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]
Years in the Making Released September 14, 2018 (2018-09-14 ) Genre Folk Label StorySound Records Producer Loudon Wainwright III & Dick Connette
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]
Disc One Title Writer(s) 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 III1:33 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 Two Title Writer(s) 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 III2:57 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
^ Browne, David (September 17, 2018). "Review: Loudon Wainwright III Delivers a Warts and All Autobiography on 'Years in the Making' " . Rolling Stone .
^ 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 .
^ "Loudon Wainwright III: Years in the Making" . amazon.com . Amazon . Retrieved September 30, 2018 .
^ a b Amen, John (September 11, 2018). "Loudon Wainwright III Offers a Compelling Retrospective" . nodepression.com . No Depression . Retrieved September 30, 2018 .
^ 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 .