“Attempted Mustache” by Loudon Wainwright III - album review
| features in: Album Chart of 1973 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1970s |
Loudon's fourth was recorded with Nashville session men and largely fails to catch-a-fire with me, although his semi-remake of Woody Guthrie's “New York Town” redone as “I Am The Way (New York Town)” has the live audience in a state of shock and awe as he (playfully) flirts with the blasphemy laws. Best on side two is “The Man Who Couldn’t Cry”, which is much more like the Loudon I like; a stripped-back, dry and compelling storyteller, this one being a six minute tragi-tale of a man who faces all sorts of trials and tribulations but remains emotionless until the day he dies of dehydration. When he gets it right it's a laugh-a-long-a-Loudon all the way!
The Jukebox Rebel
13–Sep–2011
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [02:26]  Loudon Wainwright III - The Swimming Song (Loudon Wainwright III) Folk Rock / Americana |
| A2 | [02:31]  Loudon Wainwright III - A.M. World (Loudon Wainwright III) Blues Rock / Soul Rock |
| A3 | [02:27]  Loudon Wainwright III - Bell Bottom Pants (Loudon Wainwright III) Songwriter |
| A4 | [02:47]  Loudon Wainwright III - Liza (Loudon Wainwright III) Folk |
| A5 | [03:12]  Loudon Wainwright III - I Am The Way (New York Town) [live] (Loudon Wainwright III, Woody Guthrie) Alternative Folk |
| A6 | [03:37]  Loudon Wainwright III - Clockwork Chartreuse (Loudon Wainwright III) Soft Rock / A.O.R. |
| B1 | [03:55]  Loudon Wainwright III - Down Drinking At The Bar (Loudon Wainwright III) Blues Rock / Soul Rock |
| B2 | [06:16]  Loudon Wainwright III - The Man Who Couldn’t Cry (Loudon Wainwright III) Songwriter |
| B3 | [02:45]  Loudon Wainwright III - Come A Long Way (Kate McGarrigle) Songwriter |
| B4 | [03:45]  Loudon Wainwright III - Nocturnal Stumblebutt (Loudon Wainwright III) Soft Rock / A.O.R. |
| B5 | [02:02]  Loudon Wainwright III - Dilated To Meet You (Loudon Wainwright III) Songwriter |
| B6 | [02:55]  Loudon Wainwright III - Lullaby (Loudon Wainwright III) Songwriter |
