Loudon Wainwright III (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Loudon Wainwright III
Type = Album
Artist = Loudon Wainwright III


Released = 1970
Recorded =
Genre = Folk
Length = 39:01
Label = Atlantic Records
Producer = Loudon Wainwright III,
Milt Kramer
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:s86gtq0zbu4p link]
* Robert Christgau (B-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=838&name=Loudon+Wainwright+III link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/loudonwainwrightiii/albums/album/139127/review/5947028/album_iii link]
This album = "Loudon Wainwright III"
(1970)
Next album = "Album II"
(1971)

"Loudon Wainwright III" (also known as "Album I") is the debut album of Loudon Wainwright III. It was released on vinyl in 1970 on Atlantic Records. Like his sophomore effort album II, the album is a solo acoustic effort (his later 70's albums became progressively more rocky). Though his ironic humour is evident, this is an altogether bleaker and more ascerbic effort ('Black Uncle Remus, 'Four is a Magic Number', 'Glad to See You've got Religion') than most of his 70's work.

Reflecting another career-wide obsession, the first line of the first song on his debut album concerns growing older - a theme which persists to his newest recordings, 37 years later, at time of writing.

Track listing

#"School Days" – 3:06
#"Hospital Lady" – 4:05
#"Ode To A Pittsburgh" – 3:15
#"Glad To See You’ve Got Religion" – 3:56
#"Uptown" – 2:45
#"Black Uncle Remus" – 2:39
#"Four Is A Magic Number" – 3:28
#"I Don’t Care" – 4:09
#"Central Square Song" – 5:28
#"Movies Are A Mother To Me" – 2:39
#"Bruno’s Place" – 3:31

Release history

*LP: Atlantic SD 8260 (U.S.)
*LP: Atlantic K40101 (UK)
*LP: Edsel ED308 (1989 re-release)
*CD: Collector's Choice 632 (April 4, 2006 re-release)

Miscellanea

*The song "Black Uncle Remus" is a reference to the fictional character Uncle Remus featured in several stories by Joel Chandler Harris.