Land of Dreams - Randy Newman

Land of Dreams

Randy Newman

  • Genre: Rock
  • Release Date: 1988-09-27
  • Explicitness: notExplicit
  • Country: USA
  • Track Count: 12

  • ℗ 1988 Reprise Records

Tracks

Title Artist Time
1
Dixie Flyer Randy Newman 4:09 USD 1.29
2
New Orleans Wins the War Randy Newman 3:32 USD 1.29
3
Four Eyes Randy Newman 3:38 USD 1.29
4
Falling In Love Randy Newman 3:01 USD 1.29
5
Something Special Randy Newman 3:07 USD 1.29
6
Bad News from Home Randy Newman 2:47 USD 1.29
7
Roll With the Punches Randy Newman 3:27 USD 1.29
8
Masterman and Baby J Randy Newman 3:29 USD 1.29
9
Red Bandana Randy Newman 2:36 USD 1.29
10
Follow the Flag Randy Newman 2:14 USD 1.29
11
It's Money That Matters Randy Newman 4:07 USD 1.29
12
I Want You to Hurt Like I Do Randy Newman 4:05 USD 1.29

Reviews

  • Not one of his best.

    3
    By BrianSwaldi
    I love Randy. Love his voice, his wit, and his melodies. I get where he was going with this, but overall i just don't feel the album, especially compared to some of his better albums like Sail Away and Bad Love (his true masterpiece). Many of the songs on this album don't showcase his voice well enough and have some of his weakest melodies. Overall, it's forgettable.
  • sup

    3
    By rockandrollmcdonalds
    i recently bought the album, sail away, and i have really enjoyed it, i was just wondering if this album, is as good...i need someones opinion on it.
  • The reviewer gets it a bit wrong...

    5
    By amateriat
    From what I recall, the *whole* first side of "Land of Dreams" (yes, I'm speaking in LP terminology, since that's how I first bought the album) is autobiographical, although the first three songs are most pointedly so. Secondly, however you care to slice it, I *do* regard this album as Newman's "masterpiece", with perhaps his most powerful songs assembled in one place. "Dixie Flyer", "New Orleans Wins the War", and "Four Eyes" (oh, how I relate to *that* one!) were obviously noteworthy for their autobiographical tone, especially from someone who up to that point kept his personal life close to the vest (and are simply great songs in their own right). Most of the rest of the album holds up well–perhaps, in some ways, *too* well–after all these years: "Follow the Flag" and "It's Money That Matters" (the latter a reprise of sorts to Newman's "It's Money That I Love") are perhaps more darkly relevant in 2010 than they were 22 years ago, while "I Want You to Hurt Like I Do" simply kicks the proverbial log off one large aspect of human nature we'd rather not talk about. A tuneful ear, wicked humor, and brutal honesty: Newman's always been good at it, but I think he hit his zenith right here.
  • Falling In Love

    4
    By ZuDfunck
    This song popped up on Pandora I just had to have it Didn't realize it was so old But it still stirs my soul I share it with you
  • Great!

    5
    By Lillibetz1
    I remember dancing to this "tape" in my dining room when I was little! I find that I still know all the words and enjoy it even more today!
  • Land of Dreams

    5
    By kelmuse
    This CD took over my life for a long while. Newman's grasp of the persistant dark ironies of life are skillfully put foreword here. As always, one needs to listen to the lyrics long and hard to get all the subtle meaning. His relationships with his parents are lit up in the first few songs, good and bad. The rest seems to be about his journey foreword, full of social commentary, concluding in the scary last song 'I just want you to hurt like I do" It starts almost like a threat from a bitter man but winds as an outline of the human experience, 'feel my pain'. I'm in awe of Newman's abilties to speak to the inner person with humor and insight. Buy it!
  • C'mon this is one of his best efforts

    4
    By Bubulous
    Now, many may not be Randy Newman fans but this is a great album of songwriting! Somewhat autobiographical but all of the tunes tell great sotroes and the tunes are memorable themselves. If you are a randy Newman fan before he became so full involved with Hollywood, you ahve to listen to this album. the songs are infectious and you can listen to them over and over. From Dixie Flyer to Red Bandana to Its Money That Matters, a great collection that gets you to the heart of this tunesmith.

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