View source for Dark Matter (Randy Newman album)

{{Infobox album
| name         = Dark Matter
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Randy Newman]]
| cover        = RandyNewman-DarkMatter.jpg
| border       = yes
| alt          =
| released     = August 4, 2017
| recorded     =
| studio       = [[Sunset Sound]] (Los Angeles, CA) <br> Sony Scoring Stage (Culver City, CA) <br> University High (Los Angeles, CA)
| genre        =
| length       = 39:34
| label        = [[Nonesuch Records|Nonesuch]]
| producer     = David Boucher, [[Mitchell Froom]], [[Lenny Waronker]]
| prev_title   = The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 3
| prev_year    = 2016
| next_title   = [[The Meyerowitz Stories]]
| next_year    = 2017
}}
{{Album ratings
| MC = 84/100<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/dark-matter/randy-newman |title=Dark Matter by Randy Newman |website=Metacritic |accessdate=August 4, 2017}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0003072847|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
| noprose = yes
| rev2 = ''[[Exclaim!]]''
| rev2score = 6/10<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/randy_newman-dark_matter |title=Randy Newman: Dark Matter Review |last=Keast |first=James |website=exclaim.ca |date=August 3, 2017 |accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]''
| rev3score = 8.7/10<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/08/randy-newman-dark-matter-review.html |title=Randy Newman: Dark Matter Review |last=Prado |first=Ryan |website=pastemagazine.com |date=August 4, 2017 |accessdate=August 4, 2017}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev4score = 8.0/10<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/randy-newman-dark-matter/|title=Randy Newman: Dark Matter|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=August 7, 2017|accessdate=March 17, 2019|last=Powell|first=Mike}}
</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'' ([[Robert Christgau#Consumer Guide|Expert Witness]])
| rev5score = A<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/xwynkn/robert-christgau-on-randy-newmans-album-of-the-year-contender |title=Robert Christgau on Randy Newman's Album of the Year Contender |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |website=[[Noisey]] |date=August 4, 2017 |accessdate=August 4, 2017}}</ref>
}}
'''''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/07/27/537309087/first-listen-randy-newman-dark-matter|title=First Listen: Randy Newman, 'Dark Matter'|first=Tom|last=Moon|work=[[NPR]].org|date=July 27, 2017|accessdate=August 2, 2017}}</ref> Veteran music critic [[Robert Christgau]] ranked it as the sixth-best album of the 2010s.<ref name="xgau">{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=December 20, 2019|url=https://robertchristgau.substack.com/p/deans-list-the-2010s|title=Dean's List: The 2010s|work=And It Don't Stop|publisher=[[Substack]]|accessdate=December 21, 2019}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| title1 = The Great Debate
| length1 = 8:08
| title2 = Brothers
| length2 = 4:54
| title3 = [[Vladimir Putin|Putin]]
| length3 = 3:44
| title4 = Lost Without You
| length4 = 3:54
| title5 = Sonny Boy
| length5 = 4:42
| title6 = [[It's a Jungle Out There (song)|It's a Jungle Out There]]
| length6 = 3:20
| title7 = She Chose Me
| length7 = 3:12
| title8 = On the Beach
| length8 = 4:30
| title9 = Wandering Boy
| length9 = 3:00
}}
==Accolades==
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Publication
! Accolade
! Rank
! class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| ''Flood Magazine''
| Top 25 Albums of 2017
| {{center|23}}
| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://floodmagazine.com/47724/the-best-albums-of-2017/|title=The Best Albums of 2017|publisher=Floodmagazine.com|date=December 13, 2017|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}</ref>}}
|-
| ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo Magazine]]''
| Top 50 Albums of 2017
| {{center|33}}
| {{center|<ref>{{cite web |title=MOJO's Top 50 Albums of 2017 |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/mojos-top-50-albums-of-2017/ |publisher=[[BrooklynVegan]] |access-date=2 May 2021 |author=Andrew Sacher |date=November 22, 2017}}</ref>}}
|-
| ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| Top 50 Albums of 2017
| {{center|13}}
| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-best-albums-of-2017-123296/|title=59 Best Albums of 2017|publisher=Rollingstone.com|last=Weingarten|first=Christopher|date=November 27, 2017|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}</ref>}}
|-
| ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin Magazine]]''
| Top 50 Albums of 2017
| {{center|43}}
| {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/featured/50-best-albums-2017/|title=50 Best Albums of 2017|publisher=Spin.com|date=December 18, 2017|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}</ref>}}
|}
==Personnel==
* [[Randy Newman]] – piano, vocals
* [[Matt Chamberlain]] – drums
* [[David Piltch]] – bass
* [[Blake Mills]] – guitar
* [[Mitchell Froom]] – additional keyboards
==Charts==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2017)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
{{album chart|Austria|35|artist=Randy Newman|album=Dark Matter|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 16, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|13|artist=Randy Newman|album=Dark Matter|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 18, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|129|artist=Randy Newman|album=Dark Matter|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 11, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|8|artist=Randy Newman|album=Dark Matter|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 11, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|48|id=337200|artist=Randy Newman|album=Dark Matter|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 11, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Ireland|25|M|url=http://www.irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Albums|title=Irish Albums Chart: 11 August 2017|publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 12, 2017}}
|-
! scope="row"| New Zealand Heatseekers Albums ([[Recorded Music NZ|RMNZ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2017-09-08|title=NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|date=August 14, 2017|access-date=August 11, 2017}}</ref>
| 3
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|20|date=201708011|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 12, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|20|artist=Randy Newman|album=Dark Matter|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 16, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|61|date=201708011|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 12, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardFolk|3|artist=Randy Newman|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRock|21|artist=Randy Newman|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 15, 2017}}
|}
{{col-2}}
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2017)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2017&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2017|publisher=Ultratop|accessdate=September 30, 2020}}</ref>
| 190
|}
{{col-end}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Randy Newman}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:2017 albums]]
[[Category:Randy Newman albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Mitchell Froom]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Lenny Waronker]]
[[Category:Nonesuch Records albums]]
{{2010s-pop-album-stub}}