The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1
The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 | ||||
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Studio album by Randy Newman | ||||
Released | 2003 | |||
Genre | Singer-songwriter | |||
Label | Nonesuch Records | |||
Producer | Mitchell Froom | |||
Randy Newman chronology | ||||
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The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 contains newly recorded, stripped down versions of some of Newman's best known songs, performed by Randy Newman singing and playing the piano without accompaniment.
The album spans a 33-year period, from early songs like "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" and "Living Without You" to "The World Isn't Fair" from his Bad Love album (1999). Also included are three instrumental extracts from his film scores.[2][3]
Track listing
All tracks composed and arranged by Randy Newman
- "It's Lonely At The Top" (actually a medley of the uncredited "Dexter's Tune", an instrumental from 'Awakenings', and "Lonely At The Top") – 3:13
- "God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)" – 3:23
- "Louisiana 1927" – 2:56
- "Let Me Go" – 2:37
- "Rednecks" – 3:05
- "Avalon" (Instrumental) – 0:58
- "Living Without You" – 2:16
- "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" – 2:57
- "You Can Leave Your Hat On" – 2:32
- "It's Money That I Love" – 2:16
- "Marie" – 2:56
- "When She Loved Me" (Instrumental) – 1:03
- "Sail Away" – 2:58
- "The World Isn't Fair" – 3:07
- "Political Science" – 2:02
- "The Great Nations Of Europe" – 3:24
- "In Germany Before The War" – 3:49
- "Ragtime" (Instrumental) – 1:25
Personnel
Randy Newman - vocals, piano
Lyric changes
A line in "It's Money That I Love" was changed from "it'll get you a half-pound of cocaine And a sixteen-year old girl" to "it'll get you a half-pound of cocaine And a nineteen-year old girl" (in the US, the age of consent varies between sixteen and eighteen on a state-by-state basis).
Notes
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Review by Denise Sullivan at Allmusic
- ↑ "Songbook Vol. 1 – Randy Newman". A Few Words – Randy Newman.
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