Years in the Making (album)

Years in the Making
Compilation album by
Loudon Wainwright III
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2018 (2018-09-14)
GenreFolk
LabelStorySound Records
ProducerLoudon Wainwright III & Dick Connette
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rolling Stone[1]

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]

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

Disc One
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rosin the Bow"Traditional0:38
2."You Ain't Going Nowhere"Bob Dylan2:26
3."East St. Louis Tweedle-Dee"Steve Goodman1:41
4."Everybody I Know"Loudon Wainwright III1:09
5."Philadelphia Lawyer"Woody Guthrie4:12
6."Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms"Traditional4:15
7."Love Gifts"Loudon Wainwright III2:40
8."Stewball"Traditional3:43
9."Flood of Tears"Loudon Wainwright III2:25
10."Station Break"Loudon Wainwright III0:27
11."Have You Ever Been to Pittsburgh?"Loudon Wainwright III1:10
12."2 Song Set"Loudon Wainwright III3:54
13."Cardboard Boxes"Loudon Wainwright III3:13
14."Smokey Joe's Cafe"Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller3:25
15."You Hurt Me Mantra"Loudon Wainwright III3:28
16."Rambunctious"Loudon Wainwright III2:34
17."Wanna Be on MTV"Loudon Wainwright III2:19
18."Birthday Poem/Happy Birthday/Animal Song"Suzzy Roche/Public Domain/Loudon Wainwright III1:33
19."Your Mother & I"Loudon Wainwright III3:33
20."Button Nose"Loudon Wainwright III2:41
21."The Ballad of Famous & Harper"Loudon Wainwright III2:39
22."Teenager's Lament"Loudon Wainwright III3:03
23."Things"Loudon Wainwright III4:21
Disc Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Unrequited to the Nth Degree"Loudon Wainwright III3:15
2."Ulcer"Loudon Wainwright III3:31
3."You Can't Fail Me Now"Joe Henry/Loudon Wainwright III2:57
4."No"Loudon Wainwright III3:30
5."Rowena"Loudon Wainwright III2:53
6."Cheatin'"Loudon Wainwright III2:13
7."IDTTYWLM"Loudon Wainwright III5:23
8."Down Where the Drunkards Roll"Richard Thompson4:31
9."POW"Loudon Wainwright III2:03
10."Meet the Wainwrights"Loudon Wainwright III4:19
11."Liza Minnelli Interview" 0:45
12."Hollywood Hopeful"Loudon Wainwright III2:43
13."Valley Morning"Loudon Wainwright III3:23
14."Trailer"Loudon Wainwright III3:30
15."God's Got a Sh*t List"Loudon Wainwright III2:30
16."Thank You, Mr. Hubble"Loudon Wainwright III2:15
17."It Ain't Gaza"Loudon Wainwright III3:06
18."Out of This World"Loudon Wainwright III6:05
19."Birthday Boy"Loudon Wainwright III1:32

Charts

Chart performance for Years in the Making
Chart (2018) Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[6] 27
Scottish Albums (OCC)[7] 60
UK Album Sales (OCC)[8] 67

Notes

  1. ^ Browne, David (September 17, 2018). "Review: Loudon Wainwright III Delivers a Warts and All Autobiography on 'Years in the Making'". Rolling Stone.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ "Loudon Wainwright III: Years in the Making". amazon.com. Amazon. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Amen, John (September 11, 2018). "Loudon Wainwright III Offers a Compelling Retrospective". nodepression.com. No Depression. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  5. ^ a b c 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.
  6. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  7. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  8. ^ "Official Album Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 21 September 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2024.


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