Unrequited (Legacy)

Unrequited (Legacy)

As Loudon Wainwright points out in notes to this reissue of what was his final album for Columbia, the battle plan was to make a half-studio, half-live LP, the latter being where critics and fans felt the singer-songwriter did his best work. Unfortunately, Wainwright's desire to have it both ways failed on virtually all levels. Recorded in the mid-'70s as he was splitting from both his longtime manager and his wife (and then emerging performer) Kate McGarrigle, Wainwright sounds woefully adrift, especially on the genre-clashing studio tracks. The solo live cuts are a bit better, but psychosexual fantasies such as "The Untitled" (about an incest-filled visit to the YMCA by the Hardy Boys) and "Rufus Is a Tit Man" (about he and his then infant son co-breastfeeding) are about as unpleasant to hear as they are to describe. --Billy Altman
Country USA
Manufacturer Sony Legacy
Binding Audio CD
ReleaseDate 1998-08-25
UnitCount 1
Format Original recording remastered
UPCs 074646525821
EANs 0074646525821

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Sony Legacy
Binding	Audio CD
ReleaseDate	1998-08-25
UnitCount	1
Format	Original recording remastered
UPCs	074646525821
EANs	0074646525821

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