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

Unrequited (Legacy)

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
Country USA
Manufacturer Sony Legacy
Binding Audio CD
ReleaseDate 1998-08-25
UnitCount 1
Format Original recording remastered
UPCs 074646525821
EANs 0074646525821

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Sony Legacy
Binding	Audio CD
ReleaseDate	1998-08-25
UnitCount	1
Format	Original recording remastered
UPCs	074646525821
EANs	0074646525821

Unrequited (Legacy)