℗ 1978 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Released | June 25, 2013 |
Duration | 35m 15s |
Record Label | Rhino |
Genre | Rock (Pop) |
Hermit Of Mink Hollow
Todd Rundgren
Available in MQA and 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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All the Children Sing
Todd Rundgren |
3:09 | |||
1.2
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Can We Still Be Friends?
Todd Rundgren |
3:34 | |||
1.3
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Hurting for You
Todd Rundgren |
3:22 | |||
1.4
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Too Far Gone
Todd Rundgren |
2:40 | |||
1.5
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Onomatopoeia
Todd Rundgren |
1:34 | |||
1.6
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Determination
Todd Rundgren |
3:13 | |||
1.7
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Bread
Todd Rundgren |
2:49 | |||
1.8
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Bag Lady
Todd Rundgren |
3:15 | |||
1.9
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You Cried Wolf
Todd Rundgren |
2:31 | |||
1.10
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Lucky Guy
Todd Rundgren |
2:06 | |||
1.11
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Out of Control
Todd Rundgren |
3:57 | |||
1.12
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Fade Away
Todd Rundgren |
3:05 |
Hermit of Mink Hollow is Todd Rundgren's eighth solo album, released in 1978. It was his first album to be written and recorded entirely by Rundgren alone, though large portions of earlier albums also had been recorded alone (such as the first three sides of the double-LP Something/Anything).
The album is reminiscent of the artist's earlier, more pop-oriented records and marks a lyrical return to the subject of relationships (as in the single "Can We Still Be Friends"), as well as his views on social inequality (as in the songs "Bag Lady" and "Bread"). It remains one of his most popular albums.
Mink Hollow refers to a valley, and the road that runs through it, in Lake Hill, New York just west of Woodstock, NY. Rundgren recorded this album while living in a house on Mink Hollow Road. While many think that the hermit referred to in the title is Todd, it actually originated and refers to the character and events from a local legend centered on Mink Hill Road in Lake Hill, NY. The legend involved a 3-legged dog, a missing girl and an escaped mental patient hiding in the surrounding forested mountains. Yet, Rundgren himself acknowledged being a "studio hermit", working in an "insular little 24-hour-a-day think tank", and declared that prior to this experience he wasn't aware that "too much social interaction [had] affected [his] overall creativity."
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Rhino Studio Masters
Tracks 1-12 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-12 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.20 -2.95 to -0.06 | -19.02 -23.79 to -16.93 | -15.21 -19.90 to -12.80 | 12 11 to 14 | |
1 | All the Children Sing | -1.20 | -18.55 | -14.6 | 12 |
2 | Can We Still Be Friends? | -1.52 | -20.59 | -16.9 | 12 |
3 | Hurting for You | -0.65 | -18.70 | -14.8 | 12 |
4 | Too Far Gone | -1.20 | -18.43 | -15.2 | 12 |
5 | Onomatopoeia | -2.00 | -20.40 | -16.6 | 14 |
6 | Determination | -0.30 | -17.33 | -13.4 | 12 |
7 | Bread | -0.48 | -18.12 | -14.2 | 11 |
8 | Bag Lady | -2.95 | -23.79 | -19.9 | 14 |
9 | You Cried Wolf | -0.08 | -16.94 | -13.2 | 12 |
10 | Lucky Guy | -2.25 | -20.48 | -16.7 | 12 |
11 | Out of Control | -0.06 | -16.93 | -12.8 | 11 |
12 | Fade Away | -1.69 | -17.93 | -14.2 | 11 |