Born Again (Randy Newman album)

Born Again
Studio album by Randy Newman
Released	August 1979
Recorded	1979
Studio	Warner Brothers Recording Studios, North Hollywood; A&M Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Rock, avant-pop[1]
Length	34:48
Label	Warner Bros., Reprise
Producer	Lenny Waronker, Russ Titelman
Randy Newman chronology
Little Criminals (1977)Little Criminals1977 Born Again (1979) Trouble in Paradise (1983)Trouble in Paradise1983

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
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 tracks written and arranged by Randy Newman.

1. "It's Money That I Love" – 3:38
2. "The Story of a Rock and Roll Band" – 2:53
3. "Pretty Boy" – 4:00
4. "Mr. Sheep" – 3:53
5. "Ghosts" – 2:28
6. "They Just Got Married" – 2:51
7. "Spies" – 3:55
8. "The Girls in My Life (Part One)" – 2:36
9. "Half a Man" – 3:38
10. "William Brown" – 1:50
11. "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