Trouble in Paradise (Remastered Expanded Edition) Randy Newman

• Studio:
• 1 I Love L.A. (2025 Remaster) 03:31
• 2 Christmas in Capetown (2025 Remaster) 04:22
• 3 The Blues (2025 Remaster) 03:03
• 4 Same Girl (2025 Remaster) 02:54
• 5 Mikey's (2025 Remaster) 02:11
• 6 My Life Is Good (2025 Remaster) 04:38
• 7 Miami (2025 Remaster) 04:07
• 8 Real Emotional Girl (2025 Remaster) 02:30
• 9 Take Me Back (2025 Remaster) 04:09
• 10 There's a Party at My House (2025 Remaster) 02:51
• 11 I'm Different (2025 Remaster) 02:36
• 12 Song for the Dead (2025 Remaster) 03:06
• Demos:
• 13 I Love L.A. (Demo) 03:31
• 14 Christmas in Cape Town (Demo) 04:07
• 15 The Blues (Demo) 03:20
• 16 Same Girl (Demo) 02:48
• 17 My Life Is Good (Demo) 03:42
• 18 Miami (Demo) 03:48
• 19 Real Emotional Girl (Demo) 02:01
• 20 Take Me Back (Demo) 04:40
• 21 There's a Party at My House (Demo) 02:06
• 22 I'm Different (Demo) 01:49
• 23 Song for the Dead (Demo) 02:37
• 24 Big Fat Country Song (Something to Sing About) [Demo] 03:07
• 25 Rainbow (Demo) 01:05
• Live in Paris, France, 1982:
• 26 Ragtime (Extrait de la Bande Originale du Film) [Live in Paris, France, 1982] 01:35
• 27 Louisiana 1927 (Live in Paris, France, 1982) 03:12
• 28 It's Money That I Love (Live in Paris, France, 1982) 02:14
• 29 Sail Away (Live in Paris, France, 1982) 02:38
• 30 Old Man (Live in Paris, France, 1982) 02:55
• 31 Love Story (Live in Paris, France, 1982) 03:21
• 32 Short People (Live in Paris, France, 1982) 02:11
• 33 Christmas in Cape Town (Live in Paris, France, 1982) 04:09
• 34 Rednecks (Live in Paris, France, 1982) 03:02
• 35 Baltimore (Live in Paris, France, 1982) 02:50
• 36 I Think It's Going to Rain Today (Live in Paris, France, 1982) 02:40
• 37 You Can Leave Your Hat On (Live in Paris, France, 1982) 03:07
• 38 Marie (Live in Paris, France, 1982) 03:02
• 39 Ragtime (Live in Paris, France, 1982) 01:20
• Total Runtime 01:56:55

Info for Trouble in Paradise (Remastered Expanded Edition)

"Trouble in Paradise" (Expanded Edition) features a newly remastered version of the original, a rare live recording making its U.S. debut, and 13 previously unreleased demos for tracks like “Christmas In Cape Town” and “My Life Is Good.”

The demos also include “Big Fat Country Song (Something To Sing About),” a track that evolved into “I Love L.A.” after Don Henley of the Eagles suggested Newman write a song about his hometown. The result was a city anthem in the tradition of “Chicago” and “New York, New York,” but sharpened with Newman’s lyrical bite. Despite that edge, it was quickly embraced as Los Angeles’ unofficial theme and is still played at Dodgers games and city celebrations. “I’m happy that it brings people so much happiness,” Newman says. “The little ironies that I have in there are ignored, but not unnoticed by lots of people. They get it.”

Trouble in Paradise (Expanded Edition) also restores Un Samedi En Décembre, a rare live-in-the-studio concert recorded for French television in 1982 and previously unavailable in the U.S. Taped just before the release of Trouble in Paradise, the performance serves as a career-spanning retrospective, drawing from all but one of Newman’s previous studio albums. He accompanies himself on piano for much of the set, with a string section joining on songs like “Louisiana 1927,” “Love Story,” and “Marie.”

Named one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s, Trouble in Paradise was produced by Lenny Waronker—who oversaw Newman’s first six albums—together with Russ Titelman. The sessions featured some of Los Angeles’ top musicians, including members of Toto, along with guest appearances by Henley, Paul Simon, Rickie Lee Jones, Linda Ronstadt, and Bob Seger. Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham also contributed background vocals on “I Love L.A.”

Randy Newman, vocals, piano, synthesizers, arranger, conductor
Steve Lukather, guitar, "I Love L.A." Background vocals
David Paich, Farfisa organ, Fender Rhodes, "I Love L.A." Background vocals
Michael Boddicker, synthesizers, piano on "Mikey's", hammond organ on "Miami"
Nathan East, bass guitar "I Love L.A." Background vocals
Jeff Porcaro, drums "I Love L.A." Background vocals
Lenny Castro, percussion "I Love L.A." Background vocals
Paulinho Da Costa, percussion on "Take Me Back", "Christmas in Capetown" and "The Blues"
Ralph Grierson, piano on "Same Girl" and "Real Emotional Girl"
Neil Larsen, piano solo on "The Blues"
Dean Parks, guitar on "I'm Different", guitar solo on "The Blues", mandolin on "Miami"
Waddy Wachtel, rhythm guitar on "I Love L.A"
Paul Simon, vocals on "The Blues"
Larry Williams, horns on "Take Me Back" and "I Love L.A"
Steve Madaio, horns on "Take Me Back"
Ernie Watts, horns on "Take Me Back", sax solo on "My Life Is Good"
Jerry Hey, horns on "There's A Party at My House"
Jim Horn, horns on "There's A Party at My House" and "Mickey's"
Jon Smith, horns on "There's A Party at My House" and "Mickey's"
Jennifer Warnes, backing vocals on "I'm Different" and "Christmas in Capetown"
Wendy Waldman, backing vocals on "I'm Different" and "Christmas in Capetown"
Linda Ronstadt, backing vocals on "I'm Different" and "Christmas in Capetown"
Don Henley, backing vocals on "Take Me Back" and "Christmas in Capetown"
Bob Seger, backing vocals on "Take Me Back" and "Christmas in Capetown"
Rickie Lee Jones, backing vocals on "Miami"
Arno Lucas, backing vocals on "Miami"
Leslie Smith, backing vocals on "Miami"
Christine McVie, backing vocals on "I Love L.A"
Lindsey Buckingham, backing vocals on "I Love L.A"

Digitally remastered

Please Note: We offer this album in its native sampling rate of 48kHz, 24-bit. The provided 192kHz version was up-sampled and offers no audible value!

Randy Newman
The recipient of two Academy Awards for Best Original Song, 20 Oscar nominations, six Grammy awards, and 14 Grammy nominations, Newman is a singular figure who over the course of his career has explored various styles and sounds of the canon of 20th-century American music.

A Los Angeles native, Randy Newman became famous during the 1960s and '70s for writing quirky, darkly funny, or sharply satirical songs detailing the lives of characters of his own making. This idiosyncratic style alternated between sweeping cinematic pop and rolling R&B, a style heavily influenced by time spent in New Orleans during his youth. After Randy Newman’s self-titled debut album was released in 1968, his reputation as a songwriter grew quickly, as Judy Collins, Dusty Springfield, Peggy Lee, Harry Nilsson, and Joe Cocker, among others, recorded his songs. Newman began a career as a film composer in the early 1980s. Among his film compositions are many kid-friendly songs, including Toy Story’s “You’ve Got a Friend in Me.”

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