Randy Newman
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- Released
- 05/05/1995
- Music Genre
- Rock
Description
Includes original release liner notes by Stan Cornyn.
Originally titled RANDY NEWMAN CREATES SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN and released with a hopelessly unhip album cover, Randy Newman's heavily-orchestrated debut album has more in common with Van Dyke Parks's SONG CYCLE or Harpers Bizarre's ANYTHING GOES than the stripped-down sound of Newman's better-known '70s albums. (Uncoincidentally, both the latter were also produced by Newman's childhood friend Lenny Waronker; Newman was involved in both songwriting and arrangement.)
The album is best known for early examples of Newman's satiric gifts such as "Davy the Fat Boy," the middle-America-mocking "The Beehive State," and "So Long, Dad." But more serious and emotional songs like "Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad" and the majestic "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today" (impressively covered by the likes of Judy Collins and Dusty Springfield) reveal a deeper side to Newman's songwriting that's sometimes overshadowed by the more overtly funny songs.
Product Details
- Artist
- Randy Newman
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Recording Environment
- Studio
- Label / Studio
- WEA/WARNER BROS.
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Original year of release
- 1968
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- Year of release
- 2000
- Cast & Crew
- Randy Newman (Music Performer)
- Lenny Waronker (Producer)
- Van Dyke Parks (Producer)
Press Reviews
...Everything that's great about Randy Newman can be found [here]...the benign condescension towards Middle America ('The Beehive State'), the effortlessly modulated melancholy ('Living Without You')...and the elaborate orchestrations betraying the influence of his movie-scoring uncles... Mojo (7/95, p.113)
7 out of 10 - "...an oddball hybrid of burlesque show tunes and sardonic singer-songwriting....makes for edifying listening... NME (2/14/00, p.42)
4 stars out of 5 - "...Cynical, ironic and venomous, it sets the stage for 30 years of nasty songs... Q (4/00, p.112)
...Newman's drawling, bluesy vocals cut against the lush conventionality of the settings like a squirt of lemon juice in milk....One of the most deliciously unsettling albums ever made. Rolling Stone (8/10/95, p.60)
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Love Story
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Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad
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Living Without You
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So Long Dad
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I Think He's Hiding
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Linda
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Laughing Boy
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Cowboy
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Beehive State, The
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I Think It's Going to Rain Today
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Davy the Fat Boy
