Recovery (Loudon Wainwright album)

Recovery is the nineteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, released on August 19, 2008 on Yep Roc Records.^[2] The songs are "re-covers" from his first four albums: Loudon Wainwright III (1970), Album II (1971), Album III (1972) and Attempted Mustache (1973).

Recovery
Studio album by Loudon Wainwright III
Released	August 19, 2008
Genre	Folk
Label	Yep Roc
Producer	Joe Henry
Loudon Wainwright III chronology
Strange Weirdos (2007) Recovery (2008) High, Wide & Handsome (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Black Uncle Remus"
2. "Saw Your Name in the Paper"
3. "School Days"
4. "Drinking Song"
5. "Motel Blues"
6. "Muse Blues"
7. "New Paint"
8. "Be Careful There's a Baby in the House"
9. "Needless to Say"
10. "Movies Are a Mother to Me"
11. "Say That You Love Me"
12. "Old Friend"
13. "The Man Who Couldn't Cry"

Personnel

• Loudon Wainwright III - guitar, vocals
• Patrick Warren - keyboards
• David Piltch - bass guitar, double bass
• Jay Bellerose - drums
• Greg Leisz - guitar, lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin, mandola
• Joe Henry - guitar on "Say That You Love Me"
• Bill Frisell - electric guitar on "School Days" and "The Man Who Couldn't Cry"

Charts

Chart performance for Recovery

Chart (2008)	Peak position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[3]	42