YOU'RE OUT ALL NIGHT
AND I WORK ALL DAY
YOU TELL ME YOU LOVE ME
BUT I THINK YOU
JUST NEED A PLACE TO STAY
Nazz Nazz
is the second
studio album
by American
rock band
released in
April 1969
by SGC Records.
The album's recording
was marked by
bitter artistic
disagreements
and power struggles
among the group,
and the Nazz
broke up shortly
after it was completed.
It sold only
modestly well
upon release
but has gained
greater attention
due to
positive critical reappraisals
following
Nazz guitarist
emergence as a star.
It has often been claimed that
the album was
originally entitled
"Fungo Bat",
but Nazz members
Todd Rundgren,
Thom Mooney,
and Stewkey
have all maintained that
"Fungo Bat"
was just a joke
working title
which they never
would have used
for the
actual release
Guitarist and songwriter
Todd Rundgren
assumed the role of
producer and began
composing
keyboard-oriented material
heavily influenced by
singer/songwriter
Laura Nyro.
The other band members
objected to this
change in style
and to Rundgren's
suddenly asserting control
of the group as producer,
with drummer
Thom Mooney
later commenting,
"Todd was turning into a, um ...
affectionately I would say,
a narcissistic megalomaniac.
I say that with great love, too,
because it includes an
incredible,
overwhelming talent.
But also the narcissism of
wanting to share space
with no one."
Lead vocalist/keyboardist
Stewkey
objected so strongly
to some of the new songs
that he refused
to sing them,
leaving Rundgren
to handle lead vocals
himself
Bassist
Carson Van Osten
departed the group
shortly after
Nazz Nazz
was recorded.
The band did a few shows
as a trio,
with temporary
bassists
taking
Van Osten's place,
but before long
Rundgren
also felt the tensions
in the group
were too much and quit.
The album was
originally intended as a
double album
but as its
release date approached,
the two remaining members
of the Nazz
(Stewkey and Mooney)
both pushed for it to
be pared down to
a single disc,
feeling that it was
pretentious for such
a new and unknown band
to release a double album.
The record label acceded
to their wishes.
Much of the
leftover material
was used on the
posthumous
Nazz III album.
TRACKLIST
Not Wrong Long
Rain Rider
Gonna Cry Today
Meridian Leeward
Under The Ice
Hang On Paul
Kiddie Boy
Featherbedding Lover
Letters Don't Count
A Beautiful Song
Love Everywhere [*]
Sing A Song [*]
Sydney's Lunchbox [*]
Magic Me [*]
Kicks [*]
Not Wrong Long [*]
Under The Ice
(Different Take) [*]
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