Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman

Compilation album by

Randy Newman

Released

18 May 1987

Recorded

1968–1983

Genre

Rock

Length

69:34

Randy Newman chronology

Trouble in Paradise
(1983)

Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman
(1987)

Land of Dreams
(1988)

Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman is a 1987 compilation album by Randy Newman. It was not issued in the U.S.

In 2000 it was voted number 476 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.^[1]

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Track listing

All tracks written by Randy Newman

Original album

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love Story"
2.	"Livin' Without You"
3.	"I Think It's Going to Rain Today"
4.	"Mama Told Me (Not to Come)"
5.	"Sail Away"
6.	"Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear"
7.	"Political Science"
8.	"God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)"
9.	"Rednecks"
10.	"Birmingham"

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Louisiana 1927"
2.	"Marie"
3.	"Baltimore"
4.	"Jolly Coppers on Parade"
5.	"Rider in the Rain"
6.	"Short People"
7.	"I Love L.A."
8.	"Lonely at the Top [Live]"

Reissues

Remastered and reissued on CD format in 1998 with four extra tracks ("Old Kentucky Home", "In Germany Before the War", "Christmas in Cape Town" and "My Life Is Good") inserted into the running order. Additionally, the order of "Louisiana 1927" and "Marie" was reversed on the 1998 reissue.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love Story (You and Me)"
2.	"Livin' Without You"
3.	"I Think It's Going to Rain Today"
4.	"Mama Told Me (Not to Come)"
5.	"Old Kentucky Home"
6.	"Sail Away"
7.	"Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear"
8.	"Political Science"
9.	"God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)"
10.	"Rednecks"
11.	"Birmingham"
12.	"Marie"
13.	"Louisiana 1927"
14.	"Baltimore"
15.	"Jolly Coppers on Parade"
16.	"Rider in the Rain"
17.	"In Germany Before the War"
18.	"Short People"
19.	"Christmas in Cape Town"
20.	"My Life Is Good"
21.	"I Love L.A."
22.	"Lonely at the Top [Live]"

References

^ Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 169. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.

v t e Randy Newman
Studio albums	Randy Newman 12 Songs Sail Away Good Old Boys Little Criminals Born Again Trouble in Paradise Land of Dreams Bad Love Harps and Angels Dark Matter
Live albums	Randy Newman Live
Compilations	Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman The Best of Randy Newman The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2
Musicals	Randy Newman's Faust
Soundtracks	Avalon Toy Story James and the Giant Peach A Bug's Life Toy Story 2 Meet the Parents Monsters, Inc. Cars The Princess and the Frog Toy Story 3 Cars 3 Toy Story 4 Marriage Story
Songs	"Mama Told Me Not to Come" "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" "Sail Away" "He Gives Us All His Love" "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear" "Political Science" "You Can Leave Your Hat On" "Louisiana 1927" "Rednecks" "Short People" "I Love L.A." "You've Got a Friend in Me" "When She Loved Me" "If I Didn't Have You" "It's a Jungle Out There" "Our Town" "When We're Human" "Friends on the Other Side" "Down in New Orleans" "Almost There" "We Belong Together" "The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy"
Related	Discography Accolades Nilsson Sings Newman Alfred Newman David Newman Emil Newman Joey Newman Lionel Newman Thomas Newman

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