For the last 55 years or so, you've had a friend in Randy Newman, if you have a thing for songs that offer eviscerating ... So now I say, who else is on my list of the top five?

We couldn't be more proud and excited to acquire Randy's catalog of beautiful, witty, and sharply observational songs." ...

But he makes it clear that, while being proud of his work, those songs probably wouldn’t make it on to a Randy Newman solo album ... left-handed composer over 40’. It isn’t like ...

Originally published in Uncut's Take 178 It might surprise you to learn that Randy Newman has only ever bought ... is the best recording of one of my songs I’ve ever heard”), and talk ...