Bad Love

Three songs into Bad Love, Randy Newman lobs a smart bomb into the bunker of classic rock, impersonating a boomer-aged rocker just going through the motions, "Each record that [he's] making ... like a record that [he's] made--just not as good." Giving the punch line added snap is the happy irony of Newman's own music at midlife, which proves as perceptive, funny, and, yes, moving as any he's recorded. Comparisons to past triumphs are inevitable here, and mostly favorable, starting with the mock piety of "My Country," an anthem to America's virtual family life entranced by television, "having other people's voices fill our minds." Elsewhere, he grins through a new geopolitical patter song ("The Great Nations of Europe"), undertakes his own dialectic on materialism with the ghost of Karl Marx ("The World Isn't Fair"), and, in the album's mordant zenith, conjures the sputtering jealousy and lust of an elderly New Orleans burgher smitten by a sweet young thing. That song, "Shame," embellishes a piano blues that might have fit snugly on 12 Songs, with choral and instrumental flourishes that are apt and hilarious--mocking female singers repeat the title in frank emulation of Sylvia Robinson's venerable disco hit, while elsewhere Newman's arrangements suggest Carl Stalling's vivid Looney Tunes scores. --Sam Sutherland more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-06-2008; A Great Album !; This is one of my favorite recordings of the last 10 years. The songs are funny, moving, and highly intelligent. Randy Newman is a song craftsman of the highest order. If you have overlooked this one, I recommend that you buy it...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-14-2007; My Favorite Randy Newman album; As only Randy Newman can, he alternately amuses the hell out of you (I'm Dead But I Don't Know It) and breaks your heart (My Country). And as if that weren't enough, he confounds you by doing both within the same song(Shame, The World...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-13-2007; Another Stunning Album; I can't praise this album high enough. Randy Newman returns with another brilliant recording. As an example of song-writing and performing skills this will take some beating. There are tear jerkers like 'Every Time It Rains' ironic songs...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-30-2005; Ah, the essence of bitterness...; I was surprised to find a few reviews here that were offended by some of Newman's songs found on BAD LOVE. As if the title wasn't warning enough, this is quintessential Newman, adopting the persona of some of the more reprehensible...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-06-2008; A Great Album !; This is one of my favorite recordings of the last 10 years. The songs are funny, moving, and highly intelligent. Randy Newman is a song craftsman of the highest order. If you have overlooked this one, I recommend that you buy it...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-15-1999; Disapointing, long awaited comeback.; I've been a Newman fan for years. In my opinion his individuality as a songwriter makes him stand head and shoulders above the rank and file.However I was largely disapointed with this album, his first true studio album in eleven years....; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-17-2000; "Bad Love" is just..."Bad"; If you are looking for the "I Love L.A." guy, well, this isn't your album. Frankly, it sounds to (this casual Newman listener) like Randy sat down at his piano one afternoon, chugged a few beers, and had a little half-soused...; read full review | report as inappropriate