Sail Away
by Randy Newman
Randy Newman bestography
Sail Away is ranked as the best album by Randy Newman.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 02/07/2026 08:08 | PurplePiePete | 1,807 | 80/100 |
| ! | 01/17/2026 13:11 | Imaybeparanoid | 7,336 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/12/2026 21:45 |  Norman Bates | 10,024 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/02/2026 21:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,459 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2025 03:04 | MaxStorm98 | 3,798 | 89/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.9/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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Bob Dylan said "It doesnt get any better" than this album.
I know people use the term "underrated" way too much. But this album may actually be the most underrated album of all time. A really great album of tinkering piano songs, really personal but not really in a lyrical and biographical sense but in a personality. This album is deep, humorous, catchy and really charming, reflecting newmans personality.
the prolific artist may be of all time. i benefited greatly from these efforts during the soundtrack days that followed.
planetneutral 12/20/2020 19:19 | #262978
Tuneful, but mostly too slow for me. Gets a bump for the purported "keeping Brian Wilson sane" factor.
VictorVale 07/06/2019 23:17 | #239063
Excelente e inteligente, além de alta qualidade de absorção!
Probably Randy Newman's best album, sail away, is an excellent record from one of America's greatest ever songwriters. Featuring stunning songs from the eternally topical, political science, you can leave your hat on, and, God's song(that's why I love mankind). Brilliant intelligent songs.
Great intro to one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century.
swhaze 10/06/2014 20:32 | #123527
Randy Newman is in a class all his own. That's not to say he's the BEST of the best, but he is most definitely an icon.
paladisiac 02/26/2013 15:55 | #66221
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ffudnebbuh 10/07/2010 20:15 | #13086
It was a consistently good seller(Reprise MS 2064) throughout the 70s and 80s and got a lot of airplay in the same period, especially for "Political Science" and "Sail Away". One of my favorite albums and IMO his best, but also check out Randy Newman Live and "I think its going to rain today". I am really glad to see that this album is so popular with the members on this site..albums like this can get lost in the passage of time.
RaineyWins 06/02/2010 08:29 | #12423
It is lonely at the top, *sighs
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