Fame and Wealth
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Fame and Wealth is a 1983 album by Loudon Wainwright III
. It was originally released on Rounder Records
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After a five year hiatus since Final Exam, it eschewed the rock sound of his later 1970s albums in favour of a stripped-down, wirier folk sound which would typify his recorded output from then on.
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Snowden Wainwright III is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche, brother of Sloan Wainwright, and the former husband of the late folk singer Kate McGarrigle.To...
. It was originally released on Rounder Records
Rounder Records
Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...
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After a five year hiatus since Final Exam, it eschewed the rock sound of his later 1970s albums in favour of a stripped-down, wirier folk sound which would typify his recorded output from then on.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Loudon Wainwright III- "Reader and Advisor" – 5:28
- "The Grammy Song" – 2:41
- "Dump the Dog" – 2:08
- "Thick & Thin" – 2:47
- "Revenge" – 2:39
- "Five Years Old" – 3:19
- "Ingenue" – 3:40
- "IDTTYWLM" – 4:06
- "Westchester County" – 2:56
- "Saturday Morning Fever" – 2:17
- "April Fool's Day Morn" – 4:30
- "Fame and Wealth" – 1:31
Personnel
- Loudon Wainwright III - acoustic guitar, banjo, vocals
- Richard Thompson - acoustic & electric guitar, mandolin
- Myles Chase - synthesizer, piano, Fender Rhodes
- Mark Hardwick - piano
- Luther Rix - drums, percussion
- Bob Rose - 12 string guitar
- Teddy Wainwright - Executive Producer
- Mark Johnson - percussion
- John Miller - bass
External links
- Rounder Records, catalogue website for Fame and Wealth