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Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy

Randy Newman Format: Audio CD
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
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Track Listings

1 Sail Away - Tim O'Brien
2 Louisiana - Sonny Landreth
3 Birmingham - the Del McCoury Band
4 Rider in the Rain - Joe Ely
5 Marie - Allison Moorer
6 Rednecks - Steve Earle
7 Burn on - Bela Fleck
8 Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man) - Sam Bush
9 Memo to My Son - Guster
10 Political Science - the Duhks
11 You Can Leave Your Hat on - Marc Broussard
12 Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father - Kim Richey

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Randy Newman one of America's most beloved songwriters. His sharp wit, consciousness and unique voice have endeared him to music fans for many decades. On SAIL AWAY: SONGS OF RANDY NEWMAN, artists new and established, pay tribute to this national treasure. Artists featured: Steve Earle, the Duhks, Allison Moorer, the Del McCoury Band, Bila Fleck and more!

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Irony is a difficult concept to convey, especially in a musical context. Which makes covering Randy Newman, one of pop music's most devastatingly accurate ironists, such a difficult and thankless proposition. Harry Nilsson was one of the few to be successful at the task, on his classic Nilsson Sings Newman, but, generally Newman's iconoclastic style--filled with the blackest of humor, witty sarcasm, and dry, scathing satire--doesn't lend itself well to cover versions. This collection wisely sticks to a vague concept: Southern musicians (as is New Orleans native Newman) tackling the songwriter's early work, which was largely about the South and its inhabitants. All of these tracks were written in the '70s, but the sociopolitical concepts of American imperialism ("Political Science"), Louisiana floodwaters ("Louisiana 1927"), callous politicians ("Mr. President [Have Pity on the Working Man])," and rednecks (well, "Rednecks") makes this music as pertinent today as when it was released. A few of these versions succeed due to the sympathetic nature of artists such as Sonny Landreth (who changes "cracker" to the more PC "Cajun and Creole man" in "Louisiana 1927"), Tim O'Brien ("Sail Away"), Kim Richey ("Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father"), and bluegrass icon Del McCoury ("Birmingham"). But generally, even intelligent musicians such as Steve Earle, Marc Broussard, and the Duhks, whose hearts are in the right place, can't extract the appropriate subtleties in the lyrics and music to accomplish anything other than sending listeners back to the source. Which might ultimately be the best result of this well-meaning but ultimately futile tribute to one of America's finest and most underappreciated songwriters. --Hal Horowitz

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 5 inches; 8 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Sugar Hill
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 4015
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2006
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 29, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Sugar Hill
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000F3UAC0
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

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This just demonstrates how wide Randy's influence has spread. These are some of the most respected artists in the country/bluegrass/ country rock/R&B fields demonstrating how deeply they love Mr. Newman's songs. It is simply brilliant and deeply moving.
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Brady L. Layman III
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Tribute
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2019
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This just demonstrates how wide Randy's influence has spread. These are some of the most respected artists in the country/bluegrass/ country rock/R&B fields demonstrating how deeply they love Mr. Newman's songs. It is simply brilliant and deeply moving.
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Brady L. Layman III
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Tribute
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2019
This just demonstrates how wide Randy's influence has spread. These are some of the most respected artists in the country/bluegrass/ country rock/R&B fields demonstrating how deeply they love Mr. Newman's songs. It is simply brilliant and deeply moving.
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faytoy
1.0 out of 5 stars Instead of album I requested I got a 'cover' album
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2013
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I searched on 'Sail Away Randy Newman', and up popped several versions (some 'called remastered', some original, some clearly different albums) - I selected one of the albums called: 'Sail Away : Songs of Randy Newman' by Randy Newman. The closest Randy Newman got to this album was writing the songs and picking up the royalty check. A bunch of unknowns are singing these songs with different arrangements than the original. It is AWFUL. I didn't even realize what I had until I played a couple of songs and said "What the.....". Upon closer inspection I see there are different artists on the CD jacket. NOTHING in the ad said anything about it being a cover album. I feel completely ripped off. Selling an album with the same name, and even putting Randy Newman's name on it TWICE. And because I played it I cannot return it. Don't think I would do business with this vendor again.
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Leopold Stotch
2.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly weak and ill-conceived...
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2006
...an interesting idea -- round up a bunch of roots/bluegrass/Americana artists (mind you, mostly from the browner side of the pasture -- aside from the Duhks) to pay tribute to Randy Newman. Newman is as much a storyteller as he is a songwriter -- his compositions rich with a peerlessly literary degree of insight and an almost cinematic sense of emotion and tension. He's had a few well-known numbers, but he's basically been an underground/cult artist for the past four decades...aside from his work scoring films and writing music for animated features.

But this disk...first problem is a hakneyed song selection. Considering the consistant quality of Newman's output, here the producer (or the artists) have settled on a set of Newman's most familiar cuts. No interesting obscurities, no uncovered gems. And they ARE out there. I mean, do we really have to hear "You Can Leave Your Hat On" again??? Especially a hammy version like this one? It's one of Newman's least interesting...why doesn't someone take a stab at "Beehive State"? "Vine Street" Anything from his brilliant recent disk "Bad Love"? Despite the fact that Newman's been doing good stuff in the '80s and '90s, no one attempts a tune made after 1977. Strikes me as laziness. Yawn. Kim Richey's choice of "Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father" is as by far the most intriguing choice...

With that complaint out of the way, even if these were interesting selections, the performances are thoroughly uninspired. Lackluster. Adequate. Bela Fleck's instrumental run through of "Burn On" is pretty cool, but that's it. Most of the other folks either try to ape Newman's own delivery (bad idea) or just kinda bland their way through the songs...taking them so literally that the songs limp lifelessly to a close...

Not the best way to honor Newman...but maybe this is all part of his own sense of misanthropy and self-sabatoge. I don't know.
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Michael P. Maslanka
4.0 out of 5 stars good cover album
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2006
Hearing these cover songs is like hearing the song for the first time---different voices, different interpretations. Rednecks has a gritty anger that you don't hear in newman's original. Sail Away is done justice with its slow, lyrical beat and its understated tone contrasts with its subject, making you pay attention and listen. A fine effort that's worth a listen.
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Piccoli
1.0 out of 5 stars Love Randy Newman, Hate this album.
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2010
I just listened to this album - had to erase it from my computer. It's an appalling travesty. Randy Newman is one of the greatest song writers of our generation, and none of these tracks captured it's song. I'm throwing the CD in the trash!
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Dave Donnan
5.0 out of 5 stars Great songs
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 14, 2023
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Service was quick and efficient and I'm delighted with the music
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Gianni M. Farina
5.0 out of 5 stars Ennesimo omaggio al Maestro Californiano
Reviewed in Italy on November 29, 2013
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Ascoltare Randy Newman, rendergli onore e ringraziarlo per le straordinarie canzoni che ha scritto,
dovrebbe essere reso obbligatorio in tutte le scuole dell'Universo.
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ann valerie shephered
5.0 out of 5 stars Just ❤️
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 29, 2017
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Just lovely ❤️
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