Career Moves is the second live album

Live album

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 by Loudon Wainwright III

Loudon Wainwright III

Loudon Snowden Wainwright III is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche, brother of Sloan Wainwright, and the former husband of the late folk singer Kate McGarrigle.To...

, released on July 1, 1993 on Virgin Records

Virgin Records

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The album predominantley features material culled from Wainwright's 80s output, alongside six new songs, and one track from his then-recent album, History

History (Loudon Wainwright III album)

History is the twelfth studio album by American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, released on September 21, 1992 on Charisma Records. The album was recorded following the death of Wainwright's father, Loudon Wainwright Jr....

(1992). In the album's liner notes, Wainwright states: "To celebrate my silver jubilee, twenty-five years of earning a damn good living on the periphery of the music business, I give you this live record done in one night at The Bottom Line in New York City

New York City

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, my home town."

Wainwright is joined by musicians David Mansfield

David Mansfield

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 and Chaim Tannenbaum during the performance.

Track listing

1. "Road Ode" – 5:09
2. "I'm Alright" – 3:00
3. "Five Years Old" – 3:08
4. "Your Mother and I" – 2:29
5. "Westchester County" – 3:20
6. "He Said, She Said" – 3:30
7. "Christmas Rap" – 0:27
8. "Suddenly It's Christmas" – 2:23
9. "Thanksgiving" – 4:51
10. "A Fine Celtic Name" – 2:57
11. "T.S.M.N.W.A." – 3:28
12. "Some Balding Guys" – 1:28
13. "The Swimming Song" – 2:26
14. "Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder" – 3:00
15. "Happy Birthday Elvis" – 2:47
16. "Fabulous Songs" – 0:26
17. "Unhappy Anniversary" – 2:54
18. "I'd Rather Be Lonely" – 2:59
19. "Just Say No" – 0:33
20. "April Fool's Day Morn" – 4:14
21. "The Man Who Couldn't Cry" – 5:04
22. "The Acid Song" – 5:55
23. "Tip That Waitress" – 4:15
24. "Career Moves" – 3:09

• Tracks 1, 6, 8, 11, 15 and 23 are premiere appearances.
• Tracks 7, 10, 12, 16 and 19 are spoken word segues.
• Tracks 13 and 21 originally appeared on the 1973 album Attempted Mustache
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• Track 14 originally appeared on the 1979 album Unrequited
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  Unrequited is the fifth album from Loudon Wainwright III. It was his last album on the Columbia Records label, released in 1975. Tracks 1-7 were recorded in a studio, while tracks 8-14 were recorded live at the Bottom Line in New York City...
  
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• Tracks 3, 5 and 20 originally appeared on the 1983 album Fame and Wealth
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  Fame and Wealth is a 1983 album by Loudon Wainwright III. It was originally released on Rounder Records.After a five year hiatus since Final Exam, it eschewed the rock sound of his later 1970s albums in favour of a stripped-down, wirier folk sound which would typify his recorded output from then...
  
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• Tracks 2 and 24 originally appeared on the 1985 album I'm Alright.
• Tracks 4, 17 and 22 originally appeared on the 1986 album More Love Songs
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• Track 9 originally appeared on the 1989 album Therapy.
• Track 18 originally appeared on the 1992 album History
  History (Loudon Wainwright III album)
  History is the twelfth studio album by American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, released on September 21, 1992 on Charisma Records. The album was recorded following the death of Wainwright's father, Loudon Wainwright Jr....
  
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Miscellanea

• "T.S.M.N.W.A." stands for "They Spelled My Name Wrong Again".