Randy Newman discography

Discography of American musician Randy Newman

Randy Newman discography

Newman at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2008

Studio albums| 15
Live albums| 2
Compilation albums| 5
Video albums| 2
Singles| 12
Soundtrack albums| 23

American musician Randy Newman has released eleven solo studio albums, two live albums, six compilation albums, two extended plays (EPs), 15 singles, one musical, and 23 soundtrack albums.

## Albums[edit]

### Studio albums[edit]

Title  | Album details  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications

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[1] | AUS
[2] | AUT
[3] | BEL
[4] | CAN
[5] | GER
[6] | NL
[7] | SWI
[8] | UK
[9]
Randy Newman |

* Released: June 1968
* Label: Reprise Records
* Formats: LP

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12 Songs |

* Released: April 1970
* Label: Reprise Records
* Formats: LP

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Sail Away |

* Released: May 1972
* Label: Reprise Records
* Formats: LP

| 163  | 42  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
Good Old Boys |

* Released: September 10, 1974
* Label: Reprise Records
* Formats: LP

| 36  | —  | —  | —  | 58  | —  | 7  | —  | —  |
Little Criminals |

* Released: September 23, 1977
* Label: Warner Bros. Records
* Formats: LP

| 9  | 29  | —  | —  | 9  | —  | 3  | —  | —  |

* US: Gold[10]

Born Again |

* Released: August 1979
* Label: Warner Bros. Records
* Formats: LP

| 41  | 65  | 23  | —  | 81  | —  | 23  | —  | —  |
Trouble in Paradise | * Released: January 17, 1983

* Label: Warner Bros. Records
* Formats: LP

| 64  | —  | 8  | —  | —  | 33  | 9  | —  | —  |
Land of Dreams |

* Released: September 1988
* Label: Reprise Records
* Formats: LP, CD

| 80  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 12  | —  |
Bad Love |

* Released: June 1, 1999
* Label: DreamWorks Records
* Formats: CD

| 194  | —  | —  | 43  | —  | 52  | 30  | —  | —  |
Harps and Angels |

* Released: August 5, 2008
* Label: Nonesuch Records
* Formats: LP, CD

| 30  | —  | 29  | 13  | —  | 25  | 10  | 25  | 46  |
Dark Matter |

* Released: August 4, 2017
* Label: Nonesuch Records
* Formats: LP, CD

| 106  | —  | 35  | 13  | —  | 48  | 8  | 20  | 61  |

### Songbooks[edit]

New solo studio recordings of previously issued compositions.

Title  | Album details  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications

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[1] | BEL
[4] | NL
[7]
The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 |

* Released: September 30, 2003
* Label: Nonesuch Records
* Formats: CD

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The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2 |

* Released: May 10, 2011
* Label: Nonesuch Records
* Formats: CD

| —  | 92  | 53  |
The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 3 |

* Released: September 30, 2016
* Label: Nonesuch Records
* Formats: CD, download

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### Live albums[edit]

Title  | Album details  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications

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[1] | NL
[7]
Randy Newman Live |

* Released: June 1971
* Labels: Reprise Records
* Formats: LP

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Live in London |

* Released: November 8, 2011
* Labels: Nonesuch Records
* Formats: CD

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### Compilation albums[edit]

Title  | Album details  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications

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[1]
Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman |

* Released: May 18, 1987
* Labels: Warner Bros. Records
* Formats: LP, CD

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Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman |

* Released: November 3, 1998
* Labels: Rhino Records
* Formats: CD

| –  |
The Best of Randy Newman |

* Released: September 18, 2001
* Labels: Rhino Records
* Formats: CD

| –  |
On Vine Street: The Early Songs of Randy Newman |

* Released: April 1, 2008
* Labels: Ace Records
* Formats: CD

| –  |
The Randy Newman Songbook |

* Released: September 23, 2016 (LP);
December 16, 2016 (CD)
* Labels: Nonesuch Records
* Formats: LP, CD

| –  |

### Musical[edit]

Title  | Album details  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications

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[1]
Randy Newman's Faust |

* Released: September 1995
* Labels: Reprise Records
* Formats: CD, Cassette

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### Soundtracks[edit]

Title  | Album details  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications

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[1][11] | FRA
[12] | SPA
[13]
Peyton Place |

* Released: 1966
* Label: Epic Records
* Format: LP

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Cold Turkey |

* Released: December 4, 2007
* Label: Percepto Records
* Format: CD

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Ragtime |

* Released: December 1981
* Label: Elektra Records
* Format: LP

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The Natural |

* Released: May 11, 1984
* Label: Warner Bros. Records
* Format: LP

| 202  | —  | —  |
Parenthood |

* Released: September 8, 1989
* Label: Reprise Records
* Format: LP, CD

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Avalon |

* Released: December 8, 1990
* Label: Reprise Records
* Format: CD

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Awakenings |

* Released: January 10, 1991
* Label: Reprise Records
* Format: CD

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The Paper |

* Released: March 22, 1994
* Label: Reprise Records
* Format: CD

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Maverick |

* Released: January 10, 1995
* Label: Reprise Records
* Format: CD

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Toy Story |

* Released: November 22, 1995
* Label: Walt Disney Records
* Format: CD

| 94  | —  | —  |
James and the Giant Peach |

* Released: March 26, 1996
* Label: Walt Disney Records
* Format: CD

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Michael |

* Released: December 17, 1996
* Label: Warner Bros. Records
* Format: CD

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A Bug's Life |

* Released: October 27, 1998
* Label: Walt Disney Records
* Format: CD

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Pleasantville |

* Released: November 17, 1998
* Label: Varèse Sarabande
* Format: CD

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Toy Story 2 |

* Released: November 9, 1999
* Label: Walt Disney Records
* Format: CD

| 111  | —  | —  |
Meet the Parents |

* Released: September 26, 2000
* Label: DreamWorks Records
* Format: CD

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Monsters, Inc. |

* Released: October 23, 2001
* Label: Walt Disney Records
* Format: CD

| 25  | —  | —  |
Seabiscuit |

* Released: July 22, 2003
* Label: Decca Records
* Format: CD

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Meet the Fockers |

* Released: January 11, 2005
* Label: Varèse Sarabande
* Format: CD

| —  | —  | —  |
Cars |

* Released: June 6, 2006
* Label: Walt Disney Records
* Format: CD

| 6  | —  | —  |
Leatherheads |

* Released: March 25, 2008
* Label: Varèse Sarabande
* Format: CD

| —  | —  | —  |
The Princess and the Frog |

* Released: November 23, 2009
* Label: Walt Disney Records
* Format: CD

| 80  | 191  | 94  | [a]
Toy Story 3 |

* Released: June 15, 2010
* Label: Walt Disney Records
* Format: CD

| —  | —  | —  |
Monsters University |

* Released: June 18, 2013
* Label: Walt Disney Records
* Format: CD

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Cars 3 |

* Released: June 16, 2017
* Label: Walt Disney Records
* Format: CD

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The Meyerowitz Stories |

* Released: October 13, 2017
* Label: IAC Films
* Format: CD, LP

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Toy Story 4 |

* Released: June 21, 2019
* Label: Walt Disney Records
* Format: CD

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Marriage Story |

* Released: December 13, 2019
* Label: Lakeshore Records
* Format: CD

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### Other album appearances[edit]

Newman composed original songs that were used in the following films, but did not compose the scores for these films:

Year  | Song(s)  | Album  | Notes  | Ref.

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1986  | "The Ballad of the Three Amigos", "My Little Buttercup", "Blue Shadows"  | Three Amigos soundtrack  |  |
1987  | "Something Special"  | Overboard soundtrack[16] |  |
1989  | "Falling In Love"  | Her Alibi soundtrack  |  |
1997  | "Danny's Arrival Song", "Little Boat On The Sea", "Animal Jam Session", "Big and Loud", "Tell Me Lies", "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"  | Cats Don't Dance soundtrack  |  |
1998  | "That'll Do"  | Babe: Pig in the City soundtrack  | Song performed by Peter Gabriel |
2002  | "Scorpion's Theme"[citation needed] | Spider-Man: The Movie Video Game soundtrack  |  |

Newman also performed a song he did not write ("Gone Dead Train"), and conducted Jack Nitzsche's original music, for the soundtrack of the 1970 film Performance. In the following year, Newman's song "Let Me Go" was used in the film The Pursuit of Happiness.

Newman's song "I Love L.A." was used in The Naked Gun and Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie, and over the end credits of Volcano. Newman's 1972 song "Burn On" was used as the opening song in Major League (1989) while his song "Political Science" was featured in Blast from the Past (1999). Newman also covered the Fats Domino song "I'm In Love Again" for the soundtrack of Shag (1989).

## Singles[edit]

### Performed by Randy Newman[edit]

Title  | Year  | Peak chart positions  | Certification

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US | US AC | CAN Top 100 | Canada AC | UK | AUS[2]
"Golden Gridiron Boy" / "Country Boy"  | 1962  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  |
"The Beehive State" / "I Think It's Going To Rain Today"  | 1968  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  |
"Last Night I Had A Dream" / "I Think He's Hiding"  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  |
"Yellow Man" / "Old Kentucky Home"  | 1970  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  |
"Sail Away" / "Political Science"  | 1972  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  |
"Birmingham" / "Naked Man"  | 1974  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  |
"Short People" / "Old Man on the Farm"  | 1977  | 2  | 25  | 2  | 1  | \-  | 12  |

* US: Gold[17]

"Sigmund Freud's Impersonation of Albert Einstein in America" / "Baltimore"  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  |
"Rider in the Rain" / "Kathleen (Catholicism Made Easier)"  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  |
"The Blues" (with Paul Simon) / "Same Girl"  | 1982  | 51  | 36  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 100  |
"I Love L.A." / "Miami"  | 110  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  |
"Dixie Flyer" / "Something Special"  | 1988  | 99  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  |
"It's Money That Matters" / "Falling in Love"  | 60  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  |
"A Few Words in Defense of Our Country"[c] | 2007  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  |
"You've Got a Friend in Me" / "We Belong Together"  | 2010  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 40  | 119  | \-  |

* US: Platinum[19]

### Written by Randy Newman[edit]

The following is a list of Randy Newman compositions that were chart hits for other artists.

Title  | Year  | Artist  | Peak chart positions

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US | US
R&B | CA | UK | AU
"Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)"
co-written with Jeannie Seely, Judith Arbuckle and Pat Sheeran | 1964  | Irma Thomas | 52  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-
"I Don't Want To Hear Anymore"  | Jerry Butler | 95  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-
"I've Been Wrong Before"  | 1965  | Cilla Black | \-  | \-  | \-  | 17  | 81
"Nobody Needs Your Love"  | 1966  | Gene Pitney | \-  | \-  | \-  | 2  | \-
"Just One Smile"  | Gene Pitney  | 64  | \-  | \-  | 8  | 55
"Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear"  | 1967  | The Alan Price Set  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 4  | 49
"I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore"  | 1969  | Dusty Springfield | 105  | \-  | 59  | \-  | \-
"Love Story"  | 1970  | Peggy Lee | 105  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-
"Mama Told Me (Not To Come)"  | Three Dog Night | 1  | \-  | 2  | 3  | 10
"I Think It's Going To Rain Today"  | Tom Northcott | \-  | \-  | 46  | \-  | \-
"Mama Told Me (Not To Come)"  | 1972  | Wilson Pickett | 99  | 16  | \-  | \-  | \-
"Living Without You"  | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | 69  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-
"I Think It's Going To Rain Today"  | 1980  | UB40 | \-  | \-  | \-  | 6  | 90
"You Can Leave Your Hat On"  | 1986  | Joe Cocker  | 35  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 23
"Mama Told Me (Not To Come)"  | 2000  | Tom Jones & Stereophonics | \-  | \-  | \-  | 4  | \-

## Video albums[edit]

* Live at the Odeon (1983) DVD with Ry Cooder and Linda Ronstadt
* Sound Stage (2003) (featuring Lyle Lovett with Mark Isham and Randy Newman)

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Replaced Alan Menken
2. ^ Toy Story 4 did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 7 on the Kid Albums chart[14] and at number 20 on the Soundtracks chart.[15]
3. ^ Rolling Stone ranked "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country" number 2 on its list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[18]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f "Randy Newman Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
2. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 216\. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
3. ^ "Randy Newman In Der Österreichischen Hitparade". Das Österreichische Hitparaden (in German). Retrieved November 13, 2021.
4. ^ a b "Discografie Randy Newman". Ultratop Flanders (in Dutch). Retrieved November 13, 2021.
5. ^ "RPM Magazine search results".
6. ^ "Discographie von Randy Newman". Offizielle Deutsche Charts (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
7. ^ a b c "Discografie Randy Newman". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Retrieved November 12, 2021.
8. ^ "Randy Newman". Swiss Hitparade (in German). Retrieved November 13, 2021.
9. ^ "Randy Newman full Official Chart History". Official Charts. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
10. ^ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
11. ^ "Soundtrack Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
12. ^ "Discographie Randy Newman". Les Charts (in French). Retrieved November 13, 2021.
13. ^ "Soundtrack/Randy Newman". Spanish Charts. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
14. ^ "Randy Newman Chart History - Kids Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
15. ^ "Randy Newman Chart History - Soundtracks". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
16. ^ "Overboard (1987) - IMDb".
17. ^ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
18. ^ "The 100 Best Songs of 2007". Rolling Stone. December 11, 2007. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
19. ^ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2019-07-22.

## External links[edit]

* Randy Newman discography at Discogs

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Randy Newman

Studio albums|

* Randy Newman
* 12 Songs
* Sail Away
* Good Old Boys
* Little Criminals
* Born Again
* Trouble in Paradise
* Land of Dreams
* Bad Love
* Harps and Angels
* Dark Matter

Live albums|

* Randy Newman Live

Compilations|

* Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman
* Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman
* The Best of Randy Newman
* The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1
* The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2

Musicals|

* Randy Newman's Faust

Soundtracks|

* Avalon
* Toy Story
* James and the Giant Peach
* A Bug's Life
* Toy Story 2
* Meet the Parents
* Monsters, Inc.
* Cars
* The Princess and the Frog
* Toy Story 3
* Monsters University
* Cars 3
* Toy Story 4
* Marriage Story

Songs|

* "Mama Told Me Not to Come"
* "I Think It's Going to Rain Today"
* "Sail Away"
* "He Gives Us All His Love"
* "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear"
* "Political Science"
* "You Can Leave Your Hat On"
* "Louisiana 1927"
* "Rednecks"
* "Short People"
* "I Love L.A."
* "You've Got a Friend in Me"
* "When She Loved Me"
* "If I Didn't Have You"
* "It's a Jungle Out There"
* "Our Town"
* "When We're Human"
* "Friends on the Other Side"
* "Down in New Orleans"
* "Almost There"
* "We Belong Together"
* "The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy"

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* Discography
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* Nilsson Sings Newman
* Alfred Newman
* David Newman
* Emil Newman
* Joey Newman
* Lionel Newman
* Thomas Newman

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