Randy Newman - Born Again

Personnel: Randy Newman (vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes); Waddy Watchel, Buzzy Feiten (guitar); Chuck Findley, Tom Scott (horns); Victor Feldman (Fender Rhodes, drums, percussion); Michael Boddicker (synthesizer); David Shields, Willie Weeks (bass); Andy Newmark (drums); Lenny Castro, Larry Castro, Carlos Vega (percussion); Stephen Bishop, Valerie Carter, Arno Lucas (background vocals). Engineers: Tom Knox, Lee Herschberg, Ken Deane. Recorded at Warner Brothers Recording Studios, North Hollywood, California & A&M Records, Hollywood, California. By the late-'70s, Newman had begun to take the contributions of his L.A. session musician buddies a little too seriously, allowing their smooth sound to dominate his records instead of providing a foil to his unconventional compositions. Here and on subsequent albums, Newman's songs fight a tug-of-war with the arrangements. Fortunately, the songs on BORN AGAIN are strong enough to stand up to anything this side of Arif Mardin. Newman is in rare ironic form from th... Minimize