- Trouble in Paradise (Randy Newman album)
Infobox Album |
Name = Trouble in Paradise
Type =Album
Artist =Randy Newman
Released = 1983
Recorded = 1983 Warner Brothers Studios, North Hollywood, California
Genre = Rock
Length = 39:36
Label =Warner Bros. Records Reprise Records
Producer =Russ Titelman ,Lenny Waronker
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dmdkyl3jxpeb link]
*Robert Christgau (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=randy+newman link]
*"Rolling Stone " Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/randynewman/albums/album/251646/review/5945780/trouble_in_paradise link]
Last album = "Born Again"
(1979)
This album = "Trouble in Paradise"
(1983)
Next album = "Land of Dreams "
(1988)"Trouble in Paradise" is the seventh album by American composer
Randy Newman . Released four years after his last commercial album, 1979's "Born Again", and two years after he composed the original score for the 1981 film "Ragtime", it was well-received as a return to form. It spawned the smash hit "I Love L.A. " in addition to a duet withPaul Simon on "The Blues".Viewing it from a musical perspective, it was vastly different from anything Newman had previously created, full of
synthesizers , drum loops, and samples. The writing also took a change, somewhat abandoning the country-tinged folkiness of his work in the 70's in favor of glossy synth pop.Track listing
All tracks written by Randy Newman
# "
I Love L.A. "
# "Christmas in Capetown"
# "The Blues"
# "Same Girl"
# "Mikey's"
# "My Life Is Good"
# "Miami"
# "Real Emotional Girl"
# "Take Me Back"
# "There's a Party at My House"
# "I'm Different"
# "Song for the Dead""'Personnel:
*
Randy Newman - vocals, piano
*Jennifer Warnes - vocals
*Don Henley - vocals
*Steve Lukather - guitar
*Larry Williams - horns
* Steve Madaio - horns
*Ernie Watts - horns
*Jerry Hey - horns
*Jim Horn - horns
* Jon Smith - horns
* Ralph Grierson - piano
* Neil Larson - piano
*David Paich - keyboards
*Michael Boddicker - keyboards
*Nathan East - bass
*Jeff Porcaro - drums
*Lenny Castro - percussion
*Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
*Christine McVie - background vocals
* Wendy Waldman - background vocals
*Lindsey Buckingham - background vocals
*Bob Seger - background vocals
*Linda Ronstadt - background vocals
*Rickie Lee Jones - background vocals
*Paul Simon - vocals on "The Blues"
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