This is the debut album by Nazz, a Philadelphia band featuring Todd Rundgren. It was released in 1968. The album spawned two singles, "Open My Eyes" and "Hello It's Me", with the latter reaching number 66 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. "Open My Eyes" failed to chart but has come to be regarded as a psychedelic rock classic. "Hello It's Me" became a hit when Todd Rundgren re-recorded it for his 1972 solo album Something/Anything? They released two albums, this and Nazz Nazz. Nazz III came out in 1971 but was just the numbers not used from the previous album.
The album peaked at number 118 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart.
Later Todd said about the band "It was brief and very intense. I've made peace with it, but a lot of potential was wasted. I don't really blame any single person for that. I had a hard time focusing on the band, I continued to develop myself as a songwriter and a performer. Eventually everyone would feel like a backup band - I was writing the songs, producing the records. As time went on my presence was bound to distort the thing."
