Years in the Making (album)

Years in the Making
Compilation album by Loudon Wainwright III
Released	September 14, 2018 (2018-09-14)
Genre	Folk
Label	StorySound Records
Producer	Loudon Wainwright III & Dick Connette

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Rolling Stone	[1]

Years in the Making is a two-CD compilation album by Loudon Wainwright III released on September 14, 2018, by StorySound Records. ^{[2] [3]} The album brings together 42 songs spanning Wainwright's career, including home and live recordings, demos, studio outtakes, and interview pieces. The set, released in a hardbound book, features 60 pages of liner notes, art, photos, and documents. ^{[4] [5]}

The album is arranged roughly by topic and chronology. ^[2] Its tracks, most of which were previously unreleased, are divided into seven "chapters": Folk, Rocking Out and Kids on disc one and Love Hurts, Miscellany, Hollywood and The Big Picture on disc two. ^{[4] [5]} Years in the Making was co-produced by Wainwright and Dick Connette, who produced High Wide & Handsome , Wainwright's 2009 tribute to legendary banjo player Charlie Poole. ^[5]

Track listing

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rosin the Bow"	Traditional	0:38
2.	"You Ain't Going Nowhere"	Bob Dylan	2:26
3.	"East St. Louis Tweedle-Dee"	Steve Goodman	1:41
4.	"Everybody I Know"	Loudon Wainwright III	1:09
5.	"Philadelphia Lawyer"	Woody Guthrie	4:12
6.	"Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms"	Traditional	4:15
7.	"Love Gifts"	Loudon Wainwright III	2:40
8.	"Stewball"	Traditional	3:43
9.	"Flood of Tears"	Loudon Wainwright III	2:25
10.	"Station Break"	Loudon Wainwright III	0:27
11.	"Have You Ever Been to Pittsburgh?"	Loudon Wainwright III	1:10
12.	"2 Song Set"	Loudon Wainwright III	3:54
13.	"Cardboard Boxes"	Loudon Wainwright III	3:13
14.	"Smokey Joe's Cafe"	Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller	3:25
15.	"You Hurt Me Mantra"	Loudon Wainwright III	3:28
16.	"Rambunctious"	Loudon Wainwright III	2:34
17.	"Wanna Be on MTV"	Loudon Wainwright III	2:19
18.	"Birthday Poem/Happy Birthday/Animal Song"	Suzzy Roche/Public Domain/Loudon Wainwright III	1:33
19.	"Your Mother & I"	Loudon Wainwright III	3:33
20.	"Button Nose"	Loudon Wainwright III	2:41
21.	"The Ballad of Famous & Harper"	Loudon Wainwright III	2:39
22.	"Teenager's Lament"	Loudon Wainwright III	3:03
23.	"Things"	Loudon Wainwright III	4:21

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Unrequited to the Nth Degree"	Loudon Wainwright III	3:15
2.	"Ulcer"	Loudon Wainwright III	3:31
3.	"You Can't Fail Me Now"	Joe Henry/Loudon Wainwright III	2:57
4.	"No"	Loudon Wainwright III	3:30
5.	"Rowena"	Loudon Wainwright III	2:53
6.	"Cheatin'"	Loudon Wainwright III	2:13
7.	"IDTTYWLM"	Loudon Wainwright III	5:23
8.	"Down Where the Drunkards Roll"	Richard Thompson	4:31
9.	"POW"	Loudon Wainwright III	2:03
10.	"Meet the Wainwrights"	Loudon Wainwright III	4:19
11.	"Liza Minnelli Interview"		0:45
12.	"Hollywood Hopeful"	Loudon Wainwright III	2:43
13.	"Valley Morning"	Loudon Wainwright III	3:23
14.	"Trailer"	Loudon Wainwright III	3:30
15.	"God's Got a Sh*t List"	Loudon Wainwright III	2:30
16.	"Thank You, Mr. Hubble"	Loudon Wainwright III	2:15
17.	"It Ain't Gaza"	Loudon Wainwright III	3:06
18.	"Out of This World"	Loudon Wainwright III	6:05
19.	"Birthday Boy"	Loudon Wainwright III	1:32

Charts

Chart performance for Years in the Making

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [6]	60
UK Album Sales (OCC) [7]	67
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [8]	27

Notes

1. Browne, David (September 17, 2018). "Review: Loudon Wainwright III Delivers a Warts and All Autobiography on 'Years in the Making'". Rolling Stone .
2. Browne, David (September 17, 2018). "Wainwright III Delivers a Warts and All Autobiography on 'Years in the Making'". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone . Retrieved September 30, 2018.
3. "Loudon Wainwright III: Years in the Making". amazon.com. Amazon . Retrieved September 30, 2018.
4. Amen, John (September 11, 2018). "Loudon Wainwright III Offers a Compelling Retrospective". nodepression.com. No Depression . Retrieved September 30, 2018.
5. Whitmore, Laura B. (June 21, 2018). "Loudon Wainwright III Announces New Two-Disc Collection, 'Years In The Making'". parade.com. Parade . Retrieved September 30, 2018.
6. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
7. "Official Album Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. September 21, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
8. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 27, 2024.