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Tao
Rock · 1985 · 8 tracks

Tao

Rick Springfield

A sharp pivot into European synth-rock and existential dread. Massive 1980s digital production meets deeply personal lyrics about grief and spiritual searching.

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It's the record where the 'Jessie's Girl' guy went full synth-philosopher and it actually rules.

A high-tension collision of glossy 80s technology and deep, spiritual unrest.

Tao · vs · Rick Springfield
Digital Clarity+1.9σ

The production is pushed notably harder into digital clarity than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks
01
Dance This World Away
4:29
04
Written In Rock
4:34
05
The Power of Love (The Tao of Love)
4:58
06
Walking on the Edge
5:09
07
Walk Like a Man
4:12
08
The Tao of Heaven
1:26
09
Stranger in the House
4:01
10
My Father's Chair
3:23
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring, industrial-edged drum samples that kick off Dance This World Away, signaling a total break from his guitar-pop past.
The sparse, heartbreaking piano and synth pads on My Father's Chair that capture the hollow ache of grief.
The dense, polyrhythmic layering of synths in Walking on the Edge that creates a sense of claustrophobic urgency.
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