Runt (album)

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Runt
Runt cover
Studio album by Todd Rundgren
Released September, 1970
Genre Pop rock
Length 40:20
Label Bearsville
Rhino
Producer(s) Todd Rundgren
Professional reviews
Todd Rundgren chronology
Runt
(1970)
Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren
(1971)


Runt is Todd Rundgren's debut solo album, released in 1970. Initially dividing critics upon its release, the record runs the gamut from bluesey guitar workouts ("Birthday Carol", "Broke Down and Busted"), power pop ("Devil's Bite", "Don't Tie My Hands"), Laura Nyro-styled piano pop ("We Gotta Get You a Woman", "Baby Let's Swing", "The Last Thing You Said"), rock n' roll ("Who's that Man"), piano ballads ("Believe in Me", "Once Burned", the middle section of "Birthday Carol"), as well as more experimental numbers (the sarcastic, prog-rock tinged "I'm in the Clique", the haunting "There Are No Words").

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Todd Rundgren:

[edit] Side one

  1. "Broke Down and Busted"
  2. "Believe in Me"
  3. "We Gotta Get You a Woman"
  4. "Who's That Man?"
  5. "Once Burned"
  6. "Devil's Bite"

[edit] Side two

  1. I'm in the Clique
  2. There Are No Words
  3. Baby Let's Swing/The Last Thing You Said/Don't Tie My Hands
  4. Birthday Carol

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard

Year Chart Position
1971 Pop Albums 185

Singles - Billboard

Year Single Chart Position
1971 "We Gotta Get You a Woman" Pop Singles 20