Tracklist (CD)
| 1 | | People In Love | | 3:00 | | 2 | | Men | | 3:37 | | 3 | | The Picture | | 2:32 | | 4 | | When I'm At Your House | | 2:30 | | 5 | | The Doctor | | 4:02 | | 6 | | Hitting You | | 3:04 | | 7 | | I'd Rather Be Lonely | | 2:50 |
See more tracks| 8 | | Between | | 1:27 | | 9 | | Talking New Bob Dylan | | 3:35 | | 10 | | So Many Songs | | 3:53 | | 11 | | 4 X 10 | | 3:07 | | 12 | | A Father & A Son | | 3:21 | | 13 | | Sometimes I Forget | | 5:52 | | 14 | | Handful Of Dust | | 3:24 |
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Review
Dead Skunk" was a cute 1972 novelty hit, but Loudon Wainwright, recording now for 25 years, cuts much deeper than that. Acerbic humor delivered with Buster Keaton-deadpan irony still forms a basis for his eternal coffee-club act, but the tears of this clown are real -- and conveyed with all the trenchant economy of a short-story master. The soul of Wasp angst, of quiet bleeding on summer lawns, Wainwright's spare folk laments are absolutely exceptional -- and his masterwork, "History," is full of subtle detonations. "A Father and a Son," "Sometimes… Read More I Forget" and "Hitting You" render the sweet sufferings of family unforgettably. As he sums up, "It might be hate/It's probably love." "Career Moves," a live sampler, is more casual and borders on the comprehensive. He spoofs his country-club upbringing on "Westchester County," waxes gallant with "Tip That Waitress," philosophizes with "The Man Who Couldn't Cry" and radiates intelligence and an essential decency throughout. (RS 672-673)
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