Recovery (Loudon Wainwright album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Recovery

| type = Album

| artist = Loudon Wainwright III

| cover = Loudon Wainwright III Recovery album cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 19, 2008

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| genre = Folk

| length =

| label = Yep Roc

| producer = Joe Henry

| prev_title = Strange Weirdos

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = High, Wide & Handsome

| next_year = 2009

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1404639|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

}}

Recovery is the nineteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, released on August 19, 2008 on Yep Roc Records.{{cite web|accessdate=2008-12-28|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1404639|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=AllMusic|title=Recovery}} The songs are "re-covers" from his first four albums: Loudon Wainwright III (1970), Album II (1971), Album III (1972) and Attempted Mustache (1973).

Track listing

  1. "Black Uncle Remus"
  2. "Saw Your Name in the Paper"
  3. "School Days"
  4. "Drinking Song"
  5. "Motel Blues"
  6. "Muse Blues"
  7. "New Paint"
  8. "Be Careful There's a Baby in the House"
  9. "Needless to Say"
  10. "Movies Are a Mother to Me"
  11. "Say That You Love Me"
  12. "Old Friend"
  13. "The Man Who Couldn't Cry"

Personnel

Charts

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|+Chart performance for Recovery

Chart (2008)

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position

{{album chart|UKIndependent|42|date=20080831|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 27, 2024}}

References

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