higher than Randy Newman Live's showing, but the relatively disappointing chart placement didn't dispel Newman's growing legion of fans, who instantly declared Sail Away his masterpiece.

If you're not familiar with his work, Sail Away: The Songs of Randy Newman is a fine place to start discovering one of America's finest writers. Other performers on the new compilation include ...

It’s a vision of God as self-serving con man, the kind of fellow right at home in a Randy Newman song. Next steps: As good as Sail Away is, the two albums around it are even better. Released in ...

The Washington Post today premieres “Putin,” the latest recording by songwriting legend and Oscar-winning composer Randy Newman (“Little Criminals,” “Sail Away,” “Toy Story”) ahead ...

By Marc Schneider Industry News Editor Legendary singer-songwriter Randy Newman has sold his share ... 1972’s lush Sail Away, 1974’s provocative Good Old Boys and 1977’s slick Little Criminals.

few of Randy Newman's songs fail to offer evidence of genius. Take, for example, "Dayton, Ohio–1903," a track from Sail Away, one of three Newman titles inaugurating a set of Rhino reissues.

Presumably intended as an all-star folk and roots salute to the songwriting genius of Randy Newman, Sail Away could be alternately subtitled The South Strikes Back. Newman likes to write from the ...

Chances are, non-Randy Newman fans may be familiar ... Lonely At The Top drips with irony when sung with Newman's forlorn voice. But the best moments on Sail Away are the simplest - the sad ...

In this special edition of MASTERTAPES the legendary singer-songwriter and composer talks to John Wilson about 'Sail Away' – the album that Rolling Stone magazine described as “a work of ...