Notes & Personnel Info |  | In the 2000s, Loudon Wainwright III was probably best known as an actor (KNOCKED UP, the TV series UNDECLARED) and as the father of singer-songwriters Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright, both of whom have written songs about their sometimes-combative relationships with their dad. But Wainwright is a gifted and equally self-revealing songwriter whose 1970s albums for Columbia Records are highly regarded by fans of the confessional singer-songwriter style. DEAD SKUNK is a two-disc set that gathers all three of Wainwright's Columbia albums: ALBUM III, ATTEMPTED MOUSTACHE and UNREQUITED. Ironically titled after the novelty throwaway that ended up being Wainwright's only chart hit, DEAD SKUNK primarily consists of stark, personal material like "Red Guitar," "Whatever Happened To Us," and "Say That You Love Me," alongside occasional comic tunes like "Dilated To Meet You," a song about Rufus's birth. |
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