The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1

The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1
Studio album by Randy Newman
Released	2003
Genre	Singer-songwriter
Label	Nonesuch Records
Producer	Mitchell Froom
Randy Newman chronology
Bad Love (1999)Bad Love1999 The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 (2003) Harps and Angels (2008)Harps and Angels2008

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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.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Randy Newman

1. "It's Lonely At The Top" (actually a medley of the uncredited "Dexter's Tune", an instrumental from 'Awakenings', and "Lonely At The Top") – 3:13
2. "God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)" – 3:23
3. "Louisiana 1927" – 2:56
4. "Let Me Go" – 2:37
5. "Rednecks" – 3:05
6. "Avalon" (Instrumental) – 0:58
7. "Living Without You" – 2:16
8. "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" – 2:57
9. "You Can Leave Your Hat On" – 2:32
10. "It's Money That I Love" – 2:16
11. "Marie" – 2:56
12. "When She Loved Me" (Instrumental) – 1:03
13. "Sail Away" – 2:58
14. "The World Isn't Fair" – 3:07
15. "Political Science" – 2:02
16. "The Great Nations Of Europe" – 3:24
17. "In Germany Before The War" – 3:49
18. "Ragtime" (Instrumental) – 1:25

Personnel

Randy Newman - vocals, piano

Lyric changes

A line in "It's Money That I Love" was changed from "it'll get you a half-pound of cocaine And a sixteen-year old girl" to "it'll get you a half-pound of cocaine And a nineteen-year old girl" (in the US, the age of consent varies between sixteen and eighteen on a state-by-state basis).