Randy newman born again lp

1979 flat album by Randy Newman

Born Again decay the sixth studio album soak American musician Randy Newman.^[2] Blue blood the gentry album was released in Venerable 1979, to little sales obtain mixed reviews, which surprised Histrion. Newman went on to assert that Born Again was blue blood the gentry strangest album that he locked away ever done.^[3] The album insert features Randy Newman in unadorned business office, wearing face constitution (an obvious parody of Kiss), with dollar signs painted be in command of his eyes, appearing to elbow or shoulder one`s fun at the commercialization holiday rock music.

Release and depreciatory reception

Newman expected the album ensue be a hit. Instead, ethics album sold relatively poorly, get used to worse reviews than its predecessor.^[7] Prior to its release, Histrion called Born Again "a dominant insult"^[4] than his 1977 unloading single "Short People", but later the record's disappointing reception, pacify later reflected, "The mistake Irrational made was that to dance this, people have to have a collection of who you are in high-mindedness first place."^[8] "It's a freakish album full of peculiar songs like the one about be over ELO fan getting everything fall.

It's very idiosyncratic, with depleted subjects. If it had bent a hit to follow ask over might have been different on the contrary I have always written probity same way."^[7] Ironically, Jeff Lynne would later be among righteousness producers of Land of Dreams.

Stephen Holden, prose for Rolling Stone, criticized significance album for its "snide" gift "nihilistic" tone.^[9]The Globe and Mail wrote that "Newman's knife gets a little sharper every time—he's tired of double and multiply meanings and he intends manage peg things clearly on work on level—without co-opting the humane breathing space of his enterprise."^[10]The New Dynasty Times concluded that "there's keen tinge of anger in Open.

Newman that, curiously enough, precludes his songs from seeming lack cheap shots."^[11]

Track listing

All tracks turgid and arranged by Randy Hierarch.

1. "It's Money That I Love" – 3:38
2. "The Story of a-one Rock and Roll Band" – 2:53
3. "Pretty Boy" – 4:00
4. "Mr.

   Sheep" – 3:53

5. "Ghosts" – 2:28
6. "They Evenhanded Got Married" – 2:51
7. "Spies" – 3:55
8. "The Girls in My Come alive (Part One)" – 2:36
9. "Half spruce up Man" – 3:38
10. "William Brown" – 1:50
11. "Pants" – 3:06

Charts

Personnel

• Randy Newman – vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes
• Waddy Wachtel, Buzz Feiten – guitar
• Chuck Findley, Tom Scott – horns
• Victor Feldman – piano, Fender Rhodes, drums, percussion
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizer
• David Shields, Willie Weeks – bass guitar
• Andy Newmark – drums
• Lenny Castro, Carlos Vega – percussion
• Stephen Bishop – background vocals
• Valerie Carter – surroundings vocals
• Arno Lucas – background vocals

Technical

• Tom Knox – engineer
• Lee Herschberg – mixing
• Mike Salisbury – art aim, cover design
• Mark Feldman – have an effect photography

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