Healing

Todd Rundgren | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000032PH
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,576 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Healer

2. Pulse

3. Flesh

4. Golden Goose

5. Compassion

6. Shine

7. Healing Part I

8. Healing Part II

9. Healing Part III

10. Time Heals

11. Tiny Demons

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: RUNDGREN,TODD
Title: HEALING
Street Release Date: 09/22/1987
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Remarkable!, May 15, 2004

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vidar (Oslo, Norway) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Healing (Audio CD)

I bought this album in 1981. I was 15, and "Healing" was one of the very first albums I bought with my own money. That's how crazy I am! And I liked it then, just as I like it now. No matter how many times I hear it, I am still taken by surprise due to its uniqueness and originality. There is no other album quite like it. It does have something in common with its predessessor, the excellent "Hermit Of Mink Hollow", but it's also very different. I like to think of "Hermit" as DAY and "Healing" as NIGHT.
This album has atmosphere! It's loaded with synths and drum machines, but don't let that scare you. Just be aware that "Healing" is very personal, spiritual, and about as idiosyncratic as it's possible for a pop album to be. My favourite track is "Shine". This song means so much to me! It is, in my opinion, a good candidate for the definitive Todd Rundgren song. Mystical, futuristic, soulful and incredibly intense. The 20-minuite long "Healing"- suite is great, even if i sometimes think part II is a bit too long. But that depends on what mood I'm in.
Still, I agree with some other reviewers, that track number 4, "Golden Goose" is out of place somehow. As a vinyl release, "Time Heals" b/w "Tiny Demons" came as a free, additional single to the album. If I could choose, the single would have been "Time Heals" b/w "Golden Goose". And "Tiny Demons" would have been track number 4 on the actual album. I use to program my disc that way, since I think it makes a tremendous improvement. Try it yourself!
For me, "Healing" will remain an album I return to frequently. This is one I will play at the oldies house!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intensely personal, May 29, 2007

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DuoArtDude "DuoArtDude" (Livermore, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Healing (Audio CD)

The story behind this album is that it was Todd's way of dealing with a horrible event in his life. One evening, he and his girlfriend (who was pregnant carrying Todd's oldest son at the time) were tied up and robbed in a home invasion robbery. The most horrible part was that the robbers had the gall to taunt him by singing his early hits like "I saw the light" as they ransacked his house and recording studio. This album is about dealing with trauma and tragedy as the title suggests. It is also about becoming a more spiritual person and the difficulties that any "good" person is likely to experience in this world.

Preachy? Maybe. But it beats listening to Gansta Rap.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of My Very Favorites, April 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Healing (Audio CD)

This is an outstanding album from start to finish. My sister gave me this record for my birthday in 1981 when it first came out and it remains as one of my very favorites to this day. The words and music are incredibly powerful. Todd takes you on a journey about life, us as human beings and our interactions and relationships with each other. His emphasis is on valuing yourself and each other. Life is too short and it is a waste if you don't live your life to the fullest and practice some compassion and forgiveness to others as well as yourself. "Your life is your life--no one else can live your life", "Time heals the wounds no one can see" and one simple word--"Shine" are phrases that Todd carves into stone for us here. I highly recommend this album. Todd Rundgren is one of the few musicians that communicates clearly that where there is life there is hope and it feels good.