Harps and Angels

Harps and Angels
Studio album by Randy Newman
Released August 5, 2008
Genre Jazz, soul
Length 34:52
Label Nonesuch
Producer Mitchell Froom, Lenny Waronker
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]

Reception

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Observer Music Monthly link
Paste Magazine(79/100) link
Robert Christgau(A)
Rolling Stone link

Harps and 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] The song "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country" was named the sixth best song of the 2000s decade by music critic Robert Christgau.[6]

Track listing

All songs 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: 81.
  6. ↑ Christgau, Robert (December 24, 2009). "Rolling Stone Ballot: The 00's Best Songs & Albums". Robert Christgau. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
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