Therapy

Loudon Wainwright III | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 12, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jive
• ASIN: B0000004VE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,759 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Therapy

2. Bill of Goods

3. T.S.D.H.A.V.

4. Harry's Wall

5. Aphrodisiac

6. Fly Paper

7. Nice Guys

8. Thanksgiving

9. Your Father's Car

10. Me and All the Other Mothers

11. You Don't Want to Know

12. Mind Read (It Belonged to You)

13. This Year

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is one terrific album, November 15, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Therapy (Audio CD)

This album is one of Wainwright's very best - all of the songs are winners, although for different reasons.

Some are cynical, some mean and sarcastic, many almost painfully revealing, and all of them are just plain great: funny, clever and ruthlessly honest. Wainwright writes intensely personal songs, and still they reflect universal experiences. Everyone has bought that "Bill of Goods" sometime in their lives, "Your Father's Car" is advice that everyone wishes they had known when they were twenty years old, and nothing captures the holiday spirit quite as well as "Thanksgiving." You will not be sorry you bought this CD.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gem after priceless gem...., September 21, 1999

By 

Blake Watson "===Blake===" (Winnetka, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Therapy (Audio CD)

As an album, it's simply great. LW3 has a way of making his very specific experiences reflect on the general state of man and this album exudes confidence and skill in a niche few others are brave enough to explore.

As part of the canon, it marks (in my mind) the beginning of LW3's master status. The singer-songwriter's work is good prior to this (if uneven) but after this (with the albums "History", "Grown Man" and "Little Ship") you have a body of work that is close to perfection.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good but not his best, December 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Therapy (Audio CD)

I just wanted to add my 2 cents. I love Loudon & have all his albums, so I would recommend this to anybody, but I don't think it's his best. If you're a fan, you need this, because it's bound to have at least a few songs that will rank as favorites, & it's well-produced. Good but not great IMO. I'm not here to bust a good album, but I wanted to give a little balance to the other rave reviews here. If you're new, I for one would recommend History, Last Man on Earth, Career Moves, or the 1986 Best of.