In Search of Food Clothing Shelter and Sex is the debut solo album by American singer-songwriter John Buck Wilkin, released on Liberty Records in June 1970.

[2][3] The album features a version of Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee" released before Janis Joplin's hit single, as well as a song co-written with Kirstofferson, "Apocalypse 1969".

[8] The Omaha World-Herald carried a positive review with the writer praising Wilkin's "biographical tunes and his easy going style" in which the artist "relies equally on rock and country roots".

[3] A later review by Allmusic gave the release three stars out of five, with music critic Richie Unterberger saying that the mixture of folk-rock, pop and country made it "rather strange, and not always comfortable", while he called it an "obscure solo album".

[11] The California State University, Los Angeles student newspaper College Times praised Wilkin's songwriting as "full of gentle images and subtle shadings".