Good Old Boys

Good Old Boys
Good Old Boys
Album par Randy Newman
Sortie 1974
Durée 33 : 28
Genre Rock
Producteur Lenny Waronker
Label Reprise
Critique Allmusic 5/5 stars [1]
Albums de Randy Newman
Sail Away (1972)
Little Criminals (1977)

Good Old Boys (1974) est le 4e album de studio de l'auteur-compositeur-interprète américain de rock Randy Newman.

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Présentation

Les chansons portent sur divers travers passés du Sud des États-Unis tels que l'esclavage, le racisme ("Rednecks") et la pauvreté ("Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)"), mais avec un ton ironique qui montre qu'ils ne sont pas spécifiques aux gens du Sud. Extrait de "Rednecks":

Now your northern nigger's a Negro
You see he's got his dignity
Down here we're too ignorant to realize
That the North has set the nigger free
Yes he's free to be put in a cage
In Harlem in New York City
And he's free to be put in a cage in the South-Side of Chicago, the West-Side...

Randy Newman est accompagné notamment par Ry Cooder et trois membres du groupe The Eagles (Glenn Frey, Don Henley et Bernie Leadon).

L'album a eu un bon succès commercial, restant 21 semaines dans le classement du Billboard 200, atteignant le 36e rang[2].

Titres de l’album

  1. "Rednecks"
  2. "Birmingham"
  3. "Marie"
  4. "Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)"
  5. "Guilty"
  6. "Louisiana 1927"
  7. "Every Man a King"
  8. "Kingfish"
  9. "Naked Man"
  10. "Wedding in Cherokee County"
  11. "Back on My Feet Again"
  12. "Rollin'"

L'album a été réédité en 2002 sous la forme d'un double CD avec les titres qui suivent sur le deuxième CD.

  1. "Johnny Cutler's Birthday Rednecks"
  2. "If We Didn't Have Jesus"
  3. "Birmingham"
  4. "Joke"
  5. "Louisiana"
  6. "My Daddy Knew Dixie Howell"
  7. "Shining"
  8. "Marie"
  9. "Good Morning"
  10. "Birmingham Redux"
  11. "Doctor Doctor"
  12. "Albanian Anthem"
  13. "Rolling"

Musiciens

  • Randy Newman - synthétiseur, piano, chant
  • Dennis Budimir - guitare
  • Red Callender - guitare basse
  • Malcolm Cecil - synthétiseur
  • Ry Cooder - guitare
  • Nick DeCaro - chef orchestre à cordes
  • Ron Elliott - guitare
  • Glenn Frey - guitare, chant
  • Bobbye Hall - percussions
  • Don Henley - chant
  • Milt Holland - percussions, batterie
  • Jim Keltner - batterie
  • Bernie Leadon - chant
  • Robert Margouleff - synthétiseur
  • Andy Newmark - batterie
  • Al Perkins - guitare
  • John Platania - guitare
  • Bob Porter - percussions, batterie
  • Russ Titelman - guitare basse, guitare
  • Willie Weeks - guitare basse

Notes et références

  1. (en) Mark Deming, « Good Old Boys - Review » sur allmusic.com. Consulté le 15 aout 2011.
  2. (en)Classement au Billboard, sur allmusic.com

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