The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1

Infobox Album |
Name = The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1
Type = Album
Artist = Randy Newman


Released = 2003
Genre = Singer Songwriter
Length =
Label = Nonesuch Records
Producer = Mitchell Froom
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wcfrxqraldje link]
Last album = "Bad Love"
(1999)
This album = "The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1"
(2003)
Next album = "Harps and Angels"
(2008)

"The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1" contains newly recorded, stripped down versions of some of Newman's best known songs, performed by Randy Newman singing and playing the piano without accompaniment.

The album spans a 33-year period, from early songs like "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" and "Living Without You" to "The World Isn't Fair" from his "Bad Love" album (1999). Also included are three instrumental extracts from his film scores. [Review by Denise Sullivan at [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wcfrxqraldje All Music Guide] ] [cite web | url = http://www.randynewman.com/tocdiscography/disc_songbook_vol_1 | title = Songbook Vol. 1 – Randy Newman | work = A Few Words – Randy Newman]

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Randy Newman

#"It's Lonely at the Top" – 3:13
#"God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)" – 3:23
#"Louisiana 1927" – 2:56
#"Let Me Go" – 2:37
#"Rednecks" – 3:05
#"Avalon" (instrumental) – 0:58
#"Living Without You" – 2:16
#"I Think It's Going to Rain Today" – 2:57
#"You Can Leave Your Hat On" – 2:32
#"It's Money That I Love" – 2:16
#"Marie" – 2:56
#"When She Loved Me" (instrumental) – 1:03
#"Sail Away" – 2:58
#"The World Isn't Fair" – 3:07
#"Political Science" – 2:02
#"The Great Nations of Europe" – 3:24
#"In Germany Before the War" – 3:49
#"Ragtime" (instrumental) – 1:25

Personnel

Randy Newman - vocals, piano

Notes