I appreciate very much the fact that the compilers of this best-of collection cop to the fact upfront that the listener’s mileage may vary wildly on what constitutes the best of pop pioneer Todd Rundgren. It’s nice to hear that acknowledged, particularly when you’re dealing with someone whose repertoir varies as wildly as Rundgren’s does.
That admission aside, the collection is somewhat predictably heavy with material from Rundgren’s early opus Something/Anything?, including the radio hits “Hello, It’s Me” and “I Saw The Light”. A selection of solo hits and songs performed with Utopia follows, with a few surprising inclusions (“Just One Victory” and one of my personal favorites, “Something To Fall Back On” from his 1985 A Cappella album) along the way. And of course it wouldn’t be a Rundgren compilation without “Can We Still Be Friends”, “Love Is The 
Answer” and “Bang On The Drum All Day”.
Overall, it’s a solid collection, and essential for anyone who’s fallen under the spell of the current wave of power pop acts (i.e. Jason Falkner, Umajets, etc.) – for they were heavily influenced by the likes of Todd Rundgren.
- We Gotta Get You A Woman (3:10)
- Be Nice To Me (3:25)
- I Saw The Light (3:02)
- Hello It’s Me (4:24)
- Couldn’t I Just Tell You (3:22)
- Just One Victory (5:00)
- A Dream Goes On Forever (2:25)
- Real Man (4:30)
- Love Of The Common Man (3:39)
- Love Is The Answer (4:18)
- Love In Action (3:30)
- Can We Still Be Friends (3:38)
- The Very Last Time (3:53)
- Bang The Drum All Day (3:38)
- Something To Fall Back On (4:17)
- The Want Of A Nail – duet with Bobby Womack (5:14)
Released by: Rhino
Release date: 1997
Total running time: 61:25
