Fame and Wealth

Fame and Wealth
Studio album by Loudon Wainwright III
Released	1983
Studio	Blue Rock Studio, New York City
Genre	Folk
Length	33:02
Label	Rounder
Producer	Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III chronology
A Live One (1979) Fame and Wealth (1983) I'm Alright (1985)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	(B)[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Fame and Wealth is a 1983 album by Loudon Wainwright III.^[4] It was released on Rounder Records. After a five-year hiatus since Final Exam, it eschewed the rock sound of his later 1970s albums in favour of a stripped-down, wirier folk sound which would typify his recorded output from then on.

Track listing[]

All tracks composed by Loudon Wainwright III

1. "Reader and Advisor" – 5:28
2. "The Grammy Song" – 2:41
3. "Dump the Dog" – 2:08
4. "Thick & Thin" – 2:47
5. "Revenge" – 2:39
6. "Five Years Old" – 3:19
7. "Ingenue" – 3:40
8. "IDTTYWLM" – 4:06
9. "Westchester County" – 2:56
10. "Saturday Morning Fever" – 2:17
11. "April Fool's Day Morn" – 4:30
12. "Fame and Wealth" – 1:31

Personnel[]

• Loudon Wainwright III - acoustic guitar, banjo, drum, vocals

with:

• Richard Thompson - acoustic guitar on "April Fool's Day Morn"; electric guitar, mandolin on "Reader and Advisor"
• Myles Chase - synthesizer, piano, Fender Rhodes on "Five Years Old"
• Mark Hardwick - piano on "IDTTYWLM"
• Luther Rix - drums, percussion on "Five Years Old"
• Bob Rose - 12-string guitar on "Five Years Old"
• Mark Johnson - percussion on "IDTTYWLM"
• John Miller - bass on "Five Years Old"

Technical

• Michael Ewasko - engineer
• Teddy Wainwright - executive producer
• Keith Scott Morton - cover photography

Release history[]

• LP: Rounder 3076 (U.S.)
• LP: Demon FIEND5 (UK)
• CD: Rounder CD3076 (1987)

References[]

External links[]

• Rounder Records, catalogue website for Fame and Wealth

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