Vinyl LP Reissue!
First Time On Vinyl In Decades!
Randy Newman's 1977 album, Little Criminals, characteristically features quirky
characters and cynical views in his story-telling in lieu of traditional pop
music themes. Short People became a hit single and the album peaked at #9 on the
U.S. Billboard 200 chart.
Members of The Eagles, Glen Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit and
J.D. Souther, appear throughout the album providing backing vocals and
instrumental accompaniment.
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 2013—the same year he was given an Ivor Novello PRS for
Music Special International Award. Mostly recently, Newman was presented with a
PEN New England Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence Award in June 2014.
Features:
• Vinyl LP
Selections:
1. Short People (feat. Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther, Timothy B. Schmit)
2. You Can't Fool The Fat Man
3. Little Criminals (feat. Joe Walsh, Glenn Frey)
4. Texas Girl At The Funeral Of Her Father
5. Jolly Coppers On Parade
6. In Germany Before The War
7. Sigmund Freud's Impersonation Of Albert Einstein In America
8. Baltimore (feat. Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther)
9. I'll Be Home
10. Rider In The Rain (feat. Don Henley, Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther)
11. Kathleen (Catholicism Made Easier)
12. Old Man On The Farm
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