Randy Newman (album)

Randy Newman (1st Cover)
Studio album by Randy Newman
Released June 1968
Recorded 1968
Genre Baroque Pop, Singer-songwriter
Length 27:24
Label Reprise
Producer Lenny Waronker, Van Dyke Parks
Randy Newman chronology
Randy Newman
(1968)		 12 Songs
(1970)
Second cover
Studio album

Randy Newman is the debut recording by Randy Newman, released in 1968. Unlike his later albums which featured Newman and his piano backed by guitar, bass guitar and drums, Randy Newman was highly orchestral and aimed to blend the orchestra with Newman's voice and piano.

Randy Newman never dented the Billboard Top 200 and was not received as well by critics as Newman's acclaimed 1970s albums 12 Songs, Sail Away and Good Old Boys; indeed, according to Ken Tucker, the album sold so poorly that Warner offered buyers the opportunity to trade the album for another in the company's catalog.[1]Randy Newman was out of print for over 15 years until it was re-released on CD in 1995. It was remastered by Lee Herschberg.

The album is sometimes referred to as Randy Newman Creates Something New Under The Sun, which was written on the reverse of the album sleeve.[2][3]

Previous versions of songs on this album

As with many of Newman's early albums, several Newman-penned songs had been previously recorded by other artists.


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992)

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Randy Newman.

  1. "Love Story (You and Me)" – 3:20
  2. "Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad" – 2:00
  3. "Living Without You" – 2:25
  4. "So Long Dad" – 2:02
  5. "I Think He's Hiding" – 3:04
  6. "Linda" – 2:27
  7. "Laughing Boy" – 1:55
  8. "Cowboy" – 2:36
  9. "Beehive State" – 1:50
  10. "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" – 2:55
  11. "Davy the Fat Boy" – 2:50

Personnel

Singles

"I Think It's Going to Rain Today" b/w "The Beehive State" was issued as a single on Reprise 0284. Reprise also issued this single on a promotional 10" vinyl 78 rpm record as the first (and only) release under their proposed "Reprise Speed Series" of 78 RPM releases (the series was discontinued by Reprise due to a lack of interest and sales a few months after this release).[4]

References

  1. ↑ Rolling Stone History of Rock & Roll 1986, p. 475.
  2. ↑ Kevin Courrier, Randy Newman's American Dreams, ECW Press, 2005, p.119
  3. ↑ William Ruhlmann, Review of Randy Newman, Allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 November 2015
  4. ↑ Billboard Magazine, November 23, 1968, "Reprise KO's 78's"
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