America�s most underappreciated songwriter unearths songs from his number one three, early-�70s LPs. What were primitively acoustic-guitar-and-voice compositions get full-band arrangements, not always to their betterment. �The Drinking Song,� �Muse Blues� and �Be Careful There�s a Baby in the House� still draw smiles, but one can�t help simply wonder who�s going to buy this. Perhaps producer Joe Henry and Wainwright hope to grab listeners turned on by their work on the �Knocked Up� soundtrack, but newcomers would do better to check prohibited the invaluable live document �Career Moves� or the Richard Thompson-assisted �More Love Songs.� Download the one tune that does benefit from a revisit, �Motel Blues,� which in 1971 was a sarcastic invitation for a fan to share his bed and now is a dire plea by a unfrequented, aging musician strung out on the road.
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