Older Than My Old Man Now
by Loudon Wainwright III
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
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  1. American Songwriter
    May 22, 2012
    90
    You'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.
  2. Blurt Magazine
    May 9, 2012
    70
    Wainwright has a true gift for turning heartbreak into brilliant folk rock.
  3. Boston Globe
    Apr 16, 2012
    80
    This marvelous album will resonate with sons, daughters, parents, spouses or those mindful of their mortality. In other words: everyone.
  5. Expert Witness (MSN Music)
    Apr 20, 2012
    100
    After he goes down on his knees and prays, as he promises he will, this album will be Exhibit A on his application.
  6. musicOMH.com
    Apr 13, 2012
    80
    At 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.
  7. Paste Magazine
    Apr 17, 2012
    80
    The confessions on Older Than My Old Man Now can be startling.
  8. PopMatters
    May 9, 2012
    80
    Older 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.
  9. Rolling Stone
    Apr 17, 2012
    70
    It's riveting stuff; here's hoping the story doesn't end for a long time.
  10. The A.V. Club
    Apr 17, 2012
    91
    It's an exquisitely bittersweet meander through Wainwright's cobweb-strewn psyche liable to leave listeners laughing through tears and crying through laughter.
  11. The Fly (UK)
    Apr 13, 2012
    70
    Copious 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.
  12. The Guardian
    Apr 19, 2012
    80
    It works, thanks to his bleak wit, his ability to match thoughtful lyrics against varied, mostly blues-based settings, and help from special guests.
  13. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Apr 16, 2012
    100
    It's a rather beautiful thing.
  14. The New York Times
    Apr 25, 2012
    80
    The 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."
  15. Uncut
    Apr 17, 2012
    80
    The rest is a warm and hilarious mediation of mortality. [May 2012, p.83]
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  1. bgrass13
    May 7, 2012
    9
    A beautiful, wonderful, funny/heart-wrenching, thought-provoking record from Mr. Wainwright III as he looks back on what is, what was and whatA beautiful, wonderful, funny/heart-wrenching, thought-provoking record from Mr. Wainwright III as he looks back on what is, what was and what could have been. Stirring, emotional ballads ('In C') mix with humorous ditties ('My Meds') in a joyful/painful looking back/forward at life. With the exceptions of 'Date Line' and 'I Remember Sex', one of Loudon's best records ever, IMO. The other 13 tunes rate a '10.'… Full Review »
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