The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect

The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect
Studio album by
Todd Rundgren
ReleasedDecember 30, 1982
Recorded1982
StudioUtopia Sound Studios, Lake Hill, New York
GenrePop rock
Length35:08
LabelBearsville, Rhino
ProducerTodd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren chronology
Healing
(1981) 		The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect
(1982) 		A Cappella
(1985)
Singles from The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect
  1. "Hideaway"
    Released: October 1982
  2. "Bang the Drum All Day"
    Released: April 1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect is Todd Rundgren's tenth studio album, released in December 1982. The album is a return to the pop sound for which Rundgren is generally most lauded by critics. Considering it a contractual obligation, he spent little time working on Tortured Artist (hence the title). However, the album was generally well-received, and Rundgren scored a hit with the novelty song "Bang the Drum All Day".

The album was also his last official release on Bearsville Records.

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect at AllMusic
  2. ^ Rolling Stone review