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As Loudon Wainwright points out in notes to this reissue of what was his final album for Columbia, the battle plan was to make a half-studio, half-live LP, the latter being where critics and fans felt the singer-songwriter did his best work. Unfortunately, Wainwright's desire to have it both ways failed on virtually all levels. Recorded in the mid-'70s as he was splitting from both his longtime manager and his wife (and then emerging performer) Kate McGarrigle, Wainwright sounds woefully adrift, especially on the genre-clashing studio tracks. The solo live cuts are a bit better, but psychosexual fantasies such as "The Untitled" (about an incest-filled visit to the YMCA by the Hardy Boys) and "Rufus Is a Tit Man" (about he and his then infant son co-breastfeeding) are about as unpleasant to hear as they are to describe. --Billy Altman
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Three bonus tracks enhance this 1974 half-studio/half-live effort, with the live tracks showing the artist in his folk club element.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Pinnacle of Loudon's First Phase,
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This review is from: Unrequited (Legacy) (Audio CD)
You can take everything Billy Altman says above and turn it upside down. The studio side with full band is probably the only genuinely succesful such side in all of Wainwright's recorded work -- "Kings and Queens" actually swings, while the reggae of "The Lowly Tourist" underscores the humor of the lyrics perfectly. The live side, his first ever, is priceless. "The Hardy Boys at the Y" and "Rufus . . ." are hilarious (and the latter is downright wise and daring). Ditto for "Guru," "Mr. Guilty" . . . There's nothing approaching a weak cut here, something that wouldn't happen again until Wainwright hit his mature stride with HISTORY.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Brilliant thoughts from a depressing time,
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This review is from: Unrequited (Legacy) (Audio CD)
I'm only a few months older than the aritist. It is not surprising that our lives run in a parallel time which he sings about and I mainly listen to. The underlying sentiment seems so geniuine on these songs, he seems positively driven to drag it all out and let people know what is going on. Three verses of "Kick in the Head" includes just about everything anyone could stand to hear about that, and I think you should hear it.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Louden at his very best - a classic,
This review is from: Unrequited (Legacy) (Audio CD)
This is the Louden I knew and loved - the one who didn't care about being politically or socially correct. "Rufus" and "The Hardy Boys At The 'Y'" are worth the price of the album. Unfortunately, Louden has gotten a bit too serious in his advanced age, and his concerts and albums don't even come close to measuring up to this - his best- album.
Robbie Bobby
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