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Even better than the first.

E.I.E.I. Owen | Philadelphia, Pa United States | 05/07/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The follow up to their self-titled debut was to be a 2 record set called "Fungo Bat". The band had flown to England and were going to record their but due to lack of work permits they only played one 20min impromptu show and it was back home to the U.S. to record the second album in L.A. with James Lowe (former singer of The Electric Prunes") as engineer. After finalizing the running order and due to increasing friction in the band the group decided to cut the record down to one LP and called it "Nazz Nazz". If the first record was varied this one was even more so. Starting with the sparkling pop of "Forget All About It" and "Gonna Cry Today" to rockers like "Under The Ice" and "Hang On Paul" to the opus "A Beautiful Song" in other words another great album. It was apparent that Todd Rundgren was looking to spread his musical horizons even more and considering he was dating Laura Nyro at the time her influence was also becoming apparent much to the chagrin of the rest of the band. So Todd quit the group and began a very successful solo career that is still going strong. In a latch ditch attempt for product their record label released "Nazz 3" in 1970, which was basically the leftovers from the "Fungo Bat" sessions. That is not to say that it's not good, it is but most of it sounds like demos than completed tracks. So if you pick up this and the first album you will basically have everything the Nazz laid to tape from 68 to 70. So go nuts."