''State'' is the twenty-fourth studio album by American 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 Ut ...
. It was released on April 9 2013, by
Esoteric Recordings
Esoteric Recordings is a UK independent record label specialising in 1970s progressive rock, folk, psychedelic, and jazz-rock reissues as part of Cherry Red Records. Its releases include both catalogue reissues and new works from artists who s ...
. The album was written, performed and produced by Rundgren alone with the exception of vocals by Rachel Haden on "Something From Nothing".
Limited editions included a bonus second disc of a live performance at Paradiso, Amsterdam on November 11, 2012 by Rundgren and The Metropole Orchestra.
Critical reception
''State'' was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an
average
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score of 53 based on 9 reviews.
In a review for
AllMusic
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, critic reviewer
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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wrote: "''State'' never feels forced, either in its execution or concept. Rundgren is pushing the edges of his comfort zone just enough to keep himself stimulated while offering enough melody to satisfy those fans whose concentration usually drifts whenever he wanders."
Lee Zimmermman of ''
Blurt
Blurt is an English post-punk band, founded in 1979 in Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Background
Blurt was founded in 1979 in Stroud, Gloucestershire by poet, saxophonist and puppeteer Ted Milton along with Milton's brother Jake, formerly of p ...
'' said: "Paying a revisit to several classic tracks, it offers ample reassurance that regardless of how he diverges, there’s always the comfort of those earlier endeavors."
Track listing
Charts
References
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Todd Rundgren albums
2013 albums
Albums produced by Todd Rundgren