Unrequited

Loudon Wainwright III

Genre: Singer/Songwriter
Release Date: 1975-01-01
Explicitness: notExplicit
Country: USA
Track Count: 17

℗ 1975, 1998 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Tracks

	Title	Time
1	Sweet Nothings	2:46	USD 1.29
2	The Lowly Tourist	3:28	USD 1.29
3	Kings and Queens	2:20	USD 1.29
4	Kick In the Head	2:49	USD 1.29
5	Whatever Happened to Us	2:02	USD 1.29
6	Crime of Passion	3:00	USD 1.29
7	Absence Makes the Heart Grow F	2:26	USD 1.29
8	On the Rocks	3:15	USD 1.29
9	Guru	2:16	USD 1.29
10	Mr. Guilty	3:25	USD 1.29
11	The Untitled	2:58	USD 1.29
12	Unrequited to the Nth Degree	3:59	USD 1.29
13	Old Friend	2:53	USD 1.29
14	Rufus Is a Tit Man	2:26	USD 1.29
15	Rufus Is a Tit Man (Alternate	2:58	USD 1.29
16	Over the Hill (Duet With Kate	2:49	USD 1.29
17	Hollywood Hopeful	2:39	USD 1.29

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Reviews

Unquestionable classic
5
By Will M.Rice

Primary review above said it best. Lyrics are truly the meat of LW's talent and of course this means all manner of commentary, humor, etc. As a refresher, 1975 was a year when fighting in Vietnam was a two year old memory (though just refreshed as we were ignominiously rejected from Saigon on April 30), Nixon had resigned the year before, and the world was just coming into the scourge of disco. With political correctness looming in our unwanted future, we were willing and able to laugh at anything that was truly funny. What appears here as 'The Untitled' was listed on the album cover as 'The Hardy Boys at the Y'. Without belaboring the theory of humor, the absurdity of the brothers Hardy (from the books!) "thrashing on cold tile" was seen as weirdly humorous if not actually a bit silly. If we were offended, it quickly passed. The album holds together both thematically aand as a snapshot of the time.
One of Wainwright's great early albums
4
By finbarthecat

This is an album that has some very high high points, a couple of forgettable tracks, many solid songs that I've played over and over. High points: King and Queens, one Wainwrights gentlest most swinging tunes, Rufus is a T*tman in two versions, the live one is the best featuring Wainwright's clowning. This is one of Wainwrights most audacious songs, so funny and weirdly insightful that he pulls it off brilliantly. Old Friend and Kick in the Head are bitter and moving On The Rocks and Mr. Guilty are funny and mean. Sweet Nothings and The Lowly Tourists don't register for me but their listenable. The only problem track is untitled which offensive without being witty or insightful. Over all more than worthwhile even after 30 years or so.