Years in the Making (album)

2018 compilation album by Loudon Wainwright III

Years in the Making

Compilation album by

Loudon Wainwright III

Released| September 14, 2018 (2018-09-14)
Genre| Folk
Label| StorySound Records
Producer| Loudon Wainwright III & Dick Connette
Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
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

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Disc oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Rosin the Bow"| Traditional| 0:38
2.| "You Ain't Going Nowhere"| Bob Dylan| 2:26
3.| "East St. Louis Tweedle-Dee"| Steve Goodman| 1:41
4.| "Everybody I Know"| Loudon Wainwright III| 1:09
5.| "Philadelphia Lawyer"| Woody Guthrie| 4:12
6.| "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms"| Traditional| 4:15
7.| "Love Gifts"| Loudon Wainwright III| 2:40
8.| "Stewball"| Traditional| 3:43
9.| "Flood of Tears"| Loudon Wainwright III| 2:25
10.| "Station Break"| Loudon Wainwright III| 0:27
11.| "Have You Ever Been to Pittsburgh?"| Loudon Wainwright III| 1:10
12.| "2 Song Set"| Loudon Wainwright III| 3:54
13.| "Cardboard Boxes"| Loudon Wainwright III| 3:13
14.| "Smokey Joe's Cafe"| Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller| 3:25
15.| "You Hurt Me Mantra"| Loudon Wainwright III| 3:28
16.| "Rambunctious"| Loudon Wainwright III| 2:34
17.| "Wanna Be on MTV"| Loudon Wainwright III| 2:19
18.| "Birthday Poem/Happy Birthday/Animal Song"| Suzzy Roche/Public Domain/Loudon Wainwright III| 1:33
19.| "Your Mother & I"| Loudon Wainwright III| 3:33
20.| "Button Nose"| Loudon Wainwright III| 2:41
21.| "The Ballad of Famous & Harper"| Loudon Wainwright III| 2:39
22.| "Teenager's Lament"| Loudon Wainwright III| 3:03
23.| "Things"| Loudon Wainwright III| 4:21

Disc twoNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Unrequited to the Nth Degree"| Loudon Wainwright III| 3:15
2.| "Ulcer"| Loudon Wainwright III| 3:31
3.| "You Can't Fail Me Now"| Joe Henry/Loudon Wainwright III| 2:57
4.| "No"| Loudon Wainwright III| 3:30
5.| "Rowena"| Loudon Wainwright III| 2:53
6.| "Cheatin'"| Loudon Wainwright III| 2:13
7.| "IDTTYWLM"| Loudon Wainwright III| 5:23
8.| "Down Where the Drunkards Roll"| Richard Thompson| 4:31
9.| "POW"| Loudon Wainwright III| 2:03
10.| "Meet the Wainwrights"| Loudon Wainwright III| 4:19
11.| "Liza Minnelli Interview"|  | 0:45
12.| "Hollywood Hopeful"| Loudon Wainwright III| 2:43
13.| "Valley Morning"| Loudon Wainwright III| 3:23
14.| "Trailer"| Loudon Wainwright III| 3:30
15.| "God's Got a Sh*t List"| Loudon Wainwright III| 2:30
16.| "Thank You, Mr. Hubble"| Loudon Wainwright III| 2:15
17.| "It Ain't Gaza"| Loudon Wainwright III| 3:06
18.| "Out of This World"| Loudon Wainwright III| 6:05
19.| "Birthday Boy"| Loudon Wainwright III| 1:32

## Charts

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Chart performance for Years in the Making Chart (2018)  | Peak
position

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Scottish Albums (OCC)[6] | 60
UK Album Sales (OCC)[7] | 67
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[8] | 27

## Notes

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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 Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
7. ^ "Official Album Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. September 21, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
8. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 27, 2024.

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Discography

Studio albums|

* Loudon Wainwright III
* Album II
* Album III
* Attempted Mustache
* Unrequited
* T Shirt
* Final Exam
* Fame and Wealth
* I'm Alright
* More Love Songs
* Therapy
* History
* Grown Man
* Little Ship
* Social Studies
* Last Man on Earth
* Here Come the Choppers
* Strange Weirdos
* Recovery
* High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project
* 10 Songs for the New Depression
* Older Than My Old Man Now
* Haven't Got the Blues (Yet)
* I'd Rather Lead a Band
* Lifetime Achievement

Live albums|

* A Live One
* Career Moves
* BBC Sessions
* So Damn Happy
* Live at the Cactus Cafe

Compilation albums|

* 40 Odd Years
* Years in the Making

Songs|

* "Dead Skunk"
* "One Man Guy"

Family|

* Loudon Wainwright Jr.
* Sloan Wainwright
* Kate McGarrigle
* Rufus Wainwright
* Martha Wainwright
* Lucy Wainwright Roche

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