Faust

Randy Newman's Faust is a 1993 musical based the work on the classic story of Faust. Newman borrowed elements from the version by Goethe, as well as Milton's Paradise Lost, but updated the story to the modern
day and infused it with humorous cynicism. In this retelling, God and the Devil fight for the soul of Henry Faust, a student at the University of Notre Dame. Vocal duties are co handled by James Taylor, Elton John, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt and Don Henley. Available on vinyl for the first time!

• Label Music On Vinyl
• 180 Gram Vinyl Records - 2-LP - New
• First Time On Vinyl
• Track Listing
• LP 1
• Side 1
• 1.Glory Train
• 2.Can't Keep a Good Man Down
• 3.How Great Our Lord
• 4.Best Little Girl
• 5.Northern Boy
• Side 2
• 1.Bless The Children of the World
• 2.Gainesville
• 3.Relax, Enjoy Yourself
• 4.Life Has Been Good To Me
• LP 2
• Side 3
• 1.Little Island
• 2.The Man
• 3.My Hero
• 4.I Gotta Be Your Man
• Side 4
• 1.Feels Like Home
• 2.Bleeding All Over the Place
• 3.Sandman's Coming
• 4.Happy Ending

This give to us some advantages, like this :
1. A Generally Unheard Classic
The original release of "Faust" (in Randy's words) "didn't sell enough to pay for my kids' toothpaste."

The Randster tackles the classic story, "Faust" with sardonic tongue-in-cheek style that laces through most of his best work, and comes out with a fantastic and subtely (and sometimes out-loud) funny work of art. Great tunes, fantastic production - this album in certain ways culminates a unique and beatufiul career - Randy tackles the heaviest of subjects (God), drags out contemporaries and far more commercially successful friends (Elton John, Don Henley) and creates a work of beauty that is so direct AND off center, that it finds little audience in today's CD buying market place. For those who love "Good Old Boys" - this is a perfect companion. Tackling an even more taboo subject with another disc of Randy on piano, playing the melodies raw.

Randy, of course, plays The Devil. And his own personally undecided view of religion comes through. How Glorious is God sings James...

2. Inspired
Clever, blasphemous, corrosively funny and sometimes poignant. It's the real thing. Let's face it: putting this in front of a pop music audience was like feeding oysters and icy vodka to a baby. No wonder it failed commercially. But it bears repeated listening, in my experience. Knowing Goethe's Faust (Part I) helps. The orchestration is creative, the melodies occasionally lovely. I only wish that it had been fully developed instead of staying in its unfinished form, because it would have ranked among the best of American musical theater. The remaining tracks are fragments of a brilliant work.

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Nothing Else Comes Close
I listened to this album (with headphones) for the first time last night and when I wasn't laughing, my jaw was on the floor for the sheer musical greatness that unfolded before me. You gotta hear this with headphones. Christians beware, Randy Newman is on the prowl! But in all fairness to Randy, he says in his liner notes (also great w/ this Dlx pkg) "It doesn't make the case for Atheism more effectively than than the case for religion". If you doubted Newman's artistry before, then Faust will surely correct your oversight!
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