Hermit of Mink Hollow

Hermit of Mink Hollow is Todd Rundgren’s eighth album and the first that he was able to write and record entirely by himself. It produced one of his most popular songs, “Can We Still Be Friends”, which reached #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at #8 on the Australian charts. And it was yet another example of how Rundgren was often ill-treated by record companies. At some point after the LP sleeves were printed, Bearsville Records, the company releasing the album, decided that the track listing was not what they wanted so they not only changed the listing, but decided to name their first, now more pop-oriented side of the album The Easy Side and to name their second, now more rock-oriented side The Difficult Side.

The original track listing was:

1. All The Children Sing
2. Too Far Gone (now track #4 on The Easy Side)
3. Out Of Control (now track #5 on The Difficult Side)
4. Lucky Guy (now track #4 on The Difficult Side)
5. Onomatopoeia
6. Determination
7. Bag Lady (now track #2 on The Difficult Side)
8. Can We Still Be Friends (now track #2 on The Easy Side)
9. Bread (now track #1 on The Difficult Side)
10. You Cried Wolf (now track #3 on The Difficult Side)
11. Hurting for You (now track #3 on The Easy Side)
12. Fade Away

The cassette and 8-Track version containers showed the altered listing/side naming.