Randy Newman - Guilty, 30 Years Of Randy Newman [1998] (4 x CD's)

RANDY NEWMAN

Randy Newman - Guilty, 30 Years Of Randy Newman [1998] (4 x CD's)

Well, first, Randy Newman is unbelievably talented. He is a song writer, a singer, and last but not least, a film composer. And what a composer he is! This multi talent has a family name, which can be a real pain in the ars. But Randy doesn't seem to be bothered by it at all. He wrote some of the most beautiful scores of the 80's and 90's. His music for Pleasantville should have won him an Oscar. But remember The Natural, Toy Story, Awakenings, just to name a few. This really nice compilation and anthology gives Newman the treatment he has long deserved. I love the title: Guilty: 30 years of Randy Newman. This man does not seem to take himself seriously. Yet his art is pretty serious, and he is aware of it very much. Randy Newman is there in the world of music, yet he is not there. You have to listen to this man to get to know him, and once you meet him, you do not want to part from him, he will be a friend of yours forever. Randy Newman is right by the side of the greatest composers, such as Williams, Goldsmith, Bernstein or his late uncle Alfred Newman. Buy this anthology and get to know this musical giant.

Randy Newman's three-decades-plus career proves at least one thing: an articulate, bespectacled fellow seated at a piano--a Southern Californian, no less! can be damn dangerous. In a civil sort of way. This four-disc overview of Newman's fitful but ultimately brilliant career offers a portal into Newman the solo artist, the film composer, and the for-hire songwriter. Discs 1 and 2 (for old fans, the least rewarding of the lot) serve as a greatest hits package--greatest hits being a relative term ("Short People," "I Love L.A.," "Mama Told Me Not to Come," and a few others qualify as commercial successes). Newman's trademark style--mouthing the skewed views of twisted protagonists (including God and Satan) surfaces in songs old and new. The guardian of an obese boy who puts his charge to work as a freak narrates "Davy the Fat Boy." "Let's Burn Down the Cornfield," "Suzanne," and "You Can Leave Your Hat On" explore perversion; "Rednecks" and "Sail Away" deal with bigotry; "Real Emotional Girl" and "I Want You to Hurt Like I Do" explore wanton cruelty. Disc 3 is littered with fascinating flotsam, beginning with 1962's bewilderingly boyish "Golden Gridiron Boy" (coproduced by Pat Boone!) and tailing into a slew of brooding but truly extraordinary solo demos. Despite his sardonic nature, the Newman of "Gainesville," "Feels Like Home," and "My Name Is James" summons true pathos. Disc 4 samples nine Newman soundtracks, including the orchestral scores to Ragtime, The Natural ("heromuzik," opines the composer), and Toy Story. Guilty is an appreciation of an artist who defies admiration. Here, however, the evidence is overwhelming. (Amazon)

BONUS - Also included is a very early compilation I put together.
Randy Newman - My Life in 15 Songs (A Butterboy Compilation)

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Track lists

CD1
01 Randy Newman - Love Story (You And Me) 3:21

02 Randy Newman - Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad 2:05

03 Randy Newman - Cowboy 2:38

04 Randy Newman - The Beehive State 1:50

05 Randy Newman - I Think It's Going To Rain Today 2:58

06 Randy Newman - Davy The Fat Boy 2:48

07 Randy Newman - Have You Seen My Baby 2:32

08 Randy Newman - Let's Burn Down The Cornfield 3:02

09 Randy Newman - Mama Told Me Not To Come 2:11

10 Randy Newman - Suzanne 3:09

11 Randy Newman - Old Kentucky Home 2:37

12 Randy Newman - Sail Away 2:52

13 Randy Newman - Lonely At The Top 2:32

14 Randy Newman - Last Night I Had A Dream 3:01

15 Randy Newman - Political Science 2:00

16 Randy Newman - Burn On 2:34

17 Randy Newman - Memo To My Son 1:53

18 Randy Newman - You Can Leave Your Hat On 3:14

19 Randy Newman - God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind) 3:38

20 Randy Newman - Rednecks 3:09

21 Randy Newman - Birmingham 2:46

22 Randy Newman - Marie 3:09

23 Randy Newman - Guilty 2:32

24 Randy Newman - Louisiana 1927 2:56

25 Randy Newman - Kingfish 2:44

26 Randy Newman - Baltimore 4:03

27 Randy Newman - Rider In The Rain 3:53

CD2

01 Randy Newman - Short People 2:55

02 Randy Newman - Little Criminals 3:03

03 Randy Newman - In Germany Before the War 3:42

04 Randy Newman - I'll Be Home 2:48

05 Randy Newman - It's Money That I Love 3:39

06 Randy Newman - Ghosts 2:30

07 Randy Newman - The Girls in My Life (Part 1) 2:39

08 Randy Newman - William Brown 1:53

09 Randy Newman - I Love L.A. 3:30

10 Randy Newman - Mikey's 2:10

11 Randy Newman - My Life Is Good 4:38

12 Randy Newman - Miami 4:02

13 Randy Newman - Real Emotional Girl 2:30

14 Randy Newman - Take Me Back 4:09

15 Randy Newman - Song For The Dead 3:00

16 Randy Newman - Dixie Flyer 4:07

17 Randy Newman - New Orleans Wins The War 3:29

18 Randy Newman - Four Eyes 3:36

19 Randy Newman - It's Money That Matters 4:03

20 Randy Newman - I Want You To Hurt Like I Do 4:06

21 Randy Newman - Can't Keep A Good Man Down 2:43

22 Randy Newman - Bleeding All Over The Place 4:15

23 Randy Newman - Happy Ending 3:18

CD3
01 Randy Newman - Golden Gridiron Boy 1:56

02 Randy Newman - Vine Street [demo] 2:21

03 Randy Newman - Love Is Blind [demo] 1:36

04 Randy Newman - Don't Ruin Our Happy Home [demo] 2:31

05 Randy Newman - The Goat 1:49

06 Randy Newman - Gone Dead Train 2:54

07 Randy Newman - Tickle Me [live] 2:00

08 Randy Newman - Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong [live] 1:25

09 Randy Newman - Yellow Man [live] 2:13

10 Randy Newman - Magic In The Moon Light [live] 1:48

11 Randy Newman - Beat Me Baby [demo] 1:58

12 Randy Newman - Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear 2:03

13 Randy Newman - Let Me Go 2:50

14 Randy Newman - Jesus In The Summertime [demo] 3:32

15 Randy Newman - Going Home (1918) [demo] 1:58

16 Randy Newman - Interiors [demo] 1:52

17 Randy Newman - Pretty Boy 4:01

18 Randy Newman - Something To Sing About [demo] 3:06

19 Randy Newman - The Ballad Of The Three Amigos [demo] 2:16

20 Randy Newman - My Little Buttercup [demo] 2:05

21 Randy Newman - Blue Shadows On The Trail [demo] 2:47

22 Randy Newman - Happy [demo] 0:39

23 Randy Newman - The Longest Night [demo] 2:34

24 Randy Newman - Days Of Heaven [demo] 2:25

25 Randy Newman - What Have You Done To Me [demo] 2:00

26 Randy Newman - Masterman And Baby J [demo] 1:52

27 Randy Newman - Lines In The Sand 2:32

28 Randy Newman - Gainesville [demo] 3:26

29 Randy Newman - Feels Like Home [live] 4:12

30 Randy Newman - My Name Is James [demo] 2:43

31 Randy Newman - Laugh And Be Happy [demo] 2:13

CD4

01 Randy Newman - Rev Running 2:15

02 Randy Newman - Change Your Way 2:02

03 Randy Newman - Clef Club No. 1 1:43

04 Randy Newman - Clef Club No. 2 1:20

05 Randy Newman - Ragtime 2:45

06 Randy Newman - Prologue 1915-1923 5:21

07 Randy Newman - The Natural 3:35

08 Randy Newman - Introduction - I Love To See You Smile 3:25

09 Randy Newman - Kevin's Party (Cowboy Gil) 3:23

10 Randy Newman - 1914 3:40

11 Randy Newman - End Titles 7:19

12 Randy Newman - Leonard 4:30

13 Randy Newman - Dexter's Tune 2:38

14 Randy Newman - Clocks 3:09

15 Randy Newman - Make Up Your Mind 3:14

16 Randy Newman - Opening 5:34

17 Randy Newman - Tartine De Merde 1:33

18 Randy Newman - You've Got A Friend In Me 2:04

19 Randy Newman - Woody And Buzz 4:30

20 Randy Newman - I Will Go Sailing No More 2:56

21 Randy Newman - Heaven Is My Home 3:05

22 Randy Newman - Main Title 0:36

23 Randy Newman - Clouds 1:40

24 Randy Newman - Good News 4:16

BONUS

Randy Newman - My Life in 15 Songs (A Butterboy Compilation)

01 Randy Newman - I Love L.A. 2:31

02 Randy Newman - I Think It's Going to Rain Today 2:58

03 Randy Newman - Davy the Fat Boy 2:47

04 Randy Newman - Have You Seen My Baby 2:32

05 Randy Newman - Mama Told Me Not to Come 2:16

06 Randy Newman - Sail Away 2:52

07 Randy Newman - Lonely at the Top 2:32

08 Randy Newman - Louisiana 1927 2:56

09 Randy Newman - Short People 2:57

11 Randy Newman - Feels Like Home [live] 4:12

12 Randy Newman - You've Got a Friend in Me 2:04

13 Randy Newman - A Few Words in Defense of Our Country 4:14

14 Randy Newman - Putin 3:44

15 Randy Newman - She Chose Me 3:12

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