Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1 | It’s Lonely at the Top | 3:13 |
| 2 | God's Song (That’s Why I Love Mankind) | 3:24 |
| 3 | Louisiana 1927 | 2:56 |
| 4 | Let Me Go | 2:37 |
| 5 | Rednecks | 3:05 |
| 6 | Avalon | 0:58 |
| 7 | Living Without You | 2:16 |
| 8 | I Think It's Going to Rain Today | 2:57 |
| 9 | You Can Leave Your Hat On | 2:32 |
| 10 | It's Money That I Love | 2:16 |
| 11 | Marie | 2:57 |
| 12 | When She Loved Me | 1:03 |
| 13 | Sail Away | 2:58 |
| 14 | The World Isn't Fair | 3:07 |
| 15 | Political Science | 2:03 |
| 16 | The Great Nations of Europe | 3:24 |
| 17 | In Germany Before the War | 3:49 |
| 18 | Ragtime | 1:25 |
News & Reviews
- Friday, November 7, 2008
Randy Newman's BBC4 Sessions Concert Debuts Tonight
Randy Newman fans in the UK who had hoped to see the singer-songwriter perform this month are in luck. Though he was forced to postpone the European leg of his Harps and Angels tour this month due to severe back pain, Randy was able to tape a special concert for BBC Four Sessions this summer at LSO St. Lukes that debuts tonight. Time Out calls it "essential viewing for fans, but also worthwhile for those who haven't heard anything beyond his work with Disney." The Calgary Herald picks Randy's new album as CD of the Week, calling its songs "tuneful and interesting on so many levels."
- Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Randy Newman Postpones European Tour
It is with great regret that Randy Newman has had to postpone his forthcoming European tour on doctor's orders, because of physical limitations and severe pain caused by stenosis in the lower back and neck. The 18-date tour had been due to start this Saturday, November 1, in Berlin. "I deeply regret not being able to come," says Randy. "I like it so much in Europe, and I've always been treated so well. I'll get there as soon as I can."
About this Album
For his Nonesuch debut, legendary singer-songwriter Newman revisits earlier work via this piano-and-voice solo set. The collection, says the Chicago Sun-Times, offers “an intimate, seamless and seemingly effortless stroll through some of the highlights and obscurities in his catalogue.” Interview magazine calls it "an austere and moving piece of work ... [T]he songs, some going back 35 years, sound absolutely fresh.”
Credits
MUSICIANS
Randy Newman, vocals, piano
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Mitchell Froom
Recorded January-February 2003, Conway Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Engineer: David C. Boucher
Assistant Engineer: Seth Waldmann
Mixed at Sound Factory, Hollywood, CA
Engineer: David C. Boucher
Assistant Engineer: Steven Rhodes
Mastered by Robert C. Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, ME
All songs written by Randy Newman
Design by Doyle Partners
Photography by Michael Wilson
Executive Producers: Robert Hurwitz and Cathy Kerr
