalist Robin Zander and drummer Bun E. Carlos. The current lineup of the band consists of Zander, ...

– 3:11 # " Dear God" (Partridge) – originally performed by XTC – 3:59 # "Out of My Mind" (Bourgeois) – originally performed by

Bourgeois Tagg Brent Thomas Bourgeois (born June 16, 1958) is an American rock musician, songwriter, and producer. He was co-leader of the band Bourgeois Tagg with Larry Tagg, and has released several solo albums. His later work has been classified in the genr ...

– 3:27 # "Everything" (Cocharane) – originally performed by

Rick Derringer Rick Derringer (born Richard Dean Zehringer; August 5, 1947) is an American guitarist, vocalist, producer and songwriter. He came to prominence in the 1960s as founding member of his band, the McCoys. Their debut single, " Hang on Sloopy", was ...

– 4:25 # "Walk Like a Man" (Crewe, Gaudio, Brewer, Farner) – originally performed by

– 3:36 # "Nothing to Lose" (Pigott, Hunter) – originally performed by Hunter aka Dragon – 3:05

Personnel

*Todd Rundgren – vocals and various instruments, engineer, mixing *Daniel Iasbeck – guitar *Mary Ellen Manning – guitar *Bruce Whetstone – bass *Tim Longfellow – organ *Don Slovin – tin whistle *Sam LaMonica – drums *Various guests – backing vocals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reproduction Todd Rundgren albums 2011 albums Albums produced by Todd Rundgren