Sail Away (Randy Newman album)

Sail Away
Studio album by
Randy Newman
ReleasedMay 23, 1972
Recorded1971–72
StudioAmigo, Western, and Poppi (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length30:07
LabelReprise
ProducerLenny Waronker, Russ Titelman
Randy Newman chronology
Randy Newman Live
(1971) 		Sail Away
(1972) 		Good Old Boys
(1974)

Sail Away is the third studio album by Randy Newman, released on May 23, 1972. It was produced by Lenny Waronker and Russ Titelman and issued on Reprise Records. While all of its songs were written and composed by Newman, several had already been recorded by other artists.

Composition

As with all of Newman's early albums, several of its songs had been previously recorded by other artists. In this case, "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear" had been a UK hit for Alan Price in 1967 and was recorded by Harry Nilsson on his 1969 album Harry. "Dayton, Ohio - 1903" had been recorded by Billy J. Kramer as a single in 1969, while Newman and Nilsson recorded a version together for Nilsson's 1970 album Nilsson Sings Newman. Newman himself had also previously recorded "Last Night I Had a Dream" as a single, issued in September 1968. The version heard on Sail Away is a re-recording with a notably different arrangement.

"You Can Leave Your Hat On" was later recorded by Joe Cocker in 1986 and this version was featured on the soundtrack of the 1986 film 9½ Weeks starring Kim Basinger. A version by Tom Jones appeared on the soundtrack of the 1997 film The Full Monty.

"He Gives Us All His Love" was also initially written and recorded by Newman in a sparser and slower arrangement for the 1971 film Cold Turkey. The film issued no soundtrack album, and the first commercially available recordings of this song were issued by Sundance (March 1971) and Ed Ames (October 1971).[citation needed]

The song "Lonely at the Top" was written specifically with Frank Sinatra in mind, although he never recorded it.[2] Newman himself had already released it (in a solo live performance) on his previous album, Randy Newman Live (1971).

Reissue

The album was reissued by Rhino Records on May 5, 2002, with several previously unreleased bonus tracks.[3]

Legacy

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[4]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[5]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]

In 2000 Sail Away was voted number 582 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[7] That same year, it was ranked number 268 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[8] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[9]

Brian Wilson has said that this album profoundly affected him at the time of its release, briefly keeping him from sliding further into depression and mental illness.[10] In particular, Wilson noted that he listened to Sail Away "over and over" while physically writing down the lyrics which would become the Beach Boys' Mount Vernon and Fairway fairy tale EP.[11] In 2021, Wilson ranked Sail Away third on his list of "5 Albums I Can't Live Without" for Spin magazine.[12]

"Burn On" is heard over the opening credits of the 1989 movie Major League. According to the film's director, David S. Ward, he chose the song because it was the only one he knew of that was about Cleveland, Ohio, which is where the movie takes place. The chorus of the song, "burn on, big river, burn on," refers to when the Cuyahoga River caught fire due to pollution in 1969.

The song "Old Man" can be heard in the closing credits of Noah Baumbach's 2017 film The Meyerowitz Stories.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Randy Newman

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Sail Away"2:56
2."Lonely at the Top"2:32
3."He Gives Us All His Love"1:53
4."Last Night I Had a Dream"3:01
5."Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear"2:00
6."Old Man"2:42
Side two
No.TitleLength
7."Political Science"2:00
8."Burn On"2:33
9."Memo to My Son"1:56
10."Dayton, Ohio - 1903"1:47
11."You Can Leave Your Hat On"3:18
12."God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)"3:36
CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Let It Shine"1:40
14."Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong" (studio version)1:21
15."Dayton, Ohio - 1903" (early version)1:53
16."You Can Leave Your Hat On" (demo version)2:45
17."Sail Away" (early version)3:18

Charts

Chart (1972) Position
United States (Billboard 200) 163
Australia (Kent Music Report)[13] 42

Personnel

Technical
  • Lenny Waronker – co-producer
  • Russ Titelman – co-producer
  • Randy Newman – arranger
  • Emil Newman – conductor on "Sail Away" and "Burn On"
  • Larry Marks – conductor on "Old Man"
  • Lee Herschberg – engineer, mixing
  • Bruce Botnick – engineer
  • Bob Kovach – engineer
  • Donn Landee – engineer
  • Harold "Lanky" Linstrot – engineer
  • Judy Maizel – production assistant
  • Trudy Portch – production assistant
  • Mike Salisbury – graphics, photography

References

  1. ^ a b c Deming, Mark. Sail Away Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Desert Island Discs: Randy Newman". bbc.co.uk. 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Randy Newman, Sail Away". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: N". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  5. ^ Holden, Stephen (6 July 1972). "Randy Newman: Sail Away". RS 112. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 18 June 2008.
  6. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  7. ^ Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 196. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
  8. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 268 - Randy Newman, 'Sail Away'". Rolling Stone. 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  9. ^ Fulford-Jones, Will (2006). "Randy Newman: Sail Away". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Universe Publishing. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-7893-1371-3.
  10. ^ Carlin, Peter Ames (2006). Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. Rodale. ISBN 9781594863202 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ YouTube video: Brian Wilson 1976 Full Interview; 1976 interview with Bob Harris.
  12. ^ Lentini, Liza (November 19, 2021). "5 Albums I Can't Live Without: Brian Wilson". Spin. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  13. ^ 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.

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