Of the artists I hold most dear, Randy Newman has gotten the least exposure on the blog to date. I’ve featured only three of his songs over the past few years.

I plan to remedy that over the next two weeks.

Initially I planned to do a traditional 5-day theme week on Newman, but in combing through his albums I was struck by how well he conveys such disparate moods and emotions. Deeply felt, earnest love songs sit next to scathing, cynical diatribes and it’s all quintessentially Randy Newman.

So I’ve decided to showcase that range by presenting one week of sensitive Newman followed by a week of acerbic Newman.

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