''Trouble in Paradise'' is the seventh album by American composer Randy Newman. Released four years after his last commercial album, 1979's ''Born Again'', and two years after he composed the original score for the 1981 film ''Ragtime'', it was well-received as a return to form. It spawned the smash hit "I Love L.A." in addition to a duet with Paul Simon on "The Blues."

Viewing it from a musical perspective, it was vastly different from anything Newman had previously created, full of synthesizers, drum loops, and samples. The writing also took a change, somewhat abandoning the country-tinged folkiness of his work in the 70's in favor of glossy synth pop. - Wikipedia