Album III

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


Released = 1972
Recorded =
Genre = Folk
Length = 32:19
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Thomas Jefferson Kaye
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:ilud6j8h71q0 link]
*Robert Christgau (A-) [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/5941312/album_iiiv link]
Last album = "Album II"
(1971)
This album = "Album III"
(1972)
Next album = "Attempted Mustache"
(1973)

"Album III", as its title indicates, is the third full album from Loudon Wainwright III. It was originally released in 1972 on Columbia Records. "Album III" would spawn Loudon Wainwright's most popular hit single, "Dead Skunk".

Track listing

#"Dead Skunk" – 3:05
#"Red Guitar" – 1:49
#"East Indian Princess" – 2:56
#"Muse Blues" – 2:53
#"Hometeam Crowd" – 1:49
#"B Side" – 2:26
#"Needless To Say" – 3:14
#"Smokey Joe's Cafe" – 2:31
#"New Paint" – 3:00
#"Trilogy (Circa 1967)" – 3:11
#"Drinking Song" – 2:55
#"Say That You Love Me" – 2:30

Personnel

*Loudon Wainwright III - Guitar, vocals
*David Amram - French horn
*Brooks Arthur - Engineer
*Charlie Brown - Guitar, Electric guitar
*Richard Crooks - drums
*Richard Davis - Bass
*Thomas Jefferson Kaye - Guitar, Arranger, Rhythm Guitar, Producer
*Bill Keith - Banjo, Steel guitar
*Kenny Kosek - Fiddle, Violin
*Hugh McCracken - Guitar
*Don Payne - Electric bass
*Elliott Randall - Electric guitar
*Jim Ryan - Guitar
*David Sanborn - Saxophone
*Sailor Bob Schmidt - Harmonica
*Tom Watson - Electric bass
*Eric Weissberg - Dobro, Guitar
*Teddy Wender - Piano

Release history

*LP: Columbia KC 31462 (U.S.)
*LP: CBS 65238 (UK)
*CD: Sony CK31462 (August 20, 1990 re-release)