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Loudon Wainwright III - Album I Audio CD

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Loudon Wainwright III Band: Loudon Wainwright III
Title: Album I
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Release Date: 2006-04-04
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: School Days 2: Hospital Lady 3: Ode To A Pittsburgh 4: Glad To See You�ve Got Religion 5: Uptown 6: Black Uncle Remus 7: Four Is A Magic Number 8: I Don�t Care 9: Central Square Song 10: Movies Are A Mother To Me 11: Bruno�s Place

I shall say it ten times ...
Went to his concert in Brisbane and loved the fact that live or recorded, he sounds the same. I have purchased, yes paid for, ten of Loudon's CD's. I guess I'm a true blue fan, so what else is there to say ?.


Loudon is the best!
Loudon has a unique style and song writing technique that is humorous and endearing. I first heard this when it was released and became a huge fan. His work continues to excel. Great first ( or any ) album!.


What a debut.
And what a stack of songs!

Wainwright's first two LPs were acoustic guitar/vocals, and starker than his mid 70's output, which was propelled by 'Dead Skunk. Loudon Wainwright was a wanabee actor turned songwriter, who debuted with this album, in 1970. )

Still going stronger than ever, now in his early 60's, and still singing about getting old, I can't help but note that the first line of the first song of his first LP is "In Delaware when I was younger" (he must have been all of 23. )

Wainwright has mixed up comedy, irony and tragedy, tenderness and brutal honesty throughout his career, and if his late material tends more toward the tender and honest, go back to 1970 and check out songs like the brutally sad 'Hospital Lady', or the pull-no-punches 'Four is a Magic Number' or 'Glad to See You've Got Religion' ("Everytime I sit you down to tell you what is true / For safety's sake remember please, I would shutup if I knew. ")

'Black Uncle Remus' would probably not even be released today ("You start calling for Jesus or your mama maybe / When your life's gummed up in the old tar baby")

This is not Loudon's best album, but with such an avalanche of classics to choose from, that means little ('History', 'More Love Songs', 'Last Man on Earth') - but it is the best of his early works.


Finally - Loudon's 1st is on CD
It's an honest observation as a teenager - hope you were lucky enough to listen to it as a teenager. There's nothing like this album (now CD!). "School Days" is for anyone who liked the movie "Bridge To Terabithia". "Glad To See You Got Religion" would make a good flip side 45, it reverses the players. "Uptown" IS NYC. "Four Is A Magic Number" falls back to pre-Terabithia days. Now the best, nothing like it ever, "Central Square Song". There's no studio trickery here. I saw Loudon do it live and his tongue action is what you are hearing - WOW!!!
Love ya's - Vic.


Loudon's best CD in my opinion!
This is my favorite Loudon CD by far, closely followed by Album II. I was turned on to this album in 1970 by a friend, Jay Pink, days after it came out and am glad to see it finally released on CD. The reason is that it is just Loudon and guitar and the songs are so unique. No band here to mess things up. If you have ever caught Loudon live, you will know he is at his best with just guitar and vocals. The songs are first rate with "School Days", "Black Uncle Remus", and "Uptown" being among my favorite songs. If you are accustomed to only his novelty songs, you may not like this CD, however, you might. I think it is one of the best and most underrated CD's of the 1970's. .


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