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Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren is the second album by American singer-songwriter/musician Todd Rundgren, released in 1971. Most of the album's 12 tracks are piano-led ballads, with the only exceptions being the rock tunes "Bleeding" and "Parole" and the anthem "Chain Letter". As with his first album, this album was initially credited to "Runt". Rundgren himself wrote, arranged, and produced every tune on "The Ballad of Todd Rundgren", as well as handling all the guitars, keyboards, and vocals. "I was pretty overbearing to deal with," Rundgren recalled in the liner notes to the