12 Songs (Randy Newman album)

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12 Songs
12 Songs cover
Studio album by Randy Newman
Released 1970
Recorded ?
Genre Rock
Length 29:51
Label Reprise Records
Producer Lenny Waronker; with Jack Nitzsche on "Let's Burn Down the Cornfield"
Professional reviews
Randy Newman chronology
Randy Newman
(1968)		 12 Songs
(1970)		 Randy Newman Live
(1971)

12 Songs is a 1970 (see 1970 in music) album by singer/songwriter Randy Newman. His second album, 12 Songs received much better reviews than his first. On 12 Songs Newman collaborates with Clarence White and Ry Cooder. The album set the stage for Newman's later career, with love songs interspersed with socially aware songs decrying racism, and energetic rock songs. In 2003, the album was ranked number 354 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by Randy Newman; except where indicated

  1. "Have You Seen My Baby?" – 2:32
  2. "Let's Burn Down the Cornfield" – 3:03
  3. "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" – 2:12
  4. "Suzanne" – 3:15
  5. "Lover's Prayer" – 1:55
  6. "Lucinda" – 2:40
  7. "Underneath the Harlem Moon" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 1:52
  8. "Yellow Man" – 2:19
  9. "Old Kentucky Home" – 2:40
  10. "Rosemary" – 2:08
  11. "If You Need Oil" – 3:00
  12. "Uncle Bob's Midnight Blues" – 2:15

[edit] Personnel

Randy Newman - vocals, piano