Album: Randy Newman Creates Something New Under the Sun by Randy Newman (1968)
Genre: Classic Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Sad
Format: Album

Description: Randy Newman's debut album manifests his talent taking cliches, like intimacy and father and son relationship, turning them into an ironic yet accurate observations on human nature. Musically it combines the folk/rock typical to the period with a substantial influence of Classical music and Kurt Vile's Cabaret.      

Artist Background: Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for film scores. Newman often writes lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from his own experiences, sometimes using the point of view of an unreliable narrator. For example, the 1972 song "Sail Away" is written as a slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Politica... Part of the Los Angeles music scene. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Los Angeles music scene. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Classic Rock, Rock/Pop, Sad, 1960s, Album

Additional Context: Rating score: 8. Based on 1 votes


Randy Newman's debut album manifests his talent taking cliches, like intimacy and father and son relationship, turning them into an ironic yet accurate observations on human nature. Musically it combines the folk/rock typical to the period with a substantial influence of Classical music and Kurt Vile's Cabaret.      

Randy Newman Creates Something New Under the Sun

Randy Newman

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