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Sail Away is a 1972 album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by Randy Newman
Randy Newman

Randall Stuart ?Randy? Newman is an Academy Award?winning United States singer/songwriter, arrangement, composer, singer and pianist who is notable for his wiktionary:mordant pop songs and for his many film scores....
. In 2003, the album was ranked number 321 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
 magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003.Related news articles:* The list was based on the votes of 273 rock musicians, critics and industry figures, each of whom submitted a weighted list of 50 albums....
.

The album stands as a prime example of Newman's ability with musical satire
Satire

Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre; although, in practice, it is also found in the graphic arts and performing arts. In satire, human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with the intent to bring about improv...
. The title track takes the form of a pitch from a slave trader in Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
. "Political Science" foresees America making the world a better place through the nuclear annihilation of almost everyone else. "God's Song" uses gospel
Gospel music

Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
 forms to question the idea of a benevolent creator.






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Sail Away is a 1972 album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by Randy Newman
Randy Newman

Randall Stuart ?Randy? Newman is an Academy Award?winning United States singer/songwriter, arrangement, composer, singer and pianist who is notable for his wiktionary:mordant pop songs and for his many film scores....
. In 2003, the album was ranked number 321 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
 magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003.Related news articles:* The list was based on the votes of 273 rock musicians, critics and industry figures, each of whom submitted a weighted list of 50 albums....
.

The album stands as a prime example of Newman's ability with musical satire
Satire

Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre; although, in practice, it is also found in the graphic arts and performing arts. In satire, human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with the intent to bring about improv...
. The title track takes the form of a pitch from a slave trader in Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
. "Political Science" foresees America making the world a better place through the nuclear annihilation of almost everyone else. "God's Song" uses gospel
Gospel music

Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
 forms to question the idea of a benevolent creator. "He Gives Us All His Love
He Gives Us All His Love

"He Gives Us All His Love" is a song written and performed by Randy Newman. It first appeared in the 1971 film Cold Turkey , for which it served as a sort of theme song and played during the opening credits....
" is a bittersweet and sparsely-arranged hymn about religious faith which may be earnest or tongue-in-cheek.

The song "Burn On" was used in the introduction to the film Major League
Major League (film)

Major League is a 1989 in film United States comedy film written and directed by David S. Ward starring Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes, James Gammon, and Corbin Bernsen....
.

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

Brian Douglas Wilson is a Grammy Award-winning United States musician best known as a member of the American rock and roll band, the Beach Boys....
 has said that this album profoundly affected him at the time of its release, briefly keeping him from sliding further into depression
Clinical depression

Major depressive disorder is a mental disorder characterized by a pervasive depression , low self-esteem, and anhedonia in normally enjoyable activities....
 and mental illness.

The album was reissued by Rhino Records in 2002, with several previously unreleased bonus tracks.

LP track listing

All songs arranged and written by Randy Newman

Side one

  1. "Sail Away
    Sail Away (Randy Newman song)

    "Sail Away" is a song by Randy Newman, the title track of his Sail Away ....
    "
  2. "Lonely at the Top"
  3. "He Gives Us All His Love
    He Gives Us All His Love

    "He Gives Us All His Love" is a song written and performed by Randy Newman. It first appeared in the 1971 film Cold Turkey , for which it served as a sort of theme song and played during the opening credits....
    "
  4. "Last Night I Had a Dream"
  5. "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear" (see also Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear
    Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear

    "Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear" is a song written by Randy Newman, and popularized by the Alan Price Set. The song was also covered by Harry Nilsson and appeared in an early episode of The Muppet Show by the character Scooter , who plays Simon Smith with Fozzie Bear as the dancing bear....
    )
  6. "Old Man"


Side two

  1. "Political Science"
  2. "Burn On"
  3. "Memo to My Son"
  4. "Dayton
    Dayton

    Dayton, Ohio is a city named after Jonathan Dayton.Dayton may also refer to:...
    , Ohio - 1903"
  5. "You Can Leave Your Hat On
    You Can Leave Your Hat On

    "You Can Leave Your Hat On" is a song written by Randy Newman and appearing on his 1972 album Sail Away . It was made famous by Joe Cocker when featured in the 1986 Adrian Lyne film 9? Weeks during the famous striptease scene....
    "
  6. "God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)"


Bonus tracks

  1. "Let It Shine"
  2. "Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong" (studio version)
  3. "Dayton, Ohio - 1903" (early version)
  4. "You Can Leave Your Hat On" (demo version)
  5. "Sail Away" (early version)


Personnel

  • Randy Newman
    Randy Newman

    Randall Stuart ?Randy? Newman is an Academy Award?winning United States singer/songwriter, arrangement, composer, singer and pianist who is notable for his wiktionary:mordant pop songs and for his many film scores....
     - piano, arranger
  • Ry Cooder
    Ry Cooder

    Ryland "Ry" Peter Cooder is an American guitarist, singer and composer.He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in the American American folk music, and, more recently, for his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries....
     - guitars on "Last Night I Had a Dream" & "You Can Leave Your Hat On"
  • Russ Titelman
    Russ Titelman

    Russ Titelman is an United States record producer and songwriter. He has to date won three Grammy Awards. He earned his first producing the Steve Winwood song "Higher Love", and his second and third for Eric Clapton's Journeyman and Unplugged albums....
     - guitars
  • Jim Keltner
    Jim Keltner

    Jim Keltner is a studio musician drummer who has contributed to the work of many well-known musician....
     - drums
  • Gene Parsons
    Gene Parsons

    Gene Parsons is an United States drummer, banjoist, guitarist and singer-songwriter, best known for his work with The Byrds from 1968 in music to 1972 in music....
     - drums
  • Earl Palmer
    Earl Palmer

    Earl Cyril Palmer was an United States drummer and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Palmer played on many recording sessions, including Little Richard's first several albums and Tom Waits' 1978 album Blue Valentine....
     - drums
  • Chris Ethridge
    Chris Ethridge

    Chris Ethridge is a country rock bass guitarist. He was a member of the International Submarine Band and The Flying Burrito Brothers, and co-wrote several songs with Gram Parsons....
     - bass
  • Wilton Felder
    Wilton Felder

    Wilton Felder is both a saxophone and bass guitar player, and is best known as a founding member of The Crusaders, initially called the Jazz Crusaders....
     - bass
  • Jimmy Bond - bass
  • Milt Holland
    Milt Holland

    Milt Holland was a drummer, percussionist, ethnic musicologist, and writer in the Los Angeles music scene who pioneered the use of African, South American, and Indian percussion styles in jazz, pop and film music, traveling extensively on those continents to collect instruments and to learn the musical styles of playing them....
     - percussion
  • Abe Most - alto saxophone on "Lonely at the Top"