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Todd Rundgren: With A Twist

Lydia Hutchinson | December 30, 2010

Todd Rundgren reached a crossroads on November 10, 1973, when his sentimental ballad, “Hello It’s Me” rose to number five on the Billboard singles chart. One way pointed to superstardom.  The other to the shadowy land of cult status.

But for Todd, it wasn’t a matter of choosing. While Something/Anything, the double album that spawned “Hello It’s Me,” was catching on a year after its release, it was already a speck in Todd’s rearview mirror. He had followed his muses into new experimental territory, releasing the ambitious Wizard, A True Star, an eclectic tour-de-force on which the 25-year old wunderkind wrote, arranged, engineered, produced, and played every instrument. Though Something/Anything was chocked full of potential hits, Todd refused to backtrack. “No f—ing way am I releasing anything else off that album,” he told his label.

He did however concede to perform “Hello It’s Me” on Wolfman Jack’s TV show, TheMidnight Special, a move that sealed his commercial fate. Fans who were seei

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Todd Rundgren

American musician (born 1948)

Musical artist

Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the bands Nazz and Utopia. He is known for his sophisticated and often unorthodox music, his occasionally lavish stage shows, and his later experiments with interactive art. He also produced music videos and was an early adopter and promoter of various computer technologies, such as using the Internet as a means of music distribution in the late 1990s.[2]

A native of Philadelphia, Rundgren began his professional career in the mid-1960s, forming the psychedelic band Nazz in 1967. After two years, he left Nazz to pursue a solo career and immediately scored his first US top 40 hit with "We Gotta Get You a Woman" (1970). His best-known songs include "Hello It's Me" and "I Saw the Light" from Something/Anything? (1972), which get frequent air time on classic rock radio stations, the 1978 "Can We Still Be Friends", and the 198

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The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect

1982 studio album by Todd Rundgren

The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect is Todd Rundgren's tenth studio album, released in December 1982. The album is a return to the pop sound for which Rundgren is generally most lauded by critics. Considering it a contractual obligation, he spent little time working on Tortured Artist (hence the title). However, the album was generally well-received, and Rundgren scored a hit with the novelty song "Bang the Drum All Day".

The album was also his last official release on Bearsville Records.

Track listing

All songs by Todd Rundgren; except where noted.

Side one
  1. "Hideaway" – 4:58
  2. "Influenza" – 4:29
  3. "Don't Hurt Yourself" – 3:41
  4. "There Goes Your Baybay" – 3:53
Side two
  1. "Tin Soldier" (Ronnie Lane, Steve Marriott) – 3:10
  2. "Emperor of the Highway" – 1:39
  3. "Bang the Drum All Day" – 3:32
  4. "Drive" – 5:26
  5. "Chant" – 4:20

Personnel

  • Todd Rundgren - all vocals and instruments, art direction, engineer, producer
Technical
  • Bean - additional engineering

Charts

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