The two hundred and eighty-eight album: #288 Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star

As a shorter double album, A Wizard, A True Star actually starts off with a number of really short tracks - taking a minute or two to explore a song or concept before moving on to the next, never quite dwelling on the different parts of its pop music. Nothing overstays its welcome, but then again, nothing in those early tracks has a lot of staying power either. It pays off when you get to the first longer track, Zen Archer, which also has a tendency to flit around but keeps its focus and roots as it moves through them.

I would still argue that while there are a lot of interesting, smaller elements here, by the short nature of them none of them have real staying power. It works well as an album and a showcase of Rundgren's music, and that nature is interesting enough.