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| Artist: Randy Newman
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 8
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.3
MPN: 122812
UPC: 075597998931
EAN: 0075597998931
ASIN: B001AN5BNM
Release Date: August 5, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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| Tracks:
| • | Harps and Angels | | • | Losing You | | • | Laugh and Be Happy | | • | A Few Words | | • | A Piece of the Pie | | • | Easy Street (3:14) | | • | Korean Parents | | • | Only a Girl | | • | Potholes | | • | Feels Like Home |
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Product Description
Randy Newman's first studio album of all new material in nearly a decade is, by turns, hilarious, poignant and scathingly satirical. Harps and Angels often has an easy going Crescent City feel, with Newman on piano fronting a small combo and revealing, as Rolling Stone put it after the Carnegie Hall show, his serious love and study of the New Orleans piano tradition.
Album Description
Randy Newman's 2008 studio album titled Harps and Angels. Produced by Mitchell Froom and Lenny Waronker, it contains seven new songs and three updated versions of previously released songs.
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Relative Here August 21, 2008
Carlo Matthews (La Paz Bolivia)
Hi there, I'm one of Randy's relatives. His son, actually. Well, his step-son really. Or maybe his nephew. I'm writing to let you know that my pop, or uncle, is one heckuva a songwriter, piano player, whatever. And he's kinda loaded with dough too, if you catch my drift. Anything to help the old tosser along and soften his gumpy side, right? To quote Da Man himself, "it's money that I love!"
And the album? Funniest thing, I actually like it. A lot.
 Randy's last Studio CD? August 21, 2008
Judas777
Harps and angels is another great randy newman CD, and no, I'm not one of randy's relatives. It took him 9 years to come up with 8 new songs, and reworked 2 more to make a complete album. That tells me this will probably be his last studio album. The 2 older tunes are 'laugh and be happy' which I love, and 'feels like home' originally on the faust CD. At first I didn't think feels like home fit into this collection, but it's still a nice song, though I like the faust version better. Another Gem is 'piece of the pie' A song that would have fit in nicely on the born again CD. Randy is a very funny cat, and alway's brings a smile to my face. Harp's and angels isn't randy's best, that belongs to good ol boys, sail away, little crimminals, 'bad love' is also one of his all time best, but this new one is pretty close to the top.
 good reviews must be coming from Randy Newmans relatives! August 18, 2008
D. Wilbanks (Wellington, Florida United States)
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I liked Randy Newman's earlier work. This album is terrible. He must have spent a whole week putting it together. That includes the time to write the songs. It's really a shame. I had high hopes for this album.
Well Worth the Wait August 18, 2008
Bruce Kendall (Southern Pines, NC)
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
My friend Pris and I saw Randy at Carnegie Hall two winter's back, and we were both slavering in antipation about this release. Well...Randy kept us slavering long enuff...now is the time to assess the wait...
was it worth it, Newman fans?
Aye Aye! Eye Eye!
All new songs...new songbook to add to the classics...every song a gem...
kudos to Randy and his producer for keepin' things under wraps for two years,,
it's a demarcation line for a talent that has never lost his song writing luster or uncanny ability to come up with a lyric that is entirely original...New Orleans roots shine through...
The quiet sarcasm is also evident..nothing heavy handed...he delivers the goods without a trace of rancor...
The best songmeister still standing...
Lonely at the top?
Mebbe, but Randy..you da gent!!
BEK
Encore, encore. He spoke French. Tres Bien. August 15, 2008
Jason Stein (Chula Vista, CA United States)
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
Randy Newman, king of mordant and satirical humor returns after nine years with his tenth album in 40 years, "Harps & Angels". Amazon should create a new application to allow for half stars, because I'm giving this four and a half stars. Here's why:
Newman is what pop music sorely needs. Someone with wit, sly observations, and the ability to write characterizations and tell stories from each character's perspective. Such is true with "Easy Street", "Korean Parents", "A Few Words In Defense Of Our Country" and most hilariously on "A Piece Of The Pie" where he ridicules John Mellencamp and Jackson Browne and Bono (three artists I also like).
No one is safe when Randy Newman releases a new album, and that's what also makes him so valuable. He is so politically incorrect at times, it's a fresh of breath air in a stale room of pop music. At 65, he puts all the posturing, moronic rappers and hip hoppers and country slop to shame.
On the other hand, Randy Newman can be very poignant, and honest with his personal life such as "Losing You" and "Feels Like Home". Few artists have the talent to be able to do this change up.
Here's hoping that Randy Newman gets his due this year and earns some Grammy nominations. "Harps & Angels" is certainly one of the best albums of 2008. Let's just hope he doesn't take another decade to make an album.
Also, as a side note, why has his back catalog been left un-remastered for so long? Isn't it time that "Randy Newman" (1968), "12 Songs" (1970), "Little Criminals" (1977), "Born Again" (1979), "Trouble In Paradise" (1983) and "Land Of Dreams" (1988) got the royal treatment?!!
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