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- Summary: The first new studio release for the pop singer-songwriter in nine years was produced by Mitchell Froom, Lenny Waronker, and David Boucher.
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- Record Label: Nonesuch
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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| Lost Without You | |
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| Even if I knew which way the wind was blowing Even if I knew this road would lead me home Even if I knew for once where I was going I'm lost out here... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 16 out of 18
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Mixed: 2 out of 18
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Aug 4, 2017Dark Matter is dense, complicated stuff, though it’s also an engrossing display of pop theater.
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Aug 4, 2017It’s a long way from his turns as go-to Disney film composer, but on Dark Matter, Newman’s versatility, as ever, transcends pigeonholing and illuminates the smart aleck-y nature (with the emphasis on smart) of one of the world’s great songwriters once again.
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MojoAug 1, 2017It's a little fragmented, maybe two or three songs too short, but still brimming with his sweet-sour magic. [Sep 2017, p.88]
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Q MagazineAug 1, 2017[Randy Newman returns] to what he does best: write and sing songs that veer from wild sentimentality to ambiguity to deep cynicism. [Sep 2017, p.113]
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Aug 7, 2017Smart but never intellectual, given more to the words we use over the words we know, Newman peppers these stories with little references to the Great Migration, climate change (the swells on Willie’s beach keep getting bigger), global politics, and American myth.
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Sep 25, 2017At this point in Newman’s career, fans can expect the orchestration and the indirect storytelling, the strange viewpoints and unusual characters. That’s what Newman does. And he’s still doing it well, turning his vision into music with renewed energy.
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Aug 3, 2017Lyrically, Newman continues to play games that amuse him, but the logical and narrative backflips might be too much this time.
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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