Strange Weirdos

Strange Weirdos: Music from and Inspired by the film Knocked Up
Strange Weirdos: Music from and Inspired by the film Knocked Up
Soundtrack album by Loudon Wainwright III
Released	May 22, 2007
Recorded	by Ryan Freeland at The Garfield House, South Pasadena, California, U.S.A., except track 3 - by S. Husky Höskulds at Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, mixed by R.Freeland
Genre	Contemporary folk, folk-rock, americana
Length	48:17
Label	Concord
Producer	Joe Henry, Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III chronology

Strange Weirdos: Music from and Inspired by the Film Knocked Up is the official soundtrack album to the 2007 Judd Apatow film Knocked Up, and the eighteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, released on May 22, 2007 on Concord Records.^[1] The album was co-produced by Joe Henry and Wainwright. Guests featured on the album include multi-instrumentalist Greg Leisz, Van Dyke Parks, bassist David Pilch, Richard Thompson and Patrick Warren.

In 2007 Strange Weirdos reached peak positions of number 32 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart and number 22 on the Top Soundtracks chart. The album re-entered the Top Soundtracks chart in 2009, reaching a peak position of number 15.

Development

Strange Weirdos served as the soundtrack to Judd Apatow's 2007 film Knocked Up and a studio album for Wainwright, who played a gynecologist in the film.^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Music Box	link
Robert Christgau	(B+) link

Track listing

All songs written by Wainwright unless noted otherwise.

"Grey in L.A." – 3:15
"You Can't Fail Me Now" (Joe Henry, Wainwright) – 3:45
"Daughter" (Peter Blegvad) – 3:33
"Ypsilanti" (Henry) – 1:52
"So Much to Do" (Henry, Wainwright) – 3:26
"Valley Morning" – 3:44
"X or Y" – 2:54
"Final Frontier" – 3:47
"Feel So Good" (Mose Allison) – 2:03
"Lullaby" – 3:12
"Naomi" (Henry) – 4:04
"Doin' the Math" – 5:32
"Strange Weirdos" – 4:07
"Passion Play" – 2:54

Track listing adapted from Allmusic.^[1]

Personnel

Musicians

Jay Bellerose – drums, percussion
Jebin Bruni – organ (7), piano (13)
Daphne Chen – second violin of The Section Quartet (2, 8, 13)
Richard Dodd – cello of The Section Quartet (2, 8, 13)
Eric Gorfain – first violin of The Section Quartet (2, 8, 13)
Portia Griffin – backing vocals (7, 12)
Niki Haris – backing vocals (7, 12)
Joe Henry – acoustic guitar (4,11), record producer
Leah Katz – viola of The Section Quartet (2, 8, 13)
Greg Leisz – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar, Weissenborn steel guitar, mandolin, mandola,
Jean McClain – backing vocals (7, 12)
Van Dyke Parks – accordion (1, 3, 14), piano (5)
David Piltch – acoustic bass, electric bass
Richard Thompson – electric guitar (1, 8, 10)
Loudon Wainwright III – vocals, guitars, ukulele, record producer
Patrick Warren – piano, pump organ, Chamberlin, accordion; string arrangements and conductor of The Section Quartet

Production

Judd Apatow – executive producer, liner notes
John Baldi – A&R
David Buntz – album director for Universal Pictures
Ryan Freeland – engineer, mixing
Harry Garfield – executive in charge of music for Universal Pictures
S. Husky Höskulds – engineer (3)
Jonathan Karp – music supervisor
Gavin Lurssen – mastering
Kathy Nelson – executive in charge of music for Universal Pictures
Rob Saslow – A&R
Anabel Sinn – design
Michael Wilson – photography

Charts

In 2007 Strange Weirdos reached peak positions of number 32 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart and number 22 on the Top Soundtracks chart.^[3] The album reached number 15 on the Top Soundtracks chart in 2009.^[4]