Strange Weirdos
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Strange Weirdos: Music from and Inspired by the Film Knocked Up is the official soundtrack album
to the 2007 Judd Apatow
film Knocked Up
, and the eighteenth studio album by American
singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III
, released on May 22, 2007 on Concord Records
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Soundtrack album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television program. In some cases, not all the tracks from the movie are included in the album; however there are rare cases of songs in the trailers that do not appear in...
to the 2007 Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is well known for his work in comedy films, especially for films he has been involved with throughout the latter half of the 2000s. He is the founder of Apatow Productions, a film production company that also developed the...
film Knocked Up
Knocked Up
Knocked Up is a 2007 American romantic comedy drama film co-produced, written, and directed by Judd Apatow. Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann, the film follows the repercussions of a drunken one-night stand between Rogen's slacker character and Heigl's just-promoted...
, and the eighteenth studio album by American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III
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...
, released on May 22, 2007 on Concord Records
Concord Records
Concord Records is a U.S. record label now based in Beverly Hills, California. Originally known as Concord Jazz, it was established in 1972 as an off-shoot of the Concord Jazz Festival in Concord, California by festival founder Carl Jefferson, a local automobile dealer and jazz fan who sold his...
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Track listing
- "Grey in L.A." – 3:15
- "You Can't Fail Me Now" – 3:45
- "Daughter" – 3:33
- "Ypsilanti" – 1:52
- "So Much to Do" – 3:26
- "Valley Morning" – 3:44
- "X or Y" – 2:54
- "Final Frontier" – 3:47
- "Feel So Good" – 2:03
- "Lullaby" – 3:12
- "Naomi" – 4:04
- "Doin' the Math" – 5:32
- "Strange Weirdos" – 4:07
- "Passion Play" – 2:54
Personnel
- Loudon Wainwright IIILoudon Wainwright IIILoudon 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...
- Patrick Warren - keyboards
- David Piltch - bass
- Jay Bellerose - drums
- Greg LeiszGreg LeiszGreg Leisz is an American multi-instrumentalist, playing lap and pedal steel guitars, guitar, mandolin, and bass.- Biography :Leisz was influenced early on by the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers, especially pedal steel player "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow...
- guitar - Richard Thompson - guitar on "Grey in L.A."
- Van Dyke ParksVan Dyke ParksVan Dyke Parks is an American composer, arranger, producer, musician, singer, author and actor. Parks is perhaps best known for his contributions as a lyricist on the Beach Boys album Smile....
- accordion on "Daughter"
External links
- Strange Weirdos at Concord Music GroupConcord Music GroupConcord Music Group is a record company owned by Village Roadshow formed in 2004 by the merger of Concord Records and Fantasy Records. In 2005, the company acquired the classics and jazz label Telarc International. On December 18, 2006, Concord announced the re-launch of the soul label Stax;...