Little Ship (album)

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Released October 6, 1997 Little Ship (1997) BBC Sessions (1998) Release date 6 October 1997 Genre Folk music		Length 48:17 Artist Loudon Wainwright III Label Virgin Records

Recorded Shelter Island Sound, Sear Sound and Big House Recording, New York City Producers John Leventhal, Loudon Wainwright III Similar So Damn Happy, Grown Man, Final Exam, Career Moves, Fame and Wealth

Little ship a song by loudon wainwright iii 1997 bbc session

Little Ship is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, released on October 6, 1997 on Virgin Records/Charisma Records. According to Wainwright, the album "focuses primarily on the theme of a relationship. In terms of the other records, I don't know how or why I would place it somewhere except that it's the newest."

Track listing

Breakfast in Bed – 3:05
Four Mirrors – 2:55
Mr. Ambivalent – 3:44
OGM – 2:55
Our Own War – 3:50
So Damn Happy – 2:25
Primrose Hill – 4:47
Underwear – 1:30
The World – 1:49
What Are Families For? – 4:26
Bein' a Dad – 3:41
The Birthday Present ll – 3:51
I Can't Stand Myself – 2:41
Little Ship – 3:33
A Song – 3:05

Personnel

The following people contributed to Little Ship:

Musicians

Loudon Wainwright III – vocals, guitars, banjo, ukulele, "Bein' a Dad" chorus

John Leventhal – guitars, keyboards, percussion, harmonica, harmonium, lap steel, mandolin, bass, drums, "Bein' a Dad" chorus

Tony Garnier – bass ("Breakfast in Bed", "Mr. Ambivalent", "Our Own War", "Primrose Hill", "Bein' a Dad", "I Can't Stand Myself" and "Little Ship")

Shawn Pelton – drums ("Breakfast in Bed", "Mr. Ambvivalent", "Our Own War", "Bein' a Dad", "I Can't Stand Myself" and "Little Ship")

Rick DePofi – tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet ("What Are Families For?" and "I Can't Stand Myself")

Brian Mitchell – organ ("Mr. Ambivalent" and "I Can't Stand Myself")

Shawn Colvin – background vocals ("Mr. Ambivalent" and "Our Own War")

Larry Campbell – pedal steel ("Our Own War")

Sandra Park – violin leader ("Breakfast in Bed" and "A Song")

Sharon Yamanda – violin ("Breakfast in Bed" and "A Song")

Richard Sortomme – violin ("Breakfast in Bed" and "A Song")

Carol Webb – violin ("Breakfast in Bed" and "A Song")

Lisa E. Kim – violin ("Breakfast in Bed" and "A Song")

Daniel F. Reed – violin ("Breakfast in Bed" and "A Song")

Sue Pray – viola ("Breakfast in Bed" and "A Song")

Robert Rinehart – viola ("Breakfast in Bed" and "A Song")

Alan J. Stepansky – cello ("Breakfast in Bed" and "A Song")

Maria Kitsopoulos – cello ("Breakfast in Bed" and "A Song")

John Patitucci – bass ("Breakfast in Bed" and "A Song")

Chris Botti – trumpet ("Our Own War" and "The Birthday Present II")

Robert Carlisle – trumpet ("Our Own War" and "The Birthday Present II")

Jim Hynes – trumpet, fugelhorn ("Our Own War" and "The Birthday Present II")

Michael Davis – trombone ("Our Own War" and "The Birthday Present II")

Steve Addabbo – "Bein' a Dad" chorus

Arrangements

Stephen Barber – string arrangement ("A Song") and horn arrangement ("Our Own War")

Rick DePofi – horn arrangements ("What Are Families For?" and "I Can't Stand Myself")

John Leventhal – horn arrangements ("What Are Families For?", "I Can't Stand Myself" and "The Birthday Present II")

Recording personnel

John Leventhal – producer, recording, mixing

Loudon Wainwright III – producer

Mike Kappus – executive producer

Joe Blaney – recording

Scott Ansell – additional recording

Tom Shick]- recording assistant

John Reigart – recording assistant

Aaron Keane – recording assistant

Ken Feldman – recording assistant

Steve Addabbo – mixing ("Bein' a Dad", "I Can't Stand Myself", "Mr. Ambivilant" and "Our Own War")

Ted Jensen – mastering

Artwork

Hugh Brown – art direction, photography

Ellie Kompare – "Family" illustration

Katsushika Hokusai – "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa"

Release history

CD: Virgin CDV2844

Songs

1Breakfast in Bed3:07
2Four Mirrors2:56
3Mr Ambivalent3:46

References

Little Ship (album) Wikipedia

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