Todd Rundgren
We like our poet laureates in this country but we only pay them half a mind. And so Todd Rundgren (and Randy Newman and Harry Nilsson) labored largely in the shadows, taking their high critical stature and fickle commercial success in stride. Rundgren has only one gold album to his credit: Something/Anything? In fairness, Rundgren is a "difficult" artist, a pop experimentalist who followed Something with a string of unusual albums. By the time he returned to writing relatively straightforward songs, Rundgren had been branded an eccentric, his bright commercial future sacrificed to some unseen artist-god. However, as any Rundgren (or Utopia, Rundgren's more progressive outlet) fan can tell you, the man can put a lump in your throat faster than a field of goldenrod.
| Date | ALBUMS / Singles |
|---|---|
| 1970 September | RUNT |
| 1970 November | We Gotta Get You A Woman |
| 1971 May | Be Nice To Me |
| 1971 June | THE BALLAD OF TODD RUNDGREN |
| 1971 August | A Long Time, A Long Way To Go |
| 1972 March | SOMETHING/ANYTHING? |
| 1972 March | I Saw The Light |
| 1972 July | Couldn't I Just Tell You |
| 1973 March | A WIZARD, A TRUE STAR |
| 1973 July | Sometimes I Don't Know What To Feel |
| 1973 September | Hello It's Me |
| 1974 February | TODD |
| 1974 May | A Dream Goes On Forever |
| 1975 February | Wolfman Jack |
| 1975 May | INITIATION |
| 1975 September | Real Man |
| 1976 April | FAITHFUL |
| 1976 June | Good Vibrations |
| 1976 November | Love of the Common Man |
| 1978 April | HERMIT OF MINK HOLLOW |
| 1978 May | Can We Still Be Friends |
| 1978 July | You Cried Wolf |
| 1978 November | All The Children Sing |
| 1978 November | BACK TO THE BARS |
| 1979 February | It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference (Live) |
| 1981 February | Time Heals |
| 1981 February | HEALING |
| 1982 January | Compassion |
| 1982 | Bang The Drum All Day |
| 1983 January | THE EVER POPULAR TORTURED ARTIST EFFECT |
| 1983 September | Hideaway |
| 1985 September | A CAPPELLA |
| 1985 October | Something To Fall Back On |
| 1988 February | ANTHOLOGY |
| 1989 May | NEARLY HUMAN |
| 1989 May | Parallel Lines |
| 1989 May 30 | ANTHOLOGY (1968-1985) |
| 1989 | I Love My Life |
| 1989 | The Want of a Nail |
| 1989 | Can't Stop Running |
| 1991 January 16 | 2ND WIND |
| 1991 July | Change Myself |
| 1992 April | AN ELPEE'S WORTH OF PRODUCTIONS |
| 1993 July | NO WORLD ORDER |
| 1994 February | THE BEST OF TODD RUNDGREN |
| 1994 September | NO WORLD ORDER - LITE |
| 1995 November 8 | THE INDIVIDUALIST |
| 1995 | SINGLES |
| 1997 June 10 | I SAW THE LIGHT AND OTHER HITS |
| 1997 July 29 | THE VERY BEST OF TODD RUNDGREN |
| 1997 September 23 | WITH A TWIST... |
| 1998 June | UP AGAINST IT |
| 1998 July | FREE SOUL RUNT |
| 1998 December | SOMEWHERE, ANYWHERE: THE UNRELEASED TRACKS |
| 1999 September | LIVE IN CHICAGO '91 |
| 2000 June 27 | ONE LONG YEAR |
| 2000 September 26 | KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR PRESENTS IN CONCERT |
| 2000 October 17 | RECONSTRUCTED |
| 2001 July 2 | EXTENDED VERSIONS |
| 2002 July 2 | TODD RUNDGREN & HIS FRIENDS (a/k/a HELL0, IT'S ME AND MY FRIENDS) |
| 2002 July 2 | ESSENTIALS |
| 2002 September 24 | LIVE AT THE FORUM, LONDON '95 |
| 2003 April 1 | NEARLY HUMAN TOUR, JAPAN '90 |
| 2003 April 22 | RE-MIXES |
| 2003 May 27 | WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS |
| 2003 July 28 | CAN'T STOP RUNNING |
| 2003 November 25 | GREATEST CLASSICS: WITH A TWIST |
| 2004 April 6 | LIARS |
| 2005 November 15 | BEST OF TODD RUNDGREN LIVE |
| 2006 October 17 | THE DEFINITIVE ROCK COLLECTION |
| 2008 September 30 | ARENA |
SEE ALSO...
MARK "MOOGY" KLINGMAN discography
NAZZ discography
THE TUBES discography
UTOPIA discography
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