Runt (album)

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

Runt is Todd Rundgren's debut solo album, first released in 1970 on the Ampex Records label and later reissued on CD by Rhino. Initially dividing critics upon its release, the record runs the gamut from blues-styled 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, There Are No Words).

Upon its release in June of 1970 the album was issued with 10 tracks. After We Gotta Get You a Woman became a hit single, Ampex decided to press more copies of the LP in November of 1970 to keep up with demand. A rejected 12 track master of the LP was accidentally sent to the pressing plant resulting in approximately 5,000 mis-presses. Instead of throwing out the LPs, Ampex decided to sell them anyway, unmarked, as a sort of surprise to the purchaser. There are rumours of an 11 track pressing but none have been documented. This, album as well as Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren were issued in 1971 on the Bearsville label, being distributed by Ampex at the time. In mid 1971 Bearsville was purchased by Warner Bros. distribution and plans were made to re-release both albums in 1973 as a "twin pack" entitled Todd Rundgren's Rack Job. The album got as far as test presses and album art but was shelved as Rundgren wanted to release an album of new material instead.

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] Mispressed 12 track vinyl release, November, 1970

[edit] Side one

  1. Broke Down and Busted (with short intro from There Are No Words)
  2. Believe in Me
  3. We Gotta Get You a Woman (alternate mix)
  4. Once Burned
  5. Who's That Man?
  6. Hope I'm Around
  7. Devil's Bite (alternate mix with extended guitar solo)

[edit] Side two

  1. I'm in the Clique
  2. There Are No Words
  3. Baby Let's Swing (full length song, not part of a medley)
  4. Say No More
  5. Birthday Carol (alternate mix)