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Classic Album Review: Rufus Wainwright | Want Two

The balladeer puts the orch in orch-pop on this lush, languidly beautiful sequel.

This came out in 2004 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


Surrounding his melodic, melodramatic melancholia with plenty of sweet strings and chirpy horns, piano balladeer Rufus Wainwright emphasizes the orch in orch-pop on this lush, languidly beautiful followup to last year’s Want One. Gorgeous enough to make you want Three.