Album III

by Loudon Wainwright III

Album III cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 June 1972
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 32:19
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Infusing his signature sardonic wit with full-band rock instrumentation for the first time, the acclaimed American songwriter achieved unexpected mainstream visibility with this Columbia debut. The record is famously anchored by the massive novelty hit 'Dead Skunk,' yet primarily features incisive, self-deprecating acoustic ballads that heavily defined his deeply confessional style.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, Ballad, folk, acoustic, male-vocals, conversational, narrative

Tracklist

  1. Dead Skunk (3:05)
  2. Red Guitar (1:48)
  3. East Indian Princess (2:56)
  4. Muse Blues (2:53)
  5. Hometeam Crowd (1:49)
  6. B Side (2:25)
  7. Needless To Say (3:14)
  8. Smokey Joe's Cafe (2:31)
  9. New Paint (3:00)
  10. Trilogy (Circa 1967) (3:11)
  11. Drinking Song (2:54)
  12. Say That You Love Me (2:29)

Credits

  • Loudon Wainwright III - primary artist, written-by
  • White Cloud - backing band
  • Richard Crooks - drums
  • Don Payne - electric bass
  • Charles Brown III - electric guitar
  • Kenny Kosek - fiddle
  • Bill Keith - instruments [additional], banjo, pedal steel guitar
  • Richard Davis - instruments [additional], bass

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