{"product_id":"initiation-1","title":"Initiation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Todd Rundgren\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Import\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 15-05-1996\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Out-of-print in the US. INITIATION took a lot of notice when it was first released in 1975, because of its technical oddity: at 68 minutes, it was and remains the longest single-disc-vinyl pop album ever, longer than some two-LP sets. Over half of that length is taken up by the 36-minute exploration \"A Treatise on Cosmic Fire\". Bookended by pyrotechnic guitar solos, most of the piece consists of a lengthy synthesizer solo that actually sounds like a lot of the electronica acts that appeared two decades later. The other half of the album contains a pair of Rundgren's trademark pop-soul gems, \"Real Man\" and the title track; the SMILE-era Beach Boys homage \"Eastern Intrigue\", which foreshadows the genre exercises of Rundgren's next album, FAITHFUL; and an odd layered-vocals experiment called \"Born to Synthesize\". INITIATION is the first taste of the restless stylistic exploration that dominates the rest of Rundgren's career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 081227086626\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0081227086626\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e Spanish\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e audioCD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IDshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47065982992643,"sku":"QN-OH72-UWTM","price":35.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0030\/9765\/7390\/files\/91WAtTvNujL.jpg?v=1754325976","url":"https:\/\/idshop.ca\/en\/products\/initiation-1","provider":"ID Shop.ca","version":"1.0","type":"link"}