Album
Album III
1972 · Rock
9 collectors on Gatefold own this
Album III is a Spoken Word album by Loudon Wainwright III, originally released in 1972. On Gatefold: 31 pressings tracked, owned by 9 collectors.
About
Loudon Wainwright's third album marked a major change in production approach, which is to say that there was one; Wainwright's first two releases were solo acoustic affairs. But with famed producer Thomas Jefferson Kaye on board, <i>Album III</i> featured full-band backing from some of the best session players around (David Sanborn, Hugh McCracken, etc.), and consequently, a move toward folk rock. Perhaps not coincidentally, the album earned Wainwright his first and only Top 40 single, "Dead Skunk," a country-flavored tune about grievously aromatic roadkill that became a novelty hit. While humor has always been a key element in Wainwright's artistic arsenal, he usually takes a more ironic approach, as on "Red Guitar," where he mocks the rock-star guitar-smashing tradition, or "Muse Blues," a sarcasm-soaked take on the search for inspiration. But as the affecting, irony-free ballad "Needless to Say" makes clear, Wainwright's also entirely capable of playing it straight any time it suits his fancy.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Dead Skunk3:08
- A2Red Guitar1:47
- A3East Indian Princess2:57
- A4Muse Blues2:55
- A5Hometeam Crowd1:50
- A6B Side2:27
Side B
- B1Needless To Say3:13
- B2Smokey Joe's Cafe2:31
- B3New Paint3:02
- B4Trilogy (Circa 1967)3:12
- B5Drinking Song2:54
- B6Say That You Love Me2:29
Sound DNA
- Spoken Word
- Comedy
- stripped-back
- wistful
- witty
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bill KeithBANJO, PEDAL STEEL GUITAR INSTRUMENTS , BANJO, PEDAL STEEL GUITAR MUSICIAN , BANJO, PEDAL STEEL GUITAR
- Charles Brown IIIBAND , ELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR
- David AmramFRENCH HORN INSTRUMENTS , FRENCH HORN MUSICIAN , FRENCH HORN
- Don PayneBAND , ELECTRIC BASS ELECTRIC BASS
- Elliott RandallELECTRIC GUITAR INSTRUMENTS , ELECTRIC GUITAR MUSICIAN , ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Eric WeissbergGUITAR, DOBRO GUITAR, GUITAR GUITAR, OTHER
- Hugh McCrackenGUITAR INSTRUMENTS , GUITAR MUSICIAN , GUITAR
- Jimmy RyanGUITAR INSTRUMENTS , GUITAR MUSICIAN , GUITAR
- Kenny KosekBAND , FIDDLE FIDDLE
- Loudon Wainwright IIIVOCALS, GUITAR
- Richard CrooksBAND , DRUMS DRUMS
- Richard DavisBASS INSTRUMENTS , BASS MUSICIAN , BASS
- Sailor Bob SchmidtHARMONICA INSTRUMENTS , MOUTH ORGAN INSTRUMENTS , HARMONICA
- Teddy WenderBAND , PIANO PIANO
- Thomas KayeBAND , RHYTHM GUITAR RHYTHM GUITAR
- Tom WatsoELECTRIC BASS INSTRUMENTS , ELECTRIC BASS MUSICIAN , ELECTRIC BASS
- Tom WatsonELECTRIC BASS
9 collectors on Gatefold own this · 31 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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