Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman

Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman
Compilation album by
Randy Newman
Released18 May 1987
Recorded1968–1983
GenreRock
Length69:34
Randy Newman chronology
Trouble in Paradise
(1983) 		Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman
(1987) 		Land of Dreams
(1988)

Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman is a 1987 compilation album by Randy Newman. It was not issued in the U.S.

In 2000 it was voted number 476 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Randy Newman

Original album

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Love Story" 
2."Livin' Without You" 
3."I Think It's Going to Rain Today" 
4."Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" 
5."Sail Away" 
6."Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear" 
7."Political Science" 
8."God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)" 
9."Rednecks" 
10."Birmingham" 
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Louisiana 1927" 
2."Marie" 
3."Baltimore" 
4."Jolly Coppers on Parade" 
5."Rider in the Rain" 
6."Short People" 
7."I Love L.A." 
8."Lonely at the Top [Live]" 

Reissues

Remastered and reissued on CD format in 1998 with four extra tracks ("Old Kentucky Home", "In Germany Before the War", "Christmas in Cape Town" and "My Life Is Good") inserted into the running order. Additionally, the order of "Louisiana 1927" and "Marie" was reversed on the 1998 reissue.

No.TitleLength
1."Love Story (You and Me)" 
2."Livin' Without You" 
3."I Think It's Going to Rain Today" 
4."Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" 
5."Old Kentucky Home" 
6."Sail Away" 
7."Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear" 
8."Political Science" 
9."God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)" 
10."Rednecks" 
11."Birmingham" 
12."Marie" 
13."Louisiana 1927" 
14."Baltimore" 
15."Jolly Coppers on Parade" 
16."Rider in the Rain" 
17."In Germany Before the War" 
18."Short People" 
19."Christmas in Cape Town" 
20."My Life Is Good" 
21."I Love L.A." 
22."Lonely at the Top [Live]" 

References

  1. ^ Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 169. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.


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