Randy Newman - The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2 (Audio CD - 2011)

The Randy Newman Songbook, Vol. 2 feels a bit like the second Greatest Hits album drawn from a career artist's catalog; so many great songs were pulled for Vol. 1 that the sophomore effort seems slightly weak in comparison, and though Newman certainly has enough great songs to come up with another Songbook installment as strong as the first, there are a few numbers here that aren't A-list, particularly "Sandman's Coming" from his fascinating but flawed musical Faust and "My Life Is Good," one of the rare examples of his venom not finding its target (it's also one of the only songs here that doesn't seem suited to this minimal arrangement). Condition: New! TRACK LISTINGS 1 Dixie Flyer 3:21 2 Yellow Man 2:05 3 Suzanne 2:48 4 The Girls in My Life, Pt. 1 1:49 5 Kingfish 2:16 6 Losing You 2:46 7 Sandman's Coming 2:18 8 My Life is Good 3:26 9 Birmingham 2:22 10 Last Night I Had a Dream 1:57 11 Same Girl 2:46 12 Baltimore 3:05 13 Laugh and Be Happy 2:20 14 Lucinda 1:37 15 Dayton, Ohio - 1903 1:53 16 Cowboy 2:23