Little Criminals

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Little Criminals is the fifth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Randy Newman. Like almost all his work, it leaves the usual pop themes alone: I'll Be Home is the only love song. Newman prefers to tell stories about eccentric characters, with cynical outlooks. He wrote all the songs, conducted and played keyboards, and Michael Boddicker programmed the synthesizers. Members of the Eagles, such as Glenn Frey and Joe Walsh, played and sang along.

Opener Short People became a hit. According to Record World, Baltimore is as serious as Short People was funny. The New York Times considered it Newman's first record with as many musical jokes as verbal ones. The album reached number 8 in the 1977 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Short People2:57Apple Music ↗
2. 2You Can't Fool the Fat Man2:47Apple Music ↗
3. 3Little Criminals3:03Apple Music ↗
4. 4Texas Girl At the Funeral of Her Father2:43Apple Music ↗
5. 5Jolly Coppers On Parade3:50Apple Music ↗
6. 6In Germany Before the War3:43Apple Music ↗
7. 7Sigmund Freud's Impersonation of Albert Einstein In America2:53Apple Music ↗
8. 8Baltimore4:06Apple Music ↗
9. 9I'll Be Home2:48Apple Music ↗
10. 10Rider In the Rain3:55Apple Music ↗
11. 11Kathleen (Catholicism Made Easier)3:38Apple Music ↗
12. 12Old Man On the Farm2:13Apple Music ↗

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