The problem turned out to be that I never was that kind of an artist.

During the 1970s and 1980s Rundgren engineered and/or produced many notable albums for other acts including Straight Up by Badfinger Stage Fright by The Band We're an American Band by Grand Funk Railroad Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf and Skylarking by XTC. According to Tyler ". The Ballad of Todd Rundgren (1971)
Something/Anything? (1972)
A Wizard a True Star (1973)
Todd (1974)
Initiation (1975)
Faithful (1976)
Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978)
Healing (1981)
The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect (1982)
A Cappella (1985)
Nearly Human (1989)
2nd Wind (1991)
No World Order (1993)
The Individualist (1995)
Up Against It (1997)
With a Twist.

He has also been prolific as a producer and engineer on the recorded work of other musicians. Hailed in the early stage of his career as a new pop star supported by the certified gold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972 his career has produced a diverse range of recordings as solo artist and during the seventies and eighties with the band Utopia. During the 1970s and 1980s Rundgren engineered and/or produced many notable albums for other acts including Straight Up by Badfinger Stage Fright by The Band We're an American Band by Grand Funk Railroad Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf and Skylarking by XTC.