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Unrequited (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Unrequited

| type = Album

| artist = Loudon Wainwright III

| cover = Unrequitedalbumcover.jpg

| alt =

| released = February 1975

| recorded = June–November 1974

| venue = The Bottom Line, New York City

| studio =

| genre = Folk

| length = 48:38

| label = Columbia

| producer = Loudon Wainwright III,
Mark Harmon,
Milton Kramer,
Bruce Dickinson (1998 CD reissue)

| prev_title = Attempted Mustache

| prev_year = 1973

| next_title = T Shirt

| next_year = 1976

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r108893|pure_url=yes}} link]

| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

| rev2Score = A−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: W|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=W&bk=70|access-date=March 21, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3Score = mixed [https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/loudonwainwrightiii/albums/album/136383/review/5943185/unrequited link]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|rev4 = The Village Voice

|rev4Score = A−{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=March 17, 1975|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv3-75.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York|access-date=April 28, 2013}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Unrequited is the fifth album from Loudon Wainwright III. It was his last album on the Columbia Records label, released in 1975. Tracks 1–7 were recorded in a studio, while tracks 8–14 were recorded live at The Bottom Line in New York City. Tracks 15–17 are bonus tracks included on the Sony-Legacy CD reissue.

Although stylistically typical of Wainwright's mid-1970s output, the album is somewhat groundbreaking in that though all songs are originals, one side is studio, the other live.

Track listing

All songs composed by Loudon Wainwright III; except where indicated

  1. "Sweet Nothings" – 2:47
  2. "The Lowly Tourist" – 3:28
  3. "Kings and Queens" (Loudon Wainwright III, George Gerdes) – 2:21
  4. "Kick in the Head" – 2:49
  5. "Whatever Happened to Us" – 2:02
  6. "Crime of Passion" – 3:01
  7. "Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder" – 2:28
  8. "On the Rocks" – 3:15
  9. "Guru" – 2:16
  10. "Mr. Guilty" – 3:25
  11. "The Untitled" – 2:58
  12. "Unrequited to the Nth Degree" – 3:59
  13. "Old Friend" – 2:53
  14. "Rufus Is a Tit Man" – 2:28
  15. "Rufus Is a Tit Man" (Alternate Version) – 2:59
  16. "Over the Hill" (Loudon Wainwright III, Kate McGarrigle) – 2:50
  17. "Hollywood Hopeful" – 2:39

Song information

=Studio=

Sweet Nothings

:Paramount – August 21, 1974

:Loudon Wainwright III, Calvin Hardy, Greg Thomas, Frank Kleiger, Ron Colbertson, Randy Wallace, Jon Hall, Marty Grebb, David Sanborn, Chris Guest

:Written by Loudon Wainwright III

:Produced and arranged by Mark Harmon

The Lowly Tourist

:Bearsville – April 5, 1974

:Loudon Wainwright III, Harvey Brooks, Marty Grebb, Richard Crooks, Jon Hall, George Gerdes

:Written by Loudon Wainwright III

:Produced by Loudon Wainwright III and Milton Kramer

Kings and Queens

:Paramount – August 22, 1974

:Loudon Wainwright III, Klaus Voormann, Jim Keltner, Lyle Ritz, Jay Migliori, Richard Green, Austin de Lone

:Written by Loudon Wainwright III and George Gerdes

:Produced by Loudon Wainwright III

Kick in the Head

:Record Plant, Sausalito, CA – October 9, 1974

:Loudon Wainwright III

:Written by Loudon Wainwright III

:Produced by Loudon Wainwright III

Whatever Happened To Us

:Bearsville – June 28, 1974

:Loudon Wainwright III, Jon Hall, Marty Grebb, Harvey Brooks, Richard Crooks, Freebo

:Written by Loudon Wainwright III

:Produced by Loudon Wainwright III and Milton Kramer

Crime of Passion

:Paramount – August 22, 1974

:Loudon Wainwright III, Jim Keltner, Klaus Voormann, Randy Wallace, Richard Greene, Martin Fierro

:Written by Loudon Wainwright III

:Produced by Loudon Wainwright III

Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder

:Columbia, NYC – November 20, 1974

:Loudon Wainwright III, Kate and Anna McGarrigle

:Written by Loudon Wainwright III

:Produced by Loudon Wainwright III

=Live at the Bottom Line=

Live tracks recorded live at the Bottom Line, remote by Record Plant NYC, August 30, August 31, September 1, 1974. All songs written, performed and produced by Loudon Wainwright III.

=Bonus tracks=

All songs written by Loudon Wainwright III except for "Over the Hill" written by Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle. All songs produced by Loudon Wainwright III

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Chart (1975)

!Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|156|artist=Loudon Wainwright-iii|accessdate=27 November 2024}}

Release history

  • LP: Columbia PC 33369 (U.S.)
  • LP: CBS 80696 (UK)
  • CD: Edsel EDCD273 (1988)
  • CD: Sony-Legacy 65258 (1998)

References

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{{Loudon Wainwright III}}

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Category:Loudon Wainwright III albums

Category:1975 albums

Category:Columbia Records albums

Category:Albums recorded at the Bottom Line