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Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Sings Newman Audio CD

A fair review of the Harry Nilsson "Nilsson Sings Newman" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Harry Nilsson reviews here, or go back to the Harry Nilsson tabs.

Harry Nilsson Band: Harry Nilsson
Title: Nilsson Sings Newman
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Release Date: 2000-02-08
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Vine St. 2: Love Story 3: Yellow Man 4: Caroline 5: Cowboy 6: Beehive State 7: I'll Be Home 8: Living Without You 9: Dayton, Ohio 1903 10: So Long Dad 11: Snow [#][*] 12: Love Story [Alternate Version][#][*] 13: Cowboy [Alternate Version][#][*] 14: I'll Be Home [#][*] 15: Living Without You [Alternate Version][#][*]

My Favorite Album for at least 2 years
What you have is no holds barred great songs sung with delicate emotion with gorgeous but sometimes unusual harmonies. For some reason most people don't get it, but after 3 listens this became my favorite album from my favorite singer; I listen to it at least once a month. It never rocks or is intrusive but is also subtley exciting. Unlike other reviewers, I love all of the songs, Beehive State being one of my favorites, but really they all are. I've never heard anything like it before.

Bottum line, if you any interest in either Harry Nilsson or Randy Newman then this is the album to have. I'm shocked that they're are any used ones for sale. .


Best ever album
Oh, how I miss Harry. Combining Harry Nilsson's voice and arrangements with the genius of
Randy Newman's songs is a stroke of genius on the part of Nilsson. His versions of Newman's songs outshone Newman's own versions.

If I could recommend two albums from those days, the other would be Abbey Road. Like Abbey Road, the Nillson album contains not one single bad track.

The death of Harry Nilsson killed a little part of me. Fortunately, he survives in recorded form. Do not miss "Nilsson Sings Newman" if you claim to know the history of contemporary music.

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flabbergasted
Holy cow. I've been trying various Nilsson records out over the last few weeks and this is the one that finally got me. For my tastes, a true overlooked classic. Of course, the songs are great. The vocals (incredible harmonies) are heartbreaking. And then Newman on piano -- you can't ask for much more.

Highly recommended.


A Somewhat Dissenting View
It was always one of my favorites; particularly because it was so small, so intimate and so utterly un-pop. I owned this album on vinyl back in the day.

I've read some carping here about the inclusion of "Beehive State". I gotta disagree; it happens to be my favorite cut. .


Two boys mystified by rock and roll, meant for one another


HARRY reflects Nilsson's penchant for British music hall: 4 stars. Nilsson and Newman, two boys mystified by rock and roll, were meant for one another. It opens with Nilsson alone, where he can display his skill as a crooner for our times, somehow uniting town-park gazebo Americana, Washington Park folk, and British music hall. No one else comes close. He has a gorgeous voice, but he is not Sinatra as claimed at the time. Settings fit songs and voice well. High standards throughout. Stand-out: tr 10-Lord must be in New York City.

Adding NILSSON SINGS NEWMAN ups the ante. I have searched for this album for decades; it is one of the best albums of all time and a personal favorite: 5 stars. [64:35].


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