Good Old Boys

by Randy Newman

Good Old Boys cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 September 1974
  • Label: Reprise
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:34
  • Community rating: 4.17/5 from 8 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Widely regarded as his absolute masterpiece, Randy Newman's 'Good Old Boys' is a brilliant, highly controversial concept album exploring the complexities and prejudices of the American South. The record utilizes wonderfully melodic piano rock and New Orleans R&B to deliver intensely sarcastic, deeply satirical character studies that reveal a surprisingly conscious, historical tragedy.

Genres

Descriptors: satirical, political, conceptual, conscious, history, melodic, piano, male-vocals, orchestral, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Rednecks (3:09)
  2. Birmingham (2:46)
  3. Marie (3:09)
  4. Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man) (2:46)
  5. Guilty (2:33)
  6. Louisiana 1927 (2:56)
  7. Every Man a King (1:02)
  8. Kingfish (2:44)
  9. Naked Man (3:09)
  10. A Wedding in Cherokee County (3:09)
  11. Back on My Feet Again (3:21)
  12. Rollin' (2:55)
  13. Marie - Demo (2:51)

Credits

  • Randy Newman - primary artist, written-by
  • Mike Salisbury - design [cover], photography by
  • Lee Herschberg - engineer, mixed by
  • Donn Landee - engineer [additional], mixed by [additional]
  • Shepard Sherbell - photography by [liner]
  • Lenny Waronker - producer
  • Russ Titelman - producer
  • Huey P. Long - written-by

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