12 Songs (Randy Newman album)

Infobox Album |
Name = 12 Songs
Type = Album
Artist = Randy Newman


Released = 1970
Recorded = mid-1969
Genre = Rock
Length = 29:51
Label = Reprise Records
Producer = Lenny Waronker; with Jack Nitzsche on "Let's Burn Down the Cornfield"
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:n3r928oc05ja link]
* Robert Christgau (A+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=randy+newman link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/randynewman/albums/album/120387/review/5945324/12_songs link]
Last album = "Randy Newman"
(1968)
This album = "12 Songs"
(1970)
Next album = "Randy Newman Live"
(1971)

"12 Songs" is a 1970 (see 1970 in music) album by singer/songwriter Randy Newman. His second album, "12 Songs" received much better reviews than his first. On "12 Songs" Newman collaborates with Clarence White and Ry Cooder. The album set the stage for Newman's later career, with love songs interspersed with socially aware songs decrying racism, and energetic rock songs. RS500|354

Track listing

All tracks composed by Randy Newman; except where indicated

#"Have You Seen My Baby?" – 2:32
#"Let's Burn Down the Cornfield" – 3:03
#"Mama Told Me Not to Come" – 2:12
#"Suzanne" – 3:15
#"Lover's Prayer" – 1:55
#"Lucinda" – 2:40
#"Underneath the Harlem Moon" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 1:52
#"Yellow Man" – 2:19
#"Old Kentucky Home" – 2:40
#"Rosemary" – 2:08
#"If You Need Oil" – 3:00
#"Uncle Bob's Midnight Blues" – 2:15

Personnel

Randy Newman - vocals, piano
*Clarence White - Guitar
*Ron Elliott - Guitar
*Ry Cooder - Slide Guitar
*Lyle Ritz - Bass
*Gene Parsons - Drums
*Jim Gordon - Drums
* Roy Harte - Percussion
*Al McKibbon - Bass
*Douglas Botnick - Engineer
*Lee Herschberg - Engineer
*Milt Holland - Percussion
*Lenny Waronker - Producer