Album
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Album
The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect
- Peak position
- #66
- Weeks on chart
- 13
The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect (1983) is a Todd Rundgren album in the RetroVerse archive.
Why this album mattered
The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect (1983) is a Todd Rundgren album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 9 tracks on this release. It reached #66 and charted for 13 weeks.
The music
- 1
Hideaway
- 2
Influenza
- 3
Don’t Hurt Yourself
- 4
There Goes Your Baybay
- 5
Tin Soldier
- 6
Emperor of the Highway
7 Bang the Drum All Day
- 8
Drive
- 9
Chant
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Jan 22, 1983#180
A rocket up the chart — jumping 81 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #180, exploded upward for 6 weeks to reach #66 and fell quickly across 13 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
Album facts
- ArtistTodd Rundgren
- Year1983