Randy Newman - Randy Newman

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Mar 23, 2016 Sold Date

Aug 24, 2015 Start Date

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Article name: Randy Newman
Genre: Pop englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: MUSIC ON VINYL Number of tracks: 11

Tracklist LP - 1

Newman, Randy - Love story (You and me) Newman, Randy - Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad Newman, Randy - Living Without You Newman, Randy - So Long Dad Newman, Randy - I Think He's Hiding Newman, Randy - Linda Newman, Randy - Laughing Boy Newman, Randy - Cowboy Newman, Randy - The beehive state Newman, Randy - I Think It's Going To Rain Today Newman, Randy - Davy The Fat Boy

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"Randy Newman creates something new under the sun," read the banner on the back of Newman's debut album, but it was more that, in keeping with the intended irony of the statement, Newman was intent upon taking clichés and using them to satirize social conventions, a popular parlor game in the late '60s. Thus, we have "Love Story" (predating the sappy book/movie of the same title), in which the lovers retire to Florida and pass away, "So Long Dad," in which a son squares things with his old man, and "Davy the Fat Boy," in which an affectionate friend exploits the title character. But there were also songs like "Living Without You" and "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today," which were so painfully lonely you wished they weren't so sincere. Taken together, this was an audacious first album by a major, if extremely quirky, talent. ~ William Ruhlmann

William Ruhlmann