- Record Label: 2nd Story Sound
- Release Date: Apr 17, 2012
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Apr 27, 2012Older Than My Old Man Now contains some excellent work when Wainwright's not putting on false bravado or bullshitting, but ultimately, this is for his hardcore fans rather than casual ones.
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May 22, 2012You'd be mistaken to pass up the greatest album of Loudon Wainwright III's four-decade career, and an easy frontrunner for this year's best album, period, as 2012 enters its second half.
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May 9, 2012Wainwright has a true gift for turning heartbreak into brilliant folk rock.
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Apr 16, 2012This marvelous album will resonate with sons, daughters, parents, spouses or those mindful of their mortality. In other words: everyone.
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Apr 20, 2012After he goes down on his knees and prays, as he promises he will, this album will be Exhibit A on his application.
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MojoApr 20, 2012Amid the thoughts of ultimate demise, the creative juices never cease to flow.[May 2012, p.88]
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Apr 13, 2012At 15 tracks, it's possibly a bit too long - but this is a man who's lived one hell of a life and has a lot of tales to tell. Indeed, it's a fair shout that this could well be the most entertaining autobiography you'll listen to all year.
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Apr 17, 2012The confessions on Older Than My Old Man Now can be startling.
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May 9, 2012Older Than My Old Man Now tackles serious topics with empathy and laughter. By looking at himself, Wainwright shows us what will someday happen to all of us.
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Q MagazineApr 25, 2012Despite moments of brilliance, at 15 songs long the self-obsession sometimes grates. [May 2012, p.108]
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Apr 17, 2012It's riveting stuff; here's hoping the story doesn't end for a long time.
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Apr 17, 2012It's an exquisitely bittersweet meander through Wainwright's cobweb-strewn psyche liable to leave listeners laughing through tears and crying through laughter.
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Apr 13, 2012Copious candid personal insights are shared with the gravitas of Johnny Cash over a bit of blues here, a fleck of folk there, and country stylings aplenty.
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Apr 19, 2012It works, thanks to his bleak wit, his ability to match thoughtful lyrics against varied, mostly blues-based settings, and help from special guests.
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Apr 13, 2012Best of all is "The Day That We Die", Rufus Wainwright oozing mournfully with his dad about the way that familial potholes prove so difficult to repair.
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Apr 16, 2012It's a rather beautiful thing.
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Apr 25, 2012The autobiographical Older Than My Old Man Now is a gleefully morbid summing up of his life in which he ponders childhood, family history, aging and death with an attitude of incredulity that he should be 65 and turning out songs like "My Meds" and "I Remember Sex."
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UncutApr 17, 2012The rest is a warm and hilarious mediation of mortality. [May 2012, p.83]