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| 3.5 by Rolling Stone |
Having hired Loudon Wainwright III to compose a soundtrack for Knocked Up, director Judd Apatow is a stone fan of the singer-songwriter. On Recovery, which revisits material from Wainwright's near... |
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| n/a by www.uncut.co.uk |
Wainwrights vocals imbue the material with a mixture of world-weariness, compassion and delight, qualities that didnt loom large in the emotional lexicon of his younger self. |
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| n/a by www.guardian.co.uk |
There are great finds--'Man Who Couldn't Cry'--but some bones are best unpolished. |
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| n/a by www.slantmagazine.com |
Since Wainwright is such a clever and insightful lyricist, even his weakest material is worth a listen, so Recovery is never unpleasant, but the song selection is unjustifiably uneven. |
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| n/a by www.pastemagazine.com |
With the help of producer Joe Henry, Loudon Wainwright III has been excavating his own past, and hes disgorged some hibernating gems from his first four albums, revisiting ghosts that haunted him 35 years ago. |
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