Born Again (Randy Newman album)
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Robert Christgau | B+[3] |
Rolling Stone | (unfavorable)[4] |
Born Again is the sixth album by American composer Randy Newman.
Newman later said he thought the album, "was great and would create a big stir. I was looking forward to it coming out so much that I didn't fly any small planes before it was released. It's a weird album full of peculiar songs like the one about an ELO fan getting everything wrong. It's very idiosyncratic, with small subjects. If it had been a hit to follow it might have been different but I have always written the same way."[5] Ironically, Jeff Lynne would later be among the producers of Land of Dreams.
Track listing
All songs written and arranged by Randy Newman.
- "It's Money That I Love" – 3:38
- "The Story of a Rock and Roll Band" – 2:53
- "Pretty Boy" – 4:00
- "Mr. Sheep" – 3:53
- "Ghosts" – 2:28
- "They Just Got Married" – 2:51
- "Spies" – 3:55
- "The Girls in My Life (Part One)" – 2:36
- "Half a Man" – 3:38
- "William Brown" – 1:50
- "Pants" – 3:06
Personnel
- Randy Newman – vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes
- Waddy Wachtel – guitar
- Buzzy Feiten – guitar
- Chuck Findley – horns
- Tom Scott – horns
- Victor Feldman – Fender Rhodes, drums, percussion
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizer
- David Shields – bass
- Willie Weeks – bass
- Andy Newmark – drums
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Carlos Vega – percussion
- Stephen Bishop – background vocals
- Valerie Carter – background vocals
- Arno Lucas – background vocals
References
- ^ Grimstad, Paul. "What is Avant-Pop?". Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ Born Again at AllMusic
- ^ Robertchristgau.com
- ^ Rolling Stone
- ^ Martin Chilton. "http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/randy-newman-talks-music/". The Telegraph.
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