Good Old Boys (1989) Album Review

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Music critics combined give Good Old Boys a score of 3.8500 out of 4

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Music critics combined give Good Old Boys a score of 4 out of 4

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Rolling Stone

The Ambrose Bierce of rock & roll has released another selection of his bitter and desperately sardonic fantasies. Read more about Good Old Boys on Rolling Stone

All Music Guide

Randy Newman's songwriting often walks a narrow line between intelligent satire and willful cruelty, and that line was never finer than on the albumGood Old Boys. Read more about Good Old Boys on All Music Guide

All Music Guide

The crown jewel in the first wave of Rhino's extensive Randy Newman reissue series isGood Old Boys-- which perhaps is appropriate, since it's arguably Newman's finest album. Read more about Good Old Boys on All Music Guide

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Movie critics combined give Good Old Boys a score of 4.00 out of 4

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Rolling Stone

The Ambrose Bierce of rock & roll has released another selection of his bitter and desperately sardonic fantasies.Good Old Boyshas a conceptually "Southern" atmosphere; it also has drunkenness and depression, fun celebrations of political
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Movie critics combined give Good Old Boys a score of 3.40 out of 4

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Adrian Denning.co.uk

'Good Old Boys' evolved from a Randy & Piano demo tape that traced through song the story and ideas behind his first conceptually themed album length project. At a time when Randy Newman couldn't have been more acclaimed by critics whilst
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Good Old Boys

by Randy Newman

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1989

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