So Damn Happy (Loudon Wainwright III album) explained

So Damn Happy
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Loudon Wainwright III
Cover:	SoDamnHappyalbumcover.jpg
Released:	August 19, 2003
Genre:	Folk rock
Label:	Sanctuary
Producer:	Stewart Lerman, Loudon Wainwright III
Prev Title:	Last Man on Earth
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	Here Come the Choppers
Next Year:	2005

So Damn Happy is the third live album by American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, released on August 19, 2003 on Sanctuary Records. The album was recorded at Largo in West Hollywood, California, and features, amongst others, Van Dyke Parks, Richard Thompson and Martha Wainwright.

So Damn Happy compiles mostly nineties-era Wainwright songs, particularly from Grown Man, and new songs.

Regarding So Damn Happys lighter tone, in comparison to previous release, Last Man on Earth, Loudon states that:^[1]

Track listing

1. "Much Better Bets" – 3:05
2. "So Damn Happy" – 2:54
3. "Between" – 1:23
4. "The Picture" – 2:48
5. "Cobwebs" – 3:09
6. "Heaven" – 2:52
7. "Something for Nothing" – 4:10
8. "Dreaming" – 4:05
9. "Westchester County" – 4:20
10. "Tonya's Twirls" – 4:47
11. "A Year" – 3:37
12. "You Never Phone" (with Martha Wainwright) – 3:06
13. "4 X 10" – 2:26
14. "The Sh*t Song" – 4:18
15. "Primrose Hill" – 4:17
16. "The Home Stretch" – 5:09
17. "Men" – 3:36

Release history

• CD: Sanctuary 06076-84627-2

Notes and References

1. Web site: Loudon Wainwright III (p.2) . Puremusic.com . 2012-01-12.