| Attempted Mustache | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1973 | |||
| Studio | Ray Stevens Sound Lab, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 38:38 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Bob Johnston, Bruce Dickinson (1998 reissue production) | |||
| Loudon Wainwright III chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A−[2] |
| Rolling Stone | favorable[3] |
Attempted Mustache is the fourth album from Loudon Wainwright III. It was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Bob Johnston and was released in 1973 on Columbia Records.
Wainwright said that "I Am the Way" was partly inspired by Guru Maharaj Ji's appearance at the Millennium '73 festival in December 1973.[4]
Johnny Cash covered the song "The Man Who Couldn't Cry" live on his album American Recordings.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 21, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Lichtenstein, Grace (February 3, 1974), "They Won't Boo Loudon Any Longer", The New York Times