Loudon Wainwright III is the debut album of 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...

. It was released on vinyl in 1970 on Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

. Like his sophomore effort album II

Album II

Album II, as its title indicates, is the second album from Loudon Wainwright III. It was released in 1971 on Atlantic Records.-Track listing:#"Me and My Friend the Cat" – 3:23#"Motel Blues" – 2:50#"Nice Jewish Girls" – 2:09...

, the album is a solo acoustic effort (his later 1970s albums became progressively more rocky). Though his ironic humour is evident, this is an altogether bleaker and more acerbic effort ('Black Uncle Remus', 'Four is a Magic Number', 'Glad to See You've got Religion') than most of his 1970s work.

Reflecting another career-wide obsession, the first line of the first song on his debut album concerns growing older - a theme which persists to his newest recordings, 39 years later, at time of writing.

Track listing

1. "School Days" – 3:06
2. "Hospital Lady" – 4:05
3. "Ode To A Pittsburgh" – 3:15
4. "Glad To See You’ve Got Religion" – 3:56
5. "Uptown" – 2:45
6. "Black Uncle Remus" – 2:39
7. "Four Is A Magic Number" – 3:28
8. "I Don’t Care" – 4:09
9. "Central Square Song" – 5:28
10. "Movies Are A Mother To Me" – 2:39
11. "Bruno’s Place" – 3:31

Release history

• LP: Atlantic SD 8260 (U.S.)
• LP: Atlantic K40101 (UK)
• LP: Edsel ED308 (1989 re-release)
• CD: Collector's Choice 632 (April 4, 2006 re-release)

Miscellanea

• The song "Black Uncle Remus" is a reference to the fictional character Uncle Remus
  Uncle Remus
  Uncle Remus is a fictional character, the title character and fictional narrator of a collection of African American folktales adapted and compiled by Joel Chandler Harris, published in book form in 1881...
  
   featured in several stories by Joel Chandler Harris
  Joel Chandler Harris
  Joel Chandler Harris was an American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Harris was born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his teenage years...
  
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