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This article is about the Todd Rundgren album. For other uses, see [Second Wind](/source/Second_Wind_(disambiguation)).

1991 studio album by Todd Rundgren

2nd Wind Studio album by Todd Rundgren Released January 16, 1991 (1991-01-16) Recorded July 1990 Venue Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California Genre Rock[1] Length 53:52 Label Warner Bros. Friday Music (2008 Remaster) Producer Todd Rundgren Todd Rundgren chronology Nearly Human (1989) 2nd Wind (1991) No World Order (1993) Singles from 2nd Wind "Change Myself" Released: July 1991 "Public Servant" Released: 1991

Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [2] Classic Rock [3]

***2nd Wind*** is the thirteenth album by American musician [Todd Rundgren](/source/Todd_Rundgren), released on January 16, 1991 by [Warner Bros. Records](/source/Warner_Bros._Records). It reached number 118 on the [*Billboard* 200](/source/Billboard_200) album chart. *2nd Wind* includes the single "Change Myself" and was Rundgren's final album on a major label until 2004's *[Liars](/source/Liars_(Todd_Rundgren_album))*.

## Background

As with its predecessor, *[Nearly Human](/source/Nearly_Human)*, Rundgren chose to record the album with a full band, as opposed to playing all of the instruments himself. The album was recorded live in front of an audience at the [Palace of Fine Arts](/source/Palace_of_Fine_Arts) in [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), [California](/source/California), over the course of a week.

The album includes three songs ("The Smell of Money", "If I Have to Be Alone" and "Love in Disguise") written for Rundgren's musical version of the [Joe Orton](/source/Joe_Orton) play/screenplay *[Up Against It](/source/Up_Against_It)*. "Gaya's Eyes" continues the new, more mature sound introduced on the preceding album *[Nearly Human](/source/Nearly_Human)*.

Rundgren used the video for the album's only single, "Change Myself," as a showcase for the NewTek [Video Toaster](/source/Video_Toaster), a desktop video card for the [Commodore Amiga](/source/Amiga) computer.[4][5]

## Releases

Promotional DJ issues of the CD have a black, gold and blue swirl on the CD label where the stock releases have a blue and yellow swirl. There was also a vinyl release of the album in Europe which is nearly impossible to find.

After the album had been out of print for several years, Friday Music released a remastered version in October 2008, the first release in what the company called the "Todd Rundgren Remaster Series", although the follow-up remastered release of Nearly Human didn't arrive until 2021.

In 2002, [Image Entertainment](/source/Image_Entertainment) released a DVD entitled *The 2nd Wind Recording Sessions,* which detailed the making of the album, and featured interviews with Rundgren as well as band members and fans. Also included with the video was *The Desktop Collection,* a compilation of Rundgren's [Video Toaster](/source/Video_Toaster)-powered music videos, including "Change Myself."

## Track listing

All songs written by Todd Rundgren.

No. Title Length 1. "Change Myself" 5:21 2. "Love Science" 5:23 3. "Who's Sorry Now?" 6:15 4. "The Smell of Money" (from the musical Up Against It) 4:06 5. "If I Have to Be Alone" (from the musical Up Against It) 3:51 6. "Love in Disguise" (from the musical Up Against It) 4:02 7. "Kindness" 5:31 8. "Public Servant" 5:38 9. "Gaya's Eyes" 6:13 10. "Second Wind" 7:32

## Personnel

- [Todd Rundgren](/source/Todd_Rundgren) – lead vocals, guitar

- [Roger Powell](/source/Roger_Powell_(musician)) – keyboards, backing vocals

- [Vince Welnick](/source/Vince_Welnick) – keyboards, backing vocals

- [Ross Valory](/source/Ross_Valory) – bass, backing vocals

- [Lyle Workman](/source/Lyle_Workman) – guitar, backing vocals

- [Prairie Prince](/source/Prairie_Prince) – drums

- Max Haskett – trumpet, [mellophone](/source/Mellophone), backing vocals

- Bobby Strickland – saxophones, clarinets, flute, oboe, backing vocals

- [Scott Mathews](/source/Scott_Mathews) – percussion, guitar, samples, backing vocals

- [Shandi Sinnamon](/source/Shandi_Sinnamon) – backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Love in Disguise"

- Michele Gray – backing vocals

- Jenni Muldaur – backing vocals

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-RSguide_1-0)** Sisario, Ben (November 2, 2004). "Todd Rundgren". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). *The New Rolling Stone Album Guide*. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 707–708.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Ruhlmann, William. ["Todd Rundgren – 2nd Wind review"](http://www.allmusic.com/album/2nd-wind-mw0000314414). *[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)*. [All Media Network](/source/All_Media_Network). Retrieved 2015-09-27.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Quantick, David (March 2012). "Todd Rundgren – Reissues". *[Classic Rock](/source/Classic_Rock_(magazine))* (168): 108.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Electronic Musician 1991 – Volume 7, Issues 7-12 – Page 99 "Todd Rundgren's stunning video for his song "Change Myself" required no less than ten Toaster systems running in parallel for a period of five weeks."

1. **[^](#cite_ref-SeattleTimesChangeMyself_5-0)** Wood, Sam (June 14, 1991). ["Todd Rundgren – Rundgren Making Music for the Ears – And Eyes"](https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19910614/1288949/todd-rundgren----rundgren-making-music-for-the-ears---and-eyes). *Seattle Times*. Retrieved January 30, 2012. "Change Myself" is four minutes of state-of-the-art computer animation. Rundgren wrote, directed and programmed it.

v t e Todd Rundgren Studio albums Runt (1970) Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren (1971) Something/Anything? (1972) A Wizard, a True Star (1973) Todd (1974) Initiation (1975) Faithful (1976) Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978) Healing (1981) The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect (1982) A Cappella (1985) Nearly Human (1989) 2nd Wind (1991) No World Order (1993) The Individualist (1995) With a Twist... (1997) One Long Year (2000) Liars (2004) Arena (2008) Todd Rundgren's Johnson (2011) (re)Production (2011) State (2013) Global (2015) Runddans (2015) White Knight (2017) Space Force (2022) with Utopia Todd Rundgren's Utopia (1974) Ra (1977) Oops! Wrong Planet (1977) Adventures in Utopia (1979) Deface the Music (1980) Swing to the Right (1982) Utopia (1982) Oblivion (1984) POV (1985) Disco Jets (2001) Live albums Another Live (with Utopia) (1975) Back to the Bars (1978) Redux '92: Live in Japan (1993) (with Utopia) Liars Live (2006) Todd (2010) Healing (2010) Todd Rundgren's Johnson Live (2013) At the BBC 1972-1982 (2014) An Evening with Todd Rundgren: Live at the Ridgefield (2016) A Wizard a True Star...Live! (rec. 2009, rel. 2020) The Individualist, a True Star Live (2023) Singles "We Got to Get You a Woman" "I Saw the Light" "Couldn't I Just Tell You" "Hello It's Me" "Good Vibrations" "Can We Still Be Friends" "Bang the Drum All Day" "Flappie" Other songs "Dreams of Ordinary Men" "Kissing with Confidence" "Love Is the Answer" "Shake a Fist" "Western Girls" Album productions Great Speckled Bird (1969, Great Speckled Bird) Stage Fright (1970, the Band) Straight Up (1971, Badfinger) Halfnelson (1971, Halfnelson/Sparks) New York Dolls (1973, New York Dolls) We're an American Band (1973, Grand Funk Railroad) Mothers Pride (1973, Fanny) Shinin' On (1974, Grand Funk Railroad) War Babies (1974, Hall & Oates) Felix Cavaliere (1974, Felix Cavaliere) L (1976, Steve Hillage) Bat Out of Hell (1977, Meat Loaf) Remote Control (1979, the Tubes) TRB Two (1979, Tom Robinson Band) Wave (1979, Patti Smith Group) Wasp (1980, Shaun Cassidy) Bad for Good (1981, Jim Steinman) That's What Friends Are For (1981, the Moondogs) Forever Now (1982, the Psychedelic Furs) Party of Two (1983, the Rubinoos) Next Position Please (1983, Cheap Trick) Watch Dog (1983, Jules Shear) Love Bomb (1985, the Tubes) What Is This? (1985, What Is This?) Skylarking (1986, XTC) Dreams of Ordinary Men (1986, Dragon) Love Junk (1988, the Pursuit of Happiness) Things Here Are Different (1990, Jill Sobule) One Sided Story (1990, the Pursuit of Happiness) The World's Most Dangerous Party (1993, Paul Shaffer & the Party Boys of Rock 'n' Roll) Halfway Down the Sky (1999, Splender) The New America (2000, Bad Religion) Separation Anxieties (2000, 12 Rods) Cause I Sez So (2009, New York Dolls) Related articles Discography Bebe Buell Daryl Hall Nazz The New Cars (It's Alive!) Liv Tyler Up Against It!

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