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The Best of Randy Newman
(2001)
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Randy Newman
Randy Newman has been beloved of critics, record geeks, and music fans for years, so much so that Rhino's 2001 compilation The Best of Randy Newman may seem like a case of preaching to the converted, at least to those who worship Newman. After all, anybody who's been paying attention realizes his sly genius, not just as a songwriter, but as a ...
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The Very Best of Aaron Neville
(2000)
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Aaron Neville
In some ways, The Very Best of Aaron Neville is a very welcome addition to his catalog, since it's the first collection to touch on all areas of Neville's long career. However, it winds up being a bit unsatisfying, not just because it only has one cut from the Neville Brothers, but because his New Orleans R&B and down-home soul just don't fit that ...
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Good Old Boys [Expanded]
(2002)
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Randy Newman
The crown jewel in the first wave of Rhino's extensive Randy Newman reissue series is Good Old Boys -- which perhaps is appropriate, since it's arguably Newman's finest album. Then again, perhaps its status as the outstanding release in this wave was inevitable since unlike Sail Away -- an equally brilliant record -- Good Old Boys does have a full ...
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Warm Your Heart
(1991)
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Aaron Neville
When Aaron Neville signed with A&M in the early '90s, optimists were hoping for some five-star soul gems along the lines of his classic '60s recordings. Instead, his first A&M date, Warm Your Heart, found the veteran New Orleans singer taking a much more pop-minded approach, with generally decent results. While Neville didn't abandon soul music, ...
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Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman
(1998)
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Randy Newman
From a chart standpoint, Randy Newman's only Top 40 hit came in the form of 1977's "Short People, which reached the number two spot, backed by the Eagles' Timothy B. Schmit, J.D. Souther, and Glenn Frey. Actually, it's the music of Newman's career that didn't chart that made him one of the most renowned songwriters of the modern era. Lonely at the ...
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Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman
(1998)
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Randy Newman
Throughout his entire career, Randy Newman was at the fringes of popular music. He peeked through the curtains every so often, whether it was in the form of a film composer or a novelty hitmaker, but he always remained a cult act, albeit one with enormous influence and respect. He had enough fans (particularly those in the industry) to keep a ...
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Let Me Play with Your Poodle
(1997)
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Marcia Ball
This album of snaky swamp rock is one of Ball's best recordings. Great choice of songs (she wrote 5 of the 13) that let her show all her talents, both vocally and instrumentally. Slow-tempo songs display the force of her voice, as in "I Still Love You," and another of the many gems, "For the Love of a Man." Meanwhile, the playfulness of the title ...
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The Randy Newman Songbook, Vol. 1
(2003)
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Randy Newman
Between 1977 and 1988, Randy Newman seemed bound and determined to prove he could be a pop star, which is no small task when your voice is froggy, wear glasses, and your favorite themes are racism and insensitivity. While Newman managed to make some very good albums during that span of time -- most notably 1983's Trouble in Paradise -- his desire ...
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Live! Down the Road
(2005)
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Marcia Ball
Marcia Ball, born on the Texas/Louisiana border, has long been a superb live performer, delivering her swampy blend of zydeco, blues and gritty R&B with all the force of a Saturday night locomotive, and her many fans have been crying for a live album for years, and now, finally, she's delivered it. Recorded in September 2004 at the Sierra Nevada ...
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Good Old Boys [Bonus Track]
(2003)
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Randy Newman
Randy Newman's songwriting often walks a narrow line between intelligent satire and willful cruelty, and that line was never finer than on the album Good Old Boys. Newman had long displayed a fascination with the American South, and Good Old Boys was a song cycle where he gave free reign to his most imaginative (and venomous) thoughts on the ...
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A Portrait of Howard
(2006)
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Howard Tate
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Across the Parish Line
(2006)
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Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience
Across the Parish Line, the seventh album by Terrance Simien with his band the Zydeco Experience (formerly the Mallet Boys), is not a compilation, technically speaking, but certain tracks do look back across Simien's two decades of playing. His approach to zydeco has been anything but purist, and he has welcomed both other musical styles and a ...
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Run
(2005)
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Old School Freight Train
When a veteran like mandolinist/producer/label owner David Grisman states that new bands rarely catch and keep his attention and Old School Freight Train has succeeded in winning him over for the long haul, that is critical praise that only a foolish writer would challenge. The quintet's unique style of bluegrass has a variety of contemporary ...
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Tim Russ
(2000)
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Tim Russ
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Rare on Air, Vol. 4
(1998)
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Various Artists
Here's one of those compilations that feature unreleased live performances by some of your favorites, but not all of them. And the question is, do you buy the disc for those one or two essential tracks or bypass the whole deal because you don't want to have to get up and skip some of the tracks you know you'll end up hating? Well, if you like one ...
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Heaven on a Half Shell
(2001)
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Jeff Naideau
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Bottomlands
(1998)
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Shady Mix
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Cowboys, Boa and Bears Oh My
(2006)
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San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
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In Their Own Words, Vol. 2
(1996)
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Various Artists
The second volume of Razor & Tie's In Their Own Words series features songwriters as diverse as William Bell, Billy Bragg, Difford & Tilbrook, Suzanne Vega, John Cale, General Johnson, and David Johansen, playing acoustic versions of their songs and telling tales of how they compose. For anyone interested in the art of songcraft, it's an essential ...
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Collision Course
(1978)
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Asleep at the Wheel
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Gold
(2008)
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Aaron Neville
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
(1980)
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Lynn Anderson
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