Here Come the Choppers
Released: Apr 19, 2005
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Released: Apr 19, 2005
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Iconoclastic singer/songwriter Loudon Wainwright III has taken about all he's going to from the Los Angeles Police Department and their helicopter surveillance program that haunts the urban skies....
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So Damn Happy
Released: Aug 19, 2003
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Released: Aug 19, 2003
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So Damn Happy was Loudon Wainwright III's third live album, following 1979's A Live One and 1993's Career Moves (and not counting 1975's half-live Unrequited and 1998's collection of airchecks, BBC...
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More Love Songs - BONUS TRACKS
Released: Mar 3, 2003
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Released: Mar 3, 2003
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With guitarist Richard Thompson once again in the producer's chair, Loudon Wainwright III offers up this fine batch of tunes that cover everything from global disharmony ("Hard Day on the Planet")...
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The Last Man on Earth
Released: Sep 25, 2001
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Released: Sep 25, 2001
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In the years since his breakthrough masterpiece, History, Loudon Wainwright III has coasted on craftsmanship and loutish charm. The autobiographical tales of love and family on Grown Man and Little...
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BBC Sessions
Released: Nov 3, 1998
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Released: Nov 3, 1998
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A greatest hits album of sorts, this collection combines old favorites with unreleased material. The recording quality is very good for a radio program, and the crisp, simple sound generated by...
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Little Ship
Released: Feb 24, 1998
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Released: Feb 24, 1998
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Little Ship is another solid entry in Loudon Wainwright's series of '90s records cataloguing his domestic travails. There are a few weak moments and a tendency to be a little cutesy, but these...
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Career Moves
Released: Jan 8, 1993
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Released: Jan 8, 1993
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Following on the heels of History, Career Moves gave Loudon Wainwright III two of his best albums back to back. Career Moves captures Wainwright live at the Bottom Line in New York City, performing...
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The Atlantic Recordings
Released: 2000
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Released: 2000
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Internet mail-order firm Rhino Handmade's The Atlantic Recordings reissues Loudon Wainwright III's first two LPs -- 1970's Loudon Wainwright III (sometimes called Album I) and 1971's Album II -- on...
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Social Studies
Released: 1999
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Released: 1999
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Most of these topical songs were penned for National Public Radio on events of the day such as Tonya Harding, O.J. Simpson and the Y2K crisis. But rather than playing like Tom Lehrer (or worse...
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