On September 23, 1977, “Warner Bros” label released “Little Criminals”, the fifth  Randy Newman album. It was recorded July–September 1977, at “Warner Bros. Recording Studios” in North Hollywood, and “The Burbank Studios”, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Russ Titelman.

Personnel:

• Randy Newman- vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, piano
• Joe Walsh – guitar, slide guitar
• Waddy Wachtel, Glenn Frey – guitar
• Ry Cooder – mandolin
• Ralph Grierson – piano
• Mike Boddicker- additional synthesizer, synthesizer programming
• Klaus Voormann – bass
• Willie Weeks – bass
• Andy Newmark, Rick Marotta, Jim Keltner – drums
• Milt Holland – congas
• Jim Keltner -temple blocks
• The Eagles, Glenn Frey, D. Souther, Tim Schmit – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Newman.

1. Short People
2. You Can’t Fool the Fatman
3. Little Criminals
4. Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father
5. Jolly Coppers on Parade
6. In Germany Before the War
7. Sigmund Freud’s Impersonation of Albert Einsteinin America
8. Baltimore
9. I’ll Be Home
10. Rider in the Rain
11. Kathleen (Catholicism Made Easier)
12. Old Man on the Farm