Editing Todd Rundgren (section)

===As a solo artist===
Writing for [[AllMusic]], music critic [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] recognizes Rundgren thus:

{{blockquote|Todd Rundgren's best-known songs – the Carole King pastiche "I Saw the Light", the ballads "Hello, It's Me" and "Can We Still Be Friends", and the goofy novelty "Bang on the Drum All Day" – suggest that he is a talented pop craftsman ... but at his core, Rundgren is a rock & roll maverick. Once he had a taste of success with his 1972 masterwork ''Something/Anything?'', Rundgren chose to abandon stardom and, with it, conventional pop music. He began a course through uncharted musical territory, becoming a pioneer not only in electronic music and prog rock, but in music video, computer software, and Internet music delivery as well.<ref name="AMbio">{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/todd-rundgren-mn0000936425/biography|title=Todd Rundgren|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> }}

As a solo artist from 1972 to 1978, Rundgren scored four US Top 40 singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, including one Top 10 hit with "Hello, It's Me",<ref name="TRBB100" /> and three US Top 40 albums on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="TRBillboard200" /> He is one of the first acts to be prominent both as an artist and as a producer.<ref name="p4kwizard">{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/todd-rundgren-somethinganything-a-wizard-a-true-star/ |title=Todd Rundgren: A Wizard, a True Star |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=January 20, 2018 |access-date=January 21, 2018}}</ref> and he was also influential in the fields of power pop, [[lo-fi music|lo-fi]], [[overdubbing]], and [[experimental music]].<ref name="HoF2018"/> Rundgren performed in an eclectic variety of styles, so much so that his singles often contrasted with other tracks from the LPs from which they derived, which curtailed his mass appeal.<ref name="AMbio"/> Of his early incorporation of digital technology, he said "I wasn't the first to start recording digitally, because it was so expensive. But once the technology came down to where I could afford it, then I went digital."<ref name="Harris2016" /> Rundgren said that adapting his sound to meet commercial expectations was also never an issue for him since he already made "so much money from production", a rare luxury for an artist.<ref name="UCR18">{{cite web|title=Five Reasons Todd Rundgren Should Be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|last=Deriso|first=Nick|date=November 9, 2018|website=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]]|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/todd-rundgren-hall-of-fame-reasons/}}</ref>