Born Again (Randy Newman album)

Newman expected the album to be a hit. Instead, the album sold relatively poorly, with worse reviews than its predecessor.[6] Stephen Holden, writing for Rolling Stone, criticized the album for its "snide" and "nihilistic" tone.[7] Newman called it "a larger insult,"[2] and reflected, "The mistake I made was that to do this, people have to know who you are in the first place."[8] "It's a weird album full of peculiar songs like the one about an ELO fan getting everything wrong. It's very idiosyncratic, with small subjects. If it had been a hit to follow it might have been different but I have always written the same way."[6] Ironically, Jeff Lynne would later be among the producers of Land of Dreams.

All tracks written and arranged by Randy Newman.

1. "It's Money That I Love" – 3:38
2. "The Story of a Rock and Roll Band" – 2:53
3. "Pretty Boy" – 4:00
4. "Mr. Sheep" – 3:53
5. "Ghosts" – 2:28
6. "They Just Got Married" – 2:51
7. "Spies" – 3:55
8. "The Girls in My Life (Part One)" – 2:36
9. "Half a Man" – 3:38
10. "William Brown" – 1:50
11. "Pants" – 3:06

• Randy Newman – vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes
• Waddy Wachtel, Buzz Feiten – guitar
• Chuck Findley, Tom Scott – horns
• Victor Feldman – piano, Fender Rhodes, drums, percussion
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizer
• David Shields, Willie Weeks – bass guitar
• Andy Newmark – drums
• Lenny Castro, Carlos Vega – percussion
• Stephen Bishop – background vocals
• Valerie Carter – background vocals
• Arno Lucas – background vocals

Technical

• Tom Knox - engineer
• Lee Herschberg - mixing
• Mike Salisbury - art direction, cover design
• Mark Feldman - cover photography