Released 1978 | Release date 1978 | |
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Studio MZH Studios, New York City Similar Little Ship, Grown Man, Fame and Wealth, Here Come the Choppers, Career Moves | ||
Loudon wainwright iii final exam
Final Exam is a 1978 album by Loudon Wainwright III. It was re-released on Telarc in 2006 at the time of his European tour as a double-disk album, coupled with his 1976 album T Shirt.
Contents
The backing band were Slow Train; consisting of John Crowder, Richard Crooks, Ron Getman, Glen Mitchell and Stephen Tubin.
At this point in his career, Wainwright was including a lot of electric and rockier songs. After poor reviews of T-Shirt and Final Exam the latter became his last studio album for five years. He emerged, reborn as an acoustic writer backed by acoustic folk/rock musicians. He disowned Final Exam in an Australian radio interview in the early 1990s, but changed his mind and embraced it (and T-Shirt) according to the liner notes to the 2006 release.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Loudon Wainwright III
- "Final Exam"
- "Mr. Guilty"
- "Penpal Blues"
- "Golfin' Blues"
- "The Heckler"
- "Natural Disaster"
- "Fear with Flying"
- "Heaven and Mud"
- "Two-song Set"
- "Pretty Little Martha"
- "Watch Me Rock, I'm Over Thirty"
Personnel
Release history
Songs
1Final Exam3:49
2Mr Guilty4:24
3Penpal Blues2:59