Reissued On Vinyl LP!
After starting his songwriting career as a teenager, Randy Newman began recording as a singer and pianist in 1968 with his self-titled album. Throughout the 1970s he released several other acclaimed albums such as: 12 Songs, Sail Away, and Good Old Boys. In addition to his solo recordings and regular international touring, Newman began composing and scoring for films in the 1980s. The list of movies he has worked on since then includes The Natural, Awakenings, Ragtime, all three Toy Story pictures, Seabiscuit, James and the Giant Peach, A Bug's Life, and Disney/Pixar's Monsters University, the prequel to Monsters Inc. (which he also scored).
Randy Newman's many honors include six Grammys, three Emmys, and two Academy Awards. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013the same year he was given an Ivor Novello PRS for Music Special International Award. Furthermore, Newman was presented with a PEN New England Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence Award in June 2014.
The highly praised 2008 Harps and Angels was Newman's first album of new material since 1999. The Austin Chronicle wrote "the characters are memorable, the satire sharp, the music luxurious, and the arrangements maybe the most gorgeous in all pop music."
"Sumptuous melodies, devastating pathos and thorny, irony-laden character songs.... The work of a true master of popular song." - The Guardian
Features:
Vinyl LP
Limited time MP3 download
Selections:
Side A:
1. Harps And Angels
2. Losing You
3. Laugh And Be Happy
4. A Few Words In Defense Of Our Country
5. A Piece Of The Pie
Side B:
1. Easy Street
2. Korean Parents
3. Only A Girl
4. Potholes
5. Feels Like Home
After starting his songwriting career as a teenager, Randy Newman began recording as a singer and pianist in 1968 with his self-titled album. Throughout the 1970s he released several other acclaimed albums such as: 12 Songs, Sail Away, and Good Old Boys. In addition to his solo recordings and regular international touring, Newman began composing and scoring for films in the 1980s. The list of movies he has worked on since then includes The Natural, Awakenings, Ragtime, all three Toy Story pictures, Seabiscuit, James and the Giant Peach, A Bug's Life, and Disney/Pixar's Monsters University, the prequel to Monsters Inc. (which he also scored).
Randy Newman's many honors include six Grammys, three Emmys, and two Academy Awards. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013the same year he was given an Ivor Novello PRS for Music Special International Award. Furthermore, Newman was presented with a PEN New England Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence Award in June 2014.
The highly praised 2008 Harps and Angels was Newman's first album of new material since 1999. The Austin Chronicle wrote "the characters are memorable, the satire sharp, the music luxurious, and the arrangements maybe the most gorgeous in all pop music."
"Sumptuous melodies, devastating pathos and thorny, irony-laden character songs.... The work of a true master of popular song." - The Guardian
Features:
Vinyl LP
Limited time MP3 download
Selections:
Side A:
1. Harps And Angels
2. Losing You
3. Laugh And Be Happy
4. A Few Words In Defense Of Our Country
5. A Piece Of The Pie
Side B:
1. Easy Street
2. Korean Parents
3. Only A Girl
4. Potholes
5. Feels Like Home
