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Little Ship [CD]

Loudon Wainwright III | Format: Audio CD
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After the War (II) my father Loudon (II) came home with his bride Martha (I).1 My parents had sex and nine months later I was born albeit almost backwards.2

My youth was spent in Westchester County, New York and Beverly Hills, California.3 I remember being particularly happy when we lived in Southern California.4 However there was romantic agony - I had a tremendous crush on Liza… Read more in Amazon's Loudon Wainwright III Store

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  • Audio CD (6 Oct 1997)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Virgin
  • ASIN: B000006035
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 95,961 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  1. Breakfast In Bed 3:06£0.89
Listen  2. Four Mirrors 2:55£0.89
Listen  3. Mister Ambivalent 3:45£0.89
Listen  4. OGM 2:55£0.89
Listen  5. Our Own War 3:50£0.89
Listen  6. So Damn Happy 2:25£0.89
Listen  7. Primrose Hill 4:50£0.89
Listen  8. Underwear 1:31£0.89
Listen  9. The World 1:49£0.89
Listen10. What Are Families For? 4:26£0.89
Listen11. Bein' A Dad 3:42£0.89
Listen12. The Birthday Present II 3:52£0.89
Listen13. I Can't Stand Myself 2:41£0.89
Listen14. Little Ship 3:35£0.89
Listen15. A Song 3:05£0.89

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this album probably some 25 years after first hearing Loudon play on the Old Grey Whistle Test (A UK Music Show in the 70's). I bought his first 4 albums before losing contact with him. Searching around for some good music what should I find....this is wonderful stuff...full of great pathos and the usual Loudon stuff. Wonderful...maybe we've grown up together...one definitely for 40 something blokes!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Loudon Wainwright's songwriting hits the nail on the head. 7 July 1998
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Format:Audio CD
My first listening of Little Ship was the most pleasant surprise I've had in a long time. Loudon Wainwright is the most honest songwriter I've heard. He has the depth to switch from romping fun songs as in Breakfast in Bed (about staying in bed all day making love) to the heart-on-the- sleeve ballads like OGM -- the most honest song written by a man since Jackson Browne's Rosie. Loudon Wainwright is sincere and calls it like he sees it without a hint of pretension. Little Ship is my favorite recording by which to redecorate my kitchen. It is simply an excellent output.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Death and Decay! Woo-hoo! 15 Nov 2000
By Blake Watson - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
This is a great album but it must be admitted that, as the songwriter grows older, he becomes increasingly morbid. After the raunchy, upbeat opening song, the album settles into a reflection on ghosts, doom, decay and darkness.

"Four Mirrors" is a reflection on how one is haunted by one's parents, long after they're gone, by the similarities they leave behind in us. The poppy "Mr. Ambivalence" about going nowhere. "OGM" about denying the obvious when a relationship has ended. "Our Own War" (not "Our Own Way" as shown in the track listing) compares the battles of a love affair to war, and points out that when the bloodshed is over, so is the relationship. "So Damn Happy" about the relief one feels when ending a relationship. You get the idea.

Yet, the hardest thing about the album is that the author's usually crystal clear analysis of the situation seems a little murky.

In particular, "OGM", the a capella "Underwear" and "Little Ship" are reflections on a relationship that's, essentially, over. In "OGM" the songwriter is flat-out denying it. Worse, though, "Underwear" and "Little Ship" are about the bumps in a relationship, and how the relationship is stronger after surviving them. The melancholy overtones and subtexts suggest, however, that the subject is whistling past the graveyard. The relationship is long gone, and he's trying to pretend otherwise. Not the sort of "wishful thinking" we expect from Loudon.

These are not bad songs, mind you. "OGM" in particular, is one of his best, "Little Ship" is sweet and "Underwear" typically humorous. But the overall effect of the album can be depressing because it's not tempered with LW3's usual clarity. It's not surprising, then, that some of the album's highlights are on more extroverted songs, like "Primrose Hill" and relentlessly cheerful banjo tune "The World Is A Terrible Place".

LW3 followed this album with the all-socially-relevant "Social Studies", which is probably as far from this as he could get.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
One of the best albums I've heard in a long time. 15 Oct 1998
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Format:Audio CD
The fact that Loudon Wainwright is a dead ringer for my father in law did not stop me from buying this album on a whim. I had received a tip several years ago at a conference that I would be "into" this guy's music. So I picked it up on one of my music binges. Well, "into" it I am indeed. From the first song to the last I fell in love with this album and have yet to stop playing it - I bought it two weeks ago and I play it nearly every day.

Because I am typically pretty critical of the music I listen to, I feel that me taking time out to write this down is an indication of how truly good this album is. I hope you'll buy it and listen to it for yourself.

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