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Artist | Randy Newman
Title | Dark Matter
Genre | Alternative Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 39:30
Label | Nonesuch Records Store | 2017
Catalog | 7569-79403-3 Rip | 2017
Bitrate | 226 kbps Size | 67.35 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. The Great Debate 8:09
02. Brothers 4:54
03. Putin 3:45
04. Lost Without You 3:54
05. Sonny Boy 4:42
06. It's A Jungle Out There (V2) 3:19
07. She Chose Me 3:12
08. On The Beach 4:31
09. Wandering Boy 3:04
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An anomaly among early-70's singer/songwriters, Randy Newman may have been
slightly influenced by Bob Dylan, but his music owed more to New Orleans
R&B and traditional pop than folk. Newman developed an idiosyncratic style
that alternated between sweeping, cinematic pop and rolling R&B, which were
tied together by his nasty sense of humor. Where his peers concentrated on
confessional songwriting, Newman drew characters, creating a world filled
with misfits, outcasts, charlatans, and con men.
Though he occasionally showed sympathy for his characters, he became well
known for his biting sense of satire, highlighted by his fluke 1978 hit
"Short People" and his parody of 80's yuppies, "I Love L.A". While Newman's
records consistently received strongly positive reviews, he made his money
through composing film scores for films like Ragtime and The Natural. His
albums may never have sold in large amounts, but his work influenced
several generations of songwriters, including Lyle Lovett and Mark
Knopfler.
2017's "Dark Matter" comes nine years after 2008's "Harps And Angels"
(which in turn arrived nine years after 1999's 'Bad Love'), but for fans of
Newman's work, the consolation prize for his non-prolific nature is that
his albums have been free of filler, and "Dark Matter" ranks with his best
work of the 70's and 80's. If anything, Newman has become a more ambitious
songwriter than he was in his younger days; there's a scope to his
storytelling that's bigger but just as satisfying as his 70's milestones,
and years of writing and arranging for an orchestra have taught him how to
use the tonal colors of a large ensemble to his advantage without drowning
out the nuances.
And Newman's endless cynicism and fascination with offbeat characters is
served brilliantly on "Dark Matter", as science squares off against faith,
Sonny Boy Williamson encounters Rice Miller, the Kennedys plot the Bay of
Pigs Invasion, Vladimir Putin ponders his land and his power, and a
well-meaning beach bum survives the passing parade of history. Even the
album's weakest cut, "It's A Jungle Out There", works in context, and the
two numbers about the bonds of family, "Lost Without You" and "Wandering
Boy", are thoughtful and genuinely moving.
And the easy, endlessly reliable stride of Newman's piano remains one of
popular music's most underrated pleasures. At his current pace, Randy
Newman will be 83 by the time he gets around to releasing the follow-up to
"Dark Matter", but judging from this, if there's anyone capable of that
sort of late-career milestone, it's him.
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