Randy Newman - Marriage Story (Original Music from the Netflix Film) '2019

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About Randy Newman
An anomaly among early-70s singer/songwriters, Randy Newman may have been
slightly influenced by Bob Dylan, but his music owed more to New Orleans R&B and
traditional pop than folk. Newman developed an idiosyncratic style that
alternated between sweeping, cinematic pop and rolling R&B, which were tied
together by his nasty sense of humor. Where his peers concentrated on
confessional songwriting, Newman drew characters, creating a world filled with
misfits, outcasts, charlatans, and con men. Though he occasionally showed
sympathy for his characters, he became well known for his biting sense of
satire, highlighted by his fluke 1978 hit Short People and his parody of 80s
yuppies, I Love L.A. While Newmans records consistently received strongly
positive reviews, he made his money through composing film scores for films like
Ragtime and The Natural. His albums may never have sold in large amounts, but
his work influenced several generations of songwriters, including Lyle Lovett
and Mark Knopfler.
Born into a musical family -- his uncles Alfred and Lionel were both noted film
composers -- Randy Newman had become a professional songwriter by the time he
was 17, working for a California publishing house. Newman pursued a B.A. in
music from UCLA, but he dropped out of college when his friend Lenny Waronker
landed him a record contract with Reprise Records. His eponymous debut album
received little attention upon its 1968 release, but over the next few years,
his reputation as a songwriter grew as Judy Collins, Dusty Springfield, and
Peggy Lee recorded his songs. Three Dog Night took his Mama Told Me Not to Come
to number one in 1970, the same year Harry Nilsson recorded an entire album of
Randys songs, Nilsson Sings Newman.
Newmans second album, 1970s 12 Songs, was widely praised upon its release, but
the record failed to sell. Live repeated the same pattern in 1971, but 1972s
Sail Away became a moderate hit, due to positive reviews and Newmans constant
touring. He followed the record album in 1974 with Good Old Boys, an ambitious
concept album about the South that received considerable controversy over its
song Rednecks, whose ironic sense of humor was misunderstood by many. The song
set the stage for 1977s Short People, a simple satire of bigotry and prejudice
taken from Little Criminals. While the irony in Short People was barely hidden,
the song offended many listeners, and the ensuing furor helped the single reach
number two on the charts. Newman supported the album with his first tour since
1974.
In 1979, he returned with Born Again, which received mixed reviews, and Newman
began a career as a film composer two years after its release. His first score
was for Milos Formans Ragtime, and his work was nominated for two Academy
Awards. Newman released Trouble in Paradise to strong reviews in 1983, and the
album spawned I Love L.A., a parody of shallow yuppie culture that was
misinterpreted and became an anthem for 80s greed. Newman didnt release another
album until 1988s Land of Dreams, which contained his first attempts at personal
songwriting. Like most of his records, the album was greeted warmly by the
critics, yet it failed to sell; Its Money That Matters, a rewrite of I Love
L.A., did become a minor hit.
Newman spent most of the 90s composing film scores and working on a musical
adaptation of Dr. Faust. The resulting musical, Faust, was initially released as
a concept album in the fall of 1995 to mixed reviews. A stage version of Faust
opened the same month as the albums release, and it received better reviews.
Newman garnered another Oscar nomination in 1996 for Youve Got a Friend, which
was featured in the Disney computer-animated film Toy Story. His career was
celebrated in 1998 with the release of the four-disc box set Guilty: 30 Years of
Randy Newman.
Newman split with his longtime record company Reprise in early 1999. He signed
with DreamWorks and released Bad Love, his first proper album since 1988s Land
of Dreams, in the summer of 1999. A number of film projects followed, and Newman
once again put his solo career on hiatus while composing music for several
movies. In 2003, Newman signed with the artist-friendly Nonesuch label, and that
year he released his label debut, The Randy Newman Songbook, in which he
performed new solo piano and vocal arrangements of some of his most celebrated
songs. (A second Songbook album was released in 2011, and Vol. 3 appeared in
2016.) Newman returned in 2008 with Harps and Angels, an album that revisited
the biographical approach first attempted with Land of Dreams. In 2009 and 2010,
Newman focused his creative energies on film music, scoring The Princess and the
Frog and Toy Story 3; both earned Oscar and Grammy nods, and in the case of Toy
Story 3, wins. He returned in 2017 with yet another Pixar soundtrack, Cars 3.
Later the same year, Newman also released Dark Matter, a witty and often topical
set that was his first album of new songs in nine years. ~ Stephen Thomas
Erlewine

Tracklist:
01. Randy Newman - What I Love About Nicole (3:26)
02. Randy Newman - What I Love About Charlie (3:43)
03. Randy Newman - Last Critique (1:41)
04. Randy Newman - Procession to the Trailer (1:20)
05. Randy Newman - Nicole Tells Her Story (1:03)
06. Randy Newman - Mommy Phase (1:02)
07. Randy Newman - Trick or Treat (1:20)
08. Randy Newman - New House (1:32)
09. Randy Newman - Sockpants / Dirty Sockpants (1:27)
10. Randy Newman - Shouting and Shopping (1:41)
11. Randy Newman - Separate Lives (1:13)
12. Randy Newman - What I Love About Charlie (Reprise) (1:36)
13. Randy Newman - Sgt. Pepper Shoelaces (1:07)
14. Randy Newman - End of Story (Credits) (2:47)

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