Grown Man

For the song by New Kids on the Block, see The Block (album).

Grown Man is an album by the American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, released on October 2, 1995, on Virgin Records. The release is generally considered less stark and somewhat more humorous that its predecessor, History.

Grown Man
Studio album by Loudon Wainwright III
Released	October 2, 1995
Genre	Folk
Label	Virgin
Producer	Loudon Wainwright III, Jeffrey Lesser
Loudon Wainwright III chronology
Career Moves (1993) Grown Man (1995) Little Ship (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A−[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Grown Man contains a song addressed to his daughter, Martha Wainwright, titled "Father/Daughter Dialogue", on which they duet.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Loudon Wainwright III; except where indicated

1. "The Birthday Present"
2. "Grown Man"
3. "That Hospital"
4. "Housework"
5. "Cobwebs"
6. "A Year"
7. "Father/Daughter Dialogue"
8. "1994"
9. "I.W.I.W.A.L.(I Wish I Was a Lesbian)"
10. "Just A John"
11. "I Suppose"
12. "Dreaming"
13. "The End Has Begun"
14. "Human Cannonball"
15. "Treasure Untold" (Jimmie Rodgers, Ellsworth T. Cozzens)

Personnel

• Loudon Wainwright III - guitar, vocals
• Dom Cortese - accordion
• Richard Crooks - drums
• Steve Gaboury - organ, accordion
• John Kaye - percussion
• Randy Landau - bass
• Jeffrey Lesser - percussion, Jew's harp, vocals
• David Mansfield - bouzouki, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, pedal steel, electric & slide guitar
• Chaim Tannenbaum - banjo, harmonica, vocals
• Martha Wainwright - vocals on "Father/Daughter Dialogue"
• Mike Kappus - executive producer^[4]

Release history

• CD: Virgin CDV2789