ARTiST: Loudon Wainwright III
ALBUM: Recovery
BiTRATE: 154kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: Yep Roc
GENRE: Folk/Rock
SiZE: 55.98 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 47min 56sec total
RiP DATE: 2008-08-23
STORE DATE: 2008-08-22
Track List:
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01. Black Uncle Remus 2:26
02. Saw Your Name In The Paper 3:06
03. School Days 3:33
04. The Drinking Song 4:39
05. Motel Blues 3:20
06. Muse Blues 3:35
07. New Paint 3:51
08. Be Careful There's A Baby In 4:00
The House
09. Needless to Say 3:05
10. The Movies Are A Mother To Me 3:13
11. Say That You Love Me 3:26
12. Old Friend 3:38
13. The Man Who Couldn't Cry 6:04
Release Notes:
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Having hired Loudon Wainwright III to compose a soundtrack for Knocked Up,
director Judd Apatow is a stone fan of the singer-songwriter. On Recovery, which
revisits material from Wainwright's nearly 40-year career, you can see why they
get along. Like the filmmaker, Wainwright shows the male ego in all its needy,
embarrassing glory; he's kind of like that naked dude in Forgetting Sarah
Marshall. See "Motel Blues," a song Alex Chilton notably covered with Big Star.
"I'll write a song for you, I'll put it on my next LP," Wainwright promises
here, attempting to woo a young fan into bed; it's simultaneously pathetic,
funny and tragic.
Roots-minded producer Joe Henry (Solomon Burke, Elvis Costello) helps fill out
songs that were originally voice and acoustic guitar with shimmering pedal steel
and other string colors. And Wainwright's voice sounds better than ever, adding
the weight of history to songs that were poignant to begin with. You can imagine
him singing "Saw Your Name in the Paper" to his singer-songwriter offspring,
Rufus and Martha ù a confession about fame's dubious allure that now reads like
a paternal warning.