Randy Newman discography
Randy Newman discography | |
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Newman at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2008 | |
Studio albums | 10 |
Live albums | 2 |
Compilation albums | 5 |
Video albums | 2 |
Singles | 12 |
Soundtrack albums | 23 |
American musician Randy Newman has released ten solo studio albums, two live albums, six compilation albums, two extended plays (EPs), 12 singles, and 23 soundtrack albums.
Albums
Studio albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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US | UK | ||
1968 | Randy Newman
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1970 | 12 Songs
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– | – |
1972 | Sail Away
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163 | – |
1974 | Good Old Boys
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36 | – |
1977 | Little Criminals
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9 | – |
1979 | Born Again
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41 | – |
1983 | Trouble in Paradise
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64 | – |
1988 | Land of Dreams
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80 | – |
1999 | Bad Love
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194 | 178 |
2008 | Harps and Angels
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30 | 46 |
Live albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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US | ||
1971 | Randy Newman Live
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191 |
2011 | Live in London
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Compilation albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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UK | ||
1987 | Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman
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1998 | Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman
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2001 | The Best of Randy Newman
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2003 | The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1
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2008 | On Vine Street: The Early Songs of Randy Newman
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2011 | The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2
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149 [1] |
Singles
Year | Title | Label + Cat. No. | Chart Positions | ||||
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US | US R&B | CAN | UK | AU | |||
1970 | "Yellow Man" / "Old Kentucky Home" | Reprise 14168 | - | - | - | - | - |
1972 | "Sail Away" / "Political Science" | REP 1102 | - | - | - | - | - |
1974 | "Birmingham" / "Naked Man" | REP 3649 | - | - | - | - | - |
1977 | "Short People" / "Old Man on the Farm" | WBS 8492 | 2 | - | - | - | 12 |
"Sigmund Freud's Impersonation of Albert Einstein in America" / "Baltimore" | WB 17 159 | - | - | - | - | - | |
"Rider in the Rain" / "Kathleen (Catholicism Made Easier)" | WB 17.103 | - | - | - | - | - | |
1982 | "The Blues" (with Paul Simon) / "Same Girl" | WB 92 9803-7 | 51 | - | - | - | 100 |
"I Love L.A." / "Miami" | WB 925 680-2 | 110 | - | - | - | - | |
1988 | "Dixie Flyer" / "Something Special" | 925 680-2 | 99 | - | - | - | - |
"It's Money That Matters" / "Falling in Love" | 927 709-7 | 60 | - | - | - | - | |
2007 | "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country"a[›] | - | - | - | - | - | |
2010 | "You've Got a Friend in Me" / "We Belong Together" | - | - | - | 119 | - |
Written by Newman
The following is a list of Randy Newman compositions that were chart hits for other artists.
Year | Title | Artist | Label + Cat. No. | Chart positions | ||||
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US | US R&B |
CA | UK | AU | ||||
1964 | "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" co-written with Jeannie Seely, Judith Arbuckle and Pat Sheeran |
Irma Thomas | 52 | - | - | - | - | |
"I Don't Want To Hear Anymore" | Jerry Butler | 95 | - | - | - | - | ||
1965 | "I've Been Wrong Before" | Cilla Black | - | - | - | 17 | 81 | |
1966 | "Nobody Needs Your Love" | Gene Pitney | - | - | - | 2 | - | |
"Just One Smile" | Gene Pitney | 64 | - | - | 8 | 55 | ||
1967 | "Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear" | The Alan Price Set | - | - | - | 4 | 49 | |
1969 | "I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore" | Dusty Springfield | 105 | - | 59 | - | - | |
1970 | "Love Story" | Peggy Lee | 105 | - | - | - | - | |
"Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" | Three Dog Night | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||
"I Think It's Going To Rain Today" | Tom Northcott | - | - | 46 | - | - | ||
1972 | "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" | Wilson Pickett | 99 | 16 | - | - | - | |
"Living Without You" | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | 69 | - | - | - | - | ||
1980 | "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" | UB40 | - | - | - | 6 | 90 | |
2000 | "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" | Tom Jones & Stereophonics | - | - | - | 4 | - |
Video albums
- Live at the Odeon (1983) DVD with Ry Cooder and Linda Ronstadt
- Sound Stage (2003) (featuring Lyle Lovett with Mark Isham and Randy Newman)
Musical
- Randy Newman's Faust (1995)
Soundtracks
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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US | ||
1971 | Cold Turkey
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1981 | Ragtime
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1984 | The Natural
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1989 | Parenthood
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1990 | Avalon
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1990 | Awakenings
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1994 | The Paper
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1994 | Maverick
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1995 | Toy Story
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94 |
1996 | James and the Giant Peach
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1996 | Michael
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1998 | A Bug's Life
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1998 | Pleasantville
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1999 | Toy Story 2
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111 |
2000 | Meet the Parents
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2001 | Monsters, Inc.
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– |
2003 | Seabiscuit
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2004 | Meet the Fockers
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2006 | Cars
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6 |
2008 | Leatherheads
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2009 | The Princess and the Frog
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2010 | Toy Story 3
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2013 | Monsters University
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Other album appearances
Soundtracks
Newman composed original songs that were used in the following films, but did not compose the scores for these films:
Year | Song(s) | Album | Notes | Ref. |
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1986 | "The Ballad of the Three Amigos", "My Little Buttercup", "Blue Shadows" | ¡Three Amigos! soundtrack | ||
1987 | "Different People" | Overboard soundtrack | ||
1989 | "Falling In Love" | Her Alibi soundtrack | ||
1997 | "Danny's Arrival Song", "Little Boat On The Sea", "Animal Jam Session", "Big and Loud", "Tell Me Lies", "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" | Cats Don't Dance soundtrack | ||
1998 | "That'll Do" | Babe: Pig in the City soundtrack | Song performed by Peter Gabriel |
Newman also performed a song he did not write ("Gone Dead Train"), and conducted Jack Nitzsche's original music, for the soundtrack of the 1970 film Performance. In the following year, Newman's song "Let Me Go" was used in the film The Pursuit of Happiness.
Newman's song "I Love L.A." was used in The Naked Gun, Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie, and over the end credits of Volcano. Newman's 1972 song "Burn On" was used as the opening song in Major League (1989) while his song "Political Science" was featured in Blast from the Past (1999). Newman also covered the Fats Domino song "I'm In Love Again" for the soundtrack of Shag (1989).
References
- ↑ "Chart Log UK: New Entries Update". UKChartsPlus. Zobbel.de. May 21, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
Notes
^ a: The title track was #2 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. No byline (December 11, 2007). Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2010-02-05
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