Years in the Making (album)
Years in the Making is a two-CD compilation album by Loudon Wainwright III released on September 14, 2018, by StorySound Records.[2][3] The album brings together 42 songs spanning Wainwright's career, including home and live recordings, demos, studio outtakes, and interview pieces. The set, released in a hardbound book, features 60 pages of liner notes, art, photos, and documents.[4][5]
| Years in the Making | |
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| Compilation album by | |
| Released | September 14, 2018 |
| Genre | Folk |
| Label | StorySound Records |
| Producer | Loudon Wainwright III & Dick Connette |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Rolling Stone |    [1] |
The album is arranged roughly by topic and chronology.[2] Its tracks, most of which were previously unreleased, are divided into seven "chapters": Folk, Rocking Out and Kids on disc one and Love Hurts, Miscellany, Hollywood and The Big Picture on disc two.[4][5] Years in the Making was co-produced by Wainwright and Dick Connette, who produced High Wide & Handsome, Wainwright's 2009 tribute to legendary banjo player Charlie Poole.[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rosin the Bow" | Traditional | 0:38 |
| 2. | "You Ain't Going Nowhere" | Bob Dylan | 2:26 |
| 3. | "East St. Louis Tweedle-Dee" | Steve Goodman | 1:41 |
| 4. | "Everybody I Know" | Loudon Wainwright III | 1:09 |
| 5. | "Philadelphia Lawyer" | Woody Guthrie | 4:12 |
| 6. | "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms" | Traditional | 4:15 |
| 7. | "Love Gifts" | Loudon Wainwright III | 2:40 |
| 8. | "Stewball" | Traditional | 3:43 |
| 9. | "Flood of Tears" | Loudon Wainwright III | 2:25 |
| 10. | "Station Break" | Loudon Wainwright III | 0:27 |
| 11. | "Have You Ever Been to Pittsburgh?" | Loudon Wainwright III | 1:10 |
| 12. | "2 Song Set" | Loudon Wainwright III | 3:54 |
| 13. | "Cardboard Boxes" | Loudon Wainwright III | 3:13 |
| 14. | "Smokey Joe's Cafe" | Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller | 3:25 |
| 15. | "You Hurt Me Mantra" | Loudon Wainwright III | 3:28 |
| 16. | "Rambunctious" | Loudon Wainwright III | 2:34 |
| 17. | "Wanna Be on MTV" | Loudon Wainwright III | 2:19 |
| 18. | "Birthday Poem/Happy Birthday/Animal Song" | Suzzy Roche/Public Domain/Loudon Wainwright III | 1:33 |
| 19. | "Your Mother & I" | Loudon Wainwright III | 3:33 |
| 20. | "Button Nose" | Loudon Wainwright III | 2:41 |
| 21. | "The Ballad of Famous & Harper" | Loudon Wainwright III | 2:39 |
| 22. | "Teenager's Lament" | Loudon Wainwright III | 3:03 |
| 23. | "Things" | Loudon Wainwright III | 4:21 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Unrequited to the Nth Degree" | Loudon Wainwright III | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Ulcer" | Loudon Wainwright III | 3:31 |
| 3. | "You Can't Fail Me Now" | Joe Henry/Loudon Wainwright III | 2:57 |
| 4. | "No" | Loudon Wainwright III | 3:30 |
| 5. | "Rowena" | Loudon Wainwright III | 2:53 |
| 6. | "Cheatin'" | Loudon Wainwright III | 2:13 |
| 7. | "IDTTYWLM" | Loudon Wainwright III | 5:23 |
| 8. | "Down Where the Drunkards Roll" | Richard Thompson | 4:31 |
| 9. | "POW" | Loudon Wainwright III | 2:03 |
| 10. | "Meet the Wainwrights" | Loudon Wainwright III | 4:19 |
| 11. | "Liza Minnelli Interview" | 0:45 | |
| 12. | "Hollywood Hopeful" | Loudon Wainwright III | 2:43 |
| 13. | "Valley Morning" | Loudon Wainwright III | 3:23 |
| 14. | "Trailer" | Loudon Wainwright III | 3:30 |
| 15. | "God's Got a Sh*t List" | Loudon Wainwright III | 2:30 |
| 16. | "Thank You, Mr. Hubble" | Loudon Wainwright III | 2:15 |
| 17. | "It Ain't Gaza" | Loudon Wainwright III | 3:06 |
| 18. | "Out of This World" | Loudon Wainwright III | 6:05 |
| 19. | "Birthday Boy" | Loudon Wainwright III | 1:32 |
Notes
- Browne, David (September 17, 2018). "Review: Loudon Wainwright III Delivers a Warts and All Autobiography on 'Years in the Making'". Rolling Stone.
- Browne, David (September 17, 2018). "Wainwright III Delivers a Warts and All Autobiography on 'Years in the Making'". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
- "Loudon Wainwright III: Years in the Making". amazon.com. Amazon. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
- Amen, John (September 11, 2018). "Loudon Wainwright III Offers a Compelling Retrospective". nodepression.com. No Depression. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
- Whitmore, Laura B. (June 21, 2018). "Loudon Wainwright III Announces New Two-Disc Collection, 'Years In The Making'". parade.com. Parade. Retrieved September 30, 2018.