Harps and Angels

Harps and Angels
Studio album by Randy Newman
Released August 5, 2008
Genre Rock, pop
Length 34:52
Label Nonesuch Records
Producer Mitchell Froom, Lenny Waronker
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Randy Newman chronology
The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1
(2003)		 Harps and Angels
(2008)		 The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2
(2011)

Harps and Angels is a studio album by Randy Newman. It was released on August 5, 2008[1] and was produced by Mitchell Froom and Lenny Waronker. It contains two updated versions of previously released compositions. “Feels Like Home” originally appeared on his musical album Randy Newman's Faust, and a demo of “Laugh and be Happy” was included in the box set Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman .[2][3]

Harps & Angels debuted on the UK Albums Chart at #46.[4] It was made #48 in Q's 50 Best Albums of the Year 2008.[5]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written and arranged by Randy Newman

  1. "Harps and Angels" - 5:07
  2. "Losing You" - 2:41
  3. "Laugh and Be Happy" - 2:17
  4. "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country" - 4:14
  5. "A Piece of the Pie" - 2:41
  6. "Easy Street" - 3:14
  7. "Korean Parents" - 3:26
  8. "Only a Girl" - 2:45
  9. "Potholes" - 3:39
  10. "Feels Like Home" - 4:37

The Orchestra

Album credits

References

  1. ^ Billboard.com - Randy Newman Returns With First Album in Nine Years (May 2, 2008)
  2. ^ JsOnline.com - Newman defies convention (March 14, 2008)
  3. ^ Billboard.com - Randy Newman Readies Solo Tour, New Album (September 21, 2006)
  4. ^ "The Official UK Albums Chart for the week ending 16 August 2008". ChartsPlus (Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd) (364): 5–8. 
  5. ^ The 50 Best Albums of 2008. Q. January 2009. p. 81 
Randy Newman
Main albums
Randy Newman (1968) · 12 Songs (1970) · Randy Newman Live (1971) · Sail Away (1972) · Good Old Boys (1974) · Little Criminals (1977) · Born Again (1979) · Trouble in Paradise (1983) · Land of Dreams (1988) · Bad Love (1999) · The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 (2003) · Harps and Angels (2008)
Compilations
Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman (1987) · Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman (1998) · The Best of Randy Newman (2001)
Musicals
Films scored
Cold Turkey (1971) · Ragtime (1981) · The Natural (1984) · Parenthood (1989) · Awakenings (1990) · Avalon (1990) · The Paper (1994) · Maverick (1994) · Toy Story (1995) · James and the Giant Peach (1996) · Michael (1996) · Cats Don't Dance (1997) · A Bug's Life (1998) · Pleasantville (1998) · Toy Story 2 (1999) · Meet the Parents (2000) · Monsters, Inc. (2001) · Seabiscuit (2003) · Monk (TV) (2002-2009) · Meet the Fockers (2004) · Cars (2006) · Leatherheads (2008) · The Princess and the Frog (2009) · Toy Story 3 (2010) · Monsters University (2013)
Songs
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