Loudon Wainwright III, Social Studies - 53m 9s

Tracks & Durations

1. What Gives	3:29
2. Tonya's Twirls	3:37
3. New Street People	2:50
4. Carmine Street	2:57
5. O.J.	3:13
6. Leap Of Faith	2:53
7. Conspiracies	2:17
8. Christmas Morning	3:36
9. Y2K	6:13
10. Number One	3:39
11. Bad Man	3:21
12. Inaugural Blues	3:19
13. Our Boy Bill	3:11
14. Jesse Don't Like It	4:06
15. Pretty Good Day	4:19

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Review

They're are two types of topical songwriters. You have your all-the-news-that's-fit-to-sing variety, with Phil Ochs representing its quintessence; for them, "topical" means "protest"--serious business, indeed. And then there's the laugh-to-keep-from-crying stripe spearheaded by Tom Lehrer. Social Studies finds Loudon Wainwright III throwing his lot in with the latter camp. Largely composed on demand for National Public Radio, Social Studies finds the acerbic wordsmith taking aim at the likes of rough-and-tumble skater Tonya Harding, O.J. Simpson, imprisoned "Panamanian strongman" Manuel Noriega, and President Bill Clinton. With more a smirk than a scowl, Wainwright deftly skewers such 1990s icons as Jesse Helms ("If Jesse don't like it, it's probably not art / Jesse knows what's good, old Jesse is smart") with just enough bite to leave teeth marks. --Steven Stolder

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