Randy NewmanBest Randy Newman Albums Ranked
7.4
Avg Score
43
Opinions
31
Albums
7
Reviewers
Summary from 43 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Randy Newman’s catalog across 31 albums from 43 opinions, with an overall average of 7.4/10. The top-rated Randy Newman album is Sail Away (Bonus Tracks Version) [2002 Remaster] (1972) with a 8.9/10 average from 3 ratings, followed by Good Old Boys and Dark Matter. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1968 to 2023. A Few Words in Defense of Our Country ranks as the highest-rated Randy Newman song on Rate.fm with a 10.0/10 average.
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Good Old Boys
“The Ambrose Bierce of rock & roll has released another selection of his bitter and desperately sardonic fantasies. Good Old Boys has a conceptually "Southern" atmosphere; it also has drunkenness and depression, fun celebrations of political figures, lunacy, congenital birth defects and obsessional portraits of stereotypes that can leave the listener confused as to whether […]”
Good Old Boys
“Randy Newman’s Good Old Boys is nothing less than a tour of Southern bigotry and pride in the 20th century. It remains as shocking, pristine, and regrettably relevant as the day it was released.”
Dark Matter
“Dark Matter is Randy Newman’s first album of new songs in nine years and his smart mix of cynicism and sentiment is fully intact.”