“The ultimate, undiluted concentrate of sweet and sour songwriting genius. A monument not only to Newman’s half-century of great songwriting but to this moment in history when all the bad Amerikarma he’s so drolly, poignantly characterised and set to quavers and crotchets in that time achieves its purest distillation in The Donald’s tilt at the presidency. Of the 56 songs Newman revisits with just voice and piano there’s not a duff song or performance. The ideal binge listen for when they drop the big one.” – Mojo * * * * * “The Songbook records strip away the orchestrations of his regular albums, leaving Newman alone at the piano, singing songs from throughout his career … three-minute masterpieces from throughout a half-century career.” —Time Out NY  Nonesuch Records presents the three-CD box set ‘The Randy Newman Songbook’, following its recent release on vinyl. Nonesuch's Randy Newman ‘Songbook’ series—comprising solo recordings of songs from throughout Newman's five-decade career—previously included two volumes, released on CD in 2003 and 2011. Sixteen additional songs from a newly released third volume, along with five bonus tracks ("Feels Like Home," "A Wedding in Cherokee County," "Family Album: Homage to Alfred, Emil and Lionel Newman, "A Few Words in Defence of Our Country” and "I'm Dreaming"), join those first two volumes to create this new complete ‘Songbook’ box set. Randy Newman's many honours include six Grammys, three Emmys, and two Academy Awards. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013. The ‘Songbook’ boxset includes superb solo piano & vocal recordings of classic tracks like ‘Louisiana 1927’, ‘I Love LA’, ‘Short People’ and Randy’s much-loved “Toy Story” theme ‘You’ve Got a Friend in Me’.