Dark Matter (Randy Newman album)

Dark Matter
Dark Matter
Studio album by Randy Newman
Released	August 4, 2017
Studio	Sunset Sound (Los Angeles, CA) ; Sony Scoring Stage (Culver City, CA) ; University High (Los Angeles, CA)
Length	39:34
Label	Nonesuch
Producer	David Boucher, Mitchell Froom, Lenny Waronker
Randy Newman chronology

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	84/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Exclaim!	6/10^[3]
Paste	8.7/10^[4]
Pitchfork	8.0/10^[5]
Vice (Expert Witness)	A^[6]

Dark Matter is the fifteenth studio album of original material and first of such in nine years by Randy Newman, released on August 4, 2017, by Nonesuch Records. NPR.org released an advance stream of the album on July 27, 2017.^[7] Veteran music critic Robert Christgau ranked it as the sixth-best album of the 2010s.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Great Debate"	8:08
2.	"Brothers"	4:54
3.	"Putin"	3:44
4.	"Lost Without You"	3:54
5.	"Sonny Boy"	4:42
6.	"It's a Jungle Out There"	3:20
7.	"She Chose Me"	3:12
8.	"On the Beach"	4:30
9.	"Wandering Boy"	3:00

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
Flood Magazine	Top 25 Albums of 2017	23	^[9]
Mojo Magazine	Top 50 Albums of 2017	33	^[10]
Rolling Stone	Top 50 Albums of 2017	13	^[11]
Spin Magazine	Top 50 Albums of 2017	43	^[12]

Personnel

Randy Newman – piano, vocals
Matt Chamberlain – drums
David Piltch – bass
Blake Mills – guitar
Mitchell Froom – additional keyboards

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[13]	35
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[14]	13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[15]	129
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[16]	8
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[17]	48
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[18]	25
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)^[19]	3
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[20]	20
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[21]	20
UK Albums (OCC)^[22]	61
US Folk Albums (Billboard)^[23]	3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[24]	21

Year-end charts

Chart (2017)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[25]	190

References

^ "Dark Matter by Randy Newman". Metacritic. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
^ Allmusic review
^ Keast, James (August 3, 2017). "Randy Newman: Dark Matter Review". exclaim.ca. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
^ Prado, Ryan (August 4, 2017). "Randy Newman: Dark Matter Review". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
^ Powell, Mike (August 7, 2017). "Randy Newman: Dark Matter". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
^ Christgau, Robert (August 4, 2017). "Robert Christgau on Randy Newman's Album of the Year Contender". Noisey. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
^ Moon, Tom (July 27, 2017). "First Listen: Randy Newman, 'Dark Matter'". NPR.org. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
^ Christgau, Robert (December 20, 2019). "Dean's List: The 2010s". And It Don't Stop. Substack. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
^ "The Best Albums of 2017". Floodmagazine.com. December 13, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
^ Andrew Sacher (November 22, 2017). "MOJO's Top 50 Albums of 2017". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ Weingarten, Christopher (November 27, 2017). "59 Best Albums of 2017". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
^ "50 Best Albums of 2017". Spin.com. December 18, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Randy Newman – Dark Matter" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
^ "Ultratop.be – Randy Newman – Dark Matter" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
^ "Ultratop.be – Randy Newman – Dark Matter" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Randy Newman – Dark Matter" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Randy Newman – Dark Matter" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
^ "Irish Albums Chart: 11 August 2017". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
^ "NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. August 14, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Randy Newman – Dark Matter". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
^ "Randy Newman Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
^ "Randy Newman Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
^ "Jaaroverzichten 2017". Ultratop. Retrieved September 30, 2020.

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[1] "Dark Matter by Randy Newman". Metacritic. Retrieved August 4, 2017.

[2] Allmusic review

[3] Keast, James (August 3, 2017). "Randy Newman: Dark Matter Review". exclaim.ca. Retrieved August 24, 2017.

[4] Prado, Ryan (August 4, 2017). "Randy Newman: Dark Matter Review". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved August 4, 2017.

[pitchfork-5] Powell, Mike (August 7, 2017). "Randy Newman: Dark Matter". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 17, 2019.

[6] Christgau, Robert (August 4, 2017). "Robert Christgau on Randy Newman's Album of the Year Contender". Noisey. Retrieved August 4, 2017.

[7] Moon, Tom (July 27, 2017). "First Listen: Randy Newman, 'Dark Matter'". NPR.org. Retrieved August 2, 2017.

[xgau-8] Christgau, Robert (December 20, 2019). "Dean's List: The 2010s". And It Don't Stop. Substack. Retrieved December 21, 2019.

[9] "The Best Albums of 2017". Floodmagazine.com. December 13, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2019.

[10] Andrew Sacher (November 22, 2017). "MOJO's Top 50 Albums of 2017". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[11] Weingarten, Christopher (November 27, 2017). "59 Best Albums of 2017". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved February 21, 2019.

[12] "50 Best Albums of 2017". Spin.com. December 18, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2019.

[ac_Austria_Randy_Newman-13] "Austriancharts.at – Randy Newman – Dark Matter" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 16, 2017.

[ac_Flanders_Randy_Newman-14] "Ultratop.be – Randy Newman – Dark Matter" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 18, 2017.

[ac_Wallonia_Randy_Newman-15] "Ultratop.be – Randy Newman – Dark Matter" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 11, 2017.

[ac_Netherlands_Randy_Newman-16] "Dutchcharts.nl – Randy Newman – Dark Matter" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 11, 2017.

[ac_Germany4_Randy_Newman-17] "Offiziellecharts.de – Randy Newman – Dark Matter" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 11, 2017.

[18] "Irish Albums Chart: 11 August 2017". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved August 12, 2017.

[19] "NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. August 14, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2017.

[ac_Scotland_-20] "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 12, 2017.

[ac_Switzerland_Randy_Newman-21] "Swisscharts.com – Randy Newman – Dark Matter". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 16, 2017.

[ac_UK2_-22] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 12, 2017.

[ac_BillboardFolk_Randy_Newman-23] "Randy Newman Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2019.

[ac_BillboardRock_Randy_Newman-24] "Randy Newman Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 15, 2017.

[25] "Jaaroverzichten 2017". Ultratop. Retrieved September 30, 2020.

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v t e Randy Newman
Studio albums	Randy Newman 12 Songs Sail Away Good Old Boys Little Criminals Born Again Trouble in Paradise Land of Dreams Bad Love Harps and Angels Dark Matter
Live albums	Randy Newman Live
Compilations	Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman The Best of Randy Newman The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2
Musicals	Randy Newman's Faust
Soundtracks	Avalon Toy Story James and the Giant Peach A Bug's Life Toy Story 2 Meet the Parents Monsters, Inc. Cars The Princess and the Frog Toy Story 3 Monsters University Cars 3 Toy Story 4 Marriage Story
Songs	"Mama Told Me Not to Come" "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" "Sail Away" "He Gives Us All His Love" "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear" "Political Science" "You Can Leave Your Hat On" "Louisiana 1927" "Rednecks" "Short People" "I Love L.A." "You've Got a Friend in Me" "When She Loved Me" "If I Didn't Have You" "It's a Jungle Out There" "Our Town" "When We're Human" "Friends on the Other Side" "Down in New Orleans" "Almost There" "We Belong Together" "The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy"
Related	Discography Accolades Nilsson Sings Newman Alfred Newman David Newman Emil Newman Joey Newman Lionel Newman Thomas Newman