Todd Rundgren discography

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Todd Rundgren discography
Studio albums21
Live albums2
Compilation albums10
Video albums2
Music videos4
EPs1
Singles21

This article is a discography of American rock musician Todd Rundgren. [1]

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

YearInformationChart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
JPN
[5]
UK
[6]
1970 Runt 185269
1971 Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren
  • Released: June 24, 1971
  • Labels: Ampex, Bearsville
214
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1972 Something/Anything?
  • Released: February 1972
  • Label: Bearsville
2934
1973 A Wizard, a True Star
  • Released: March 2, 1973
  • Label: Bearsville
86
1974 Todd
  • Released: February 1974
  • Label: Bearsville
5433
1975 Initiation
  • Released: June 14, 1975
  • Label: Bearsville
86
1976 Faithful
  • Released: April 1976
  • Label: Bearsville
54
1978 Hermit of Mink Hollow
  • Released: April 7, 1978
  • Label: Bearsville
36112742
[9]
1981 Healing
  • Released: January 28, 1981
  • Labels: Bearsville, Avatar, Island
48
1982 The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect
  • Released: November 15, 1982
  • Labels: Bearsville, Festival
66
1985 A Cappella
  • Released: September 1985
  • Labels: Warner Bros., Rhino
128
1989 Nearly Human
  • Released: May 18, 1989
  • Label: Warner Bros.
1028785
1991 2nd Wind
  • Released: January 16, 1991
  • Label: Warner Bros.
11882
1993 No World Order
  • Released: July 6, 1993
  • Labels: Rhino, Forward, BMG
96
1995 The Individualist
  • Released: October 31, 1995
  • Label: Digital Entertainment
1997 Up Against It
  • Released: May 16, 1997
  • Label: Pony Canyon (Japan only)
N/RN/RN/R
With a Twist...
  • Released: September 23, 1997
  • Label: Guardian
2000 One Long Year
  • Released: June 20, 2000
  • Labels: Artemis, Sheridan Square Entertainment, Epic
2004 Liars
  • Released: April 6, 2004
  • Labels: Sanctuary, Earmark
132
[10]
2008 Arena
2011 Todd Rundgren's Johnson
  • Released: April 26, 2011
  • Label: MPCA
(re)Production
  • Released: September 13, 2011
  • Label: MRI
2013 State
2015 Global
  • Released: April 7, 2015
  • Label: Esoteric Antenna
222
Runddans
  • Released: May 4, 2015
  • Label: Smalltown Supersound
2017 White Knight
2022 Space Force
  • Released: October 14, 2022
  • Label: Cleopatra

Live albums

YearInformationChart positions
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
1978 Back to the Bars
  • Released: December 1978
  • Label: Bearsville
759964
1999Live in Chicago 91 (Todd Archive Series Vol.3)
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Panfish
2002Live at the Forum (Bootleg Series Vol.1)
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Sanctuary
2003Can't Stop Running
2006Liars Live
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Castle Music
2011Todd
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Rock Beat
2011Healing
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Rock Beat
2012Live at the Warfield – 10th March 1990 (Todd Archive Series)
2013Todd Rundgren's Johnson Live
2014At The BBC 1972-1982
  • Released: 2014
  • Label: Esoteric
2016An Evening with Todd Rundgren: Live at the Ridgefield

Compilation albums

Extended plays

Singles

Below is a list of Todd Rundgren's singles that charted in the US, Australia, Canada or UK. For the sake of convenience, singles recorded by Rundgren as a member of Nazz, Runt and Utopia are listed here.

YearTitleChart positionsAlbum
US BB
[11]
US CB US MSR
[11]
US AC AUS
[3]
CAN UK
[9]
1968"Open My Eyes" [A] 112 Nazz
1969"Hello It's Me" [A] 664741
"Not Wrong Long" [A] 90 Nazz Nazz
1970"We Gotta Get You a Woman" [B] 202120Runt
1971"Be Nice to Me" [B] 718792Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren
"A Long Time, a Long Way to Go" [B] 92
1972"I Saw the Light"161112211536Something/Anything?
"Couldn't I Just Tell You"93
1973"Hello It's Me"52176817
1974"A Dream Goes on Forever"694645Todd
"Wolfman Jack" (featuring Wolfman Jack)10594Something/Anything?
1975"Real Man"8384Initiation
1976"Good Vibrations"34473228Faithful
1978"Can We Still Be Friends"293845837Hermit of Mink Hollow
1980"Set Me Free" [C] 272955 Adventures in Utopia
"The Very Last Time" [C] 7680
1981"Time Heals"10718Healing
"Compassion"48
1982"One World" [C] 34 Swing to the Right
"Hammer in My Heart" [C] 31 Utopia
1983"Feet Don't Fail Me Now" [C] 82
"Bang the Drum All Day"63732986The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect
1984"Crybaby" [C] 30 Oblivion
1986"Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It" (Bonnie Tyler and Todd Rundgren)8273
[12]
Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire
1989"The Want of a Nail"15Nearly Human
2020"Flappie"-
"–" denotes releases that did not chart.

Notes

Music videos

Video

Production

See also

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References

Notes

  1. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren did not enter the Billboard 200, but peaked at number 214 on the Bubbling Under the Top LP's chart. [7]

Citations

  1. [http://trconnection.com/discography Scott Sheppard's Utopian Discography
  2. 1 2 "Todd Rundgren Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard . Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 261. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  4. 1 2 "Search - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  5. "Japan: Album positions". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  6. "Todd Rundgren | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company . Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  7. Whitburn, Joel (1998). Bubbling Under Singles & Albums. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 371. ISBN   0-89820-128-4.
  8. "Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 2012-01-29. Note: User must define 'Artist' search parameter as "Todd Rundgren".
  9. 1 2 "The Official Charts Company - Todd Rundgren". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  10. "UK Chartlog". zobbel.de. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  11. 1 2 "allmusic ((( Todd Rundgren > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  12. UK SIngles Chart Official Charts Company (Retrieved August 22, 2008)