℗ 1975 Bearsville Records
Released | February 26, 2016 |
Duration | 1h 07m 17s |
Record Label | Rhino |
Genre | Rock (Pop) |
Initiation
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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Real Man
Todd Rundgren |
4:24 | |||
1.2
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Born to Synthesize
Todd Rundgren |
3:43 | |||
1.3
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The Death of Rock 'N' Roll
Todd Rundgren |
3:48 | |||
1.4
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Eastern Intrigue
Todd Rundgren |
5:04 | |||
1.5
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Initiation
Todd Rundgren |
7:04 | |||
1.6
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Fair Warning
Todd Rundgren |
7:59 | |||
1.7
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A Treatise on Cosmic Fire
Todd Rundgren |
4:20 | |||
A Treatise on Cosmic Fire
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1.8
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(II) The Fire of Mind or Solar Fire
Todd Rundgren |
3:49 | |||
1.9
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(III) The Fire of Spirit or Electric Fire
Todd Rundgren |
7:32 | |||
1.10
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(I) The Eternal Fire or Fire by Friction - Outro-Prana
Todd Rundgren |
19:34 |
Initiation is the sixth album by American musician Todd Rundgren, released May 23, 1975 on Bearsville Records. With this album, Rundgren fully embraced the synthesized prog sound he had begun exploring in more depth in his work with his band Utopia. However, unlike Utopia, in which Rundgren had limited himself to playing guitar, much of the synthesizers on Initiation were played and programmed by Rundgren himself.
At over sixty-seven minutes, Initiation is one of the longest commercially-released LPs. Due to a plastic shortage, in order to keep the album on one vinyl LP, Rundgren had to limit and EQ the master so the bass response was rolled off to keep the grooves small enough to cut onto a single disc; he also had to speed up the first half of Side One (Real Man-Eastern Intrigue) and speed up the entirety of Side Two to eliminate 2-3 minutes from each side. The album's original inner sleeve included a note which stated: "Technical note: Due to the amount of music on this disc (over one hour), two points must be emphasized. Firstly, if your needle is worn or damaged, it will ruin the disc immediately. Secondly, if the sound does seem not loud enough on your system, try re-recording the music onto tape. By the way, thanks for buying the album."
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Rhino Studio Masters
Tracks 1-10 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-10 – 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 | -0.26 -0.63 to -0.10 | -17.29 -24.78 to -15.42 | -13.49 -18.30 to -11.90 | 11 10 to 15 | |
1 | Real Man | -0.10 | -15.74 | -12.4 | 10 |
2 | Born to Synthesize | -0.10 | -24.78 | -18.3 | 15 |
3 | The Death of Rock 'N' Roll | -0.22 | -16.84 | -13.4 | 11 |
4 | Eastern Intrigue | -0.63 | -18.73 | -15.8 | 12 |
5 | Initiation | -0.10 | -15.42 | -12.4 | 11 |
6 | Fair Warning | -0.29 | -16.60 | -13.3 | 11 |
7 | A Treatise on Cosmic Fire | -0.46 | -16.55 | -11.9 | 10 |
8 | (II) The Fire of Mind or Solar Fire | -0.47 | -16.73 | -12.7 | 10 |
9 | (III) The Fire of Spirit or Electric Fire | -0.10 | -15.75 | -12.7 | 11 |
10 | (I) The Eternal Fire or Fire by Friction - Outro-Prana | -0.10 | -15.73 | -12.0 | 10 |