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Not Forgotten: Randy Newman – The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1

Listening to The Randy Newman Songbook Vol.1, there’s probably a case to be made for him being one of the all time great American songwriters. It’s always been something of…

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Not Forgotten: Randy Newman – Randy Newman

While Randy Newman had been a songwriter for others since 1960, and he had released his debut single at the tender young age of 18 in 1962, his self titled…

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Classic Compilation: Randy Newman – Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman

I hate Randy Newman. Previous to me discovering his work via Lonely at the Top, I was living in blissful ignorance, occasionally putting pen to paper to scribble down a…

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Album Review: Randy Newman – Dark Matter

Back in 2004 Green Day released American Idiot, an album on which they took the American government of the time to task for the less than wise decisions that were…

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Album Review: Randy Newman – The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 3

You know, sometimes it really is just down to the songs. On hearing Kate Bush lavish sounding Before the Dawn for the first time recently, I have to admit, I…

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A Buyers Guide to Randy Newman

Quick – who is the greatest songwriter America has ever produced? Okay, how many of you said Bob Dylan? More than three quarters of you I should imagine and you…

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