大象传媒

Robert Sandall presents a selection of maverick songwriters, including Tom Waits, Laurie Anderson, Joan As Policewoman, and new albums by Tricky and Randy Newman. Newman's Harps And Angels is only his fourth album in twenty years, and this songwriter best known for his Hollywood soundtrack work is on fine mordant form here, with this collection of wry observations about life, politics and death. By contrast, Tricky is a Bristolian who came to fame as a leading light of that city's "trip-hop" scene in the 1990s, along with Portishead. In recent years his records have not gained much limelight, but his new album Knowle West Kid sees him revisiting his Bristolian roots and is an impressive return to form.

Tuesday 2nd September

Randy Newman: Laugh and be Happy
Taken from the album Harps & Angels
Nonesuch 7559-79989-2

Scarlett Johansson: I wish I was in New Orleans
Taken from the album Anywhere I lay my Head
Warner/Rhino ATCO 8122 79925 8

Notwist: Sleep
Taken from the album The Devil, You + Me
City Slang Records

Tom Waits: Alice
Taken from the album Alice
Anti 6632-2

Beck: Stagolee
Taken from the album A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt
Vanguard VCD 79582-2

Lars Horntveth: Pooka
Taken from the album Pooka
Smalltown Supersound STS079D

Laurie Anderson: Slip Away
Taken from the album Life on a String
CD: Nonesuch 79539-2

Randy Newman: Harps & Angels
Taken from the album Harps & Angels
CD: Nonesuch 7559-79989-2

Natalie Merchant: Because I could not stop for Death
Taken from the album Retrospective
CD: Elektra 8122 73122-2

Bill Frisell: Floratone
Taken from the album Floratone
Blue Note 0946 3 93879-2

Johnny Dowd: Separate Beds
Taken from the album The Pawnbroker鈥檚 Wife
Munich Records MRCD 224

Tricky: Puppy Toy
Taken from the album Knowle West Boy
Domino WIGCD195

Yoko Ono: Toyboat
Taken from the album Yes, I鈥檓 a Witch
Parlophone/Astralwerks

Philip Glass: Vessels (Koyaanisqatsi)
Taken from the album Glass Box

T Bone Burnett: The Rat Age
Taken from the album Tooth of Crime
Nonesuch 450300

Joan As Policewoman: To Survive
Taken from the album To Survive
Reveal

Magnetic Fields: Courtesans
Taken from the album Distortion
Nonesuch 7559-79965-4

Tricky: School Gates
Taken from the album Knowle West Boy
CD: Domino WIGCD195

Yoko Ono: Walking on Thin Ice
Taken from the ablum Yes, I鈥檓 a Witch
Parlophone/Astralwerks

KD Lang: I Dream of Spring
Taken from the album Watershed
Nonesuch

Joan As Policewoman: To Be Lonely
Taken from the album To Survive
Reveal Records

Randy Newman: Korean Parents
Taken from the album Harps & Angels
Nonesuch 7559-79989-2

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