White Knight is the 26th solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Todd Rundgren. The album was released on May 12, 2017, by Cleopatra Records.[1]

White Knight
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 12, 2017
Recorded2016–2017
GenreRock
Length52:38 41:40 (vinyl)
LabelCleopatra Records
ProducerTodd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren chronology
Runddans
(2015)
White Knight
(2017)
Space Force
(2022)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic60/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
American Songwriter     [4]
The A.V. ClubC[5]
Pitchfork6.6/10[6]
Rolling Stone     [7]
The Spill Magazine     [8]

White Knight received generally mixed reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 60, based on 6 reviews.[2]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Todd Rundgren and the featured artists.

No.TitleLength
1."Come"4:07
2."I Got Your Back" (featuring KK Watson and Dâm-Funk)3:38
3."Chance for Us" (featuring Daryl Hall and Bobby Strickland)4:14
4."Fiction"3:41
5."Beginning (Of the End)" (featuring John Boutté)3:55
6."Tin Foil Hat" (featuring Donald Fagen)3:23
7."Look at Me" (featuring Michael Holman)3:08
8."Let's Do This" (featuring Moe Berg)3:07
9."Sleep" (featuring Joe Walsh)2:52
10."That Could Have Been Me" (featuring Robyn)3:18
11."Deaf Ears" (featuring Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)2:58
12."Naked & Afraid" (featuring Bettye LaVette)3:57
13."Buy My T"3:10
14."Wouldn't You Like to Know" (featuring Rebop Rundgren)3:53
15."This Is Not a Drill" (featuring Joe Satriani, Kasim Sulton and Prairie Prince)3:17

The vinyl version of the album lacks tracks 7, 12, and 14.

References

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  1. ^ "White Knight by Todd Rundgren on Apple Music". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Reviews and Tracks for White Knight by Todd Rundgren". Metacritic. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  3. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (May 12, 2017). "White Knight - Todd Rundgren". AllMusic. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  4. ^ Horowitz, Hal (May 10, 2017). "Todd Rundgren: White Knight". Americansongwriter.com. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  5. ^ Ihnat, Gwen (May 12, 2017). "Girlpool, PWR BTTM, Todd Rundgren, and more in this week's music reviews". Avclub.com. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  6. ^ Sam Sodomsky (May 10, 2017). "Todd Rundgren: White Knight Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  7. ^ "Review: Todd Rundgren's 'White Knight'". Rolling Stone. May 11, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  8. ^ "Review: SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: TODD RUNDGREN – WHITE KNIGHT". The Spill Magazine. May 12, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.