Rufus Wainwright discography
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The discography released by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright includes five studio albums, one live album (Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall), one re-issue compilation (Want), three EPs, two DVDs and several singles. Also listed are contributions to film soundtracks and compilation albums, as well as other projects.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Rufus Wainwright (May 19, 1998), US Heatseekers #24, UK #171
- Poses (June 5, 2001), US #117, UK #132
- Want One (September 23, 2003), US #60, UK #88
- Want Two (November 16, 2004), US #103, UK #21
- Release the Stars (May 15, 2007), US #23, UK #2, Australia #58, Canada #7, UWC #14
- Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall (Live), (December 4, 2007) US # 171, UK, #171
[edit] Compilations, re-issues, etc.
- Want (2005, DreamWorks/Geffen) — repackaging Want One and Want Two as one album, with two extra tracks
[edit] EPs
- Waiting For A Want (2004, DreamWorks) - available only on iTunes
- Alright, Already: Live in Montréal (2005, DreamWorks/Geffen) - available only on iTunes to North American buyers
- Tiergarten (2007, Geffen) - contains one track: "Supermayer Lost in Tiergarten" remix (available digitally and in limited vinyl release)
[edit] DVDs
- All I Want (2005) - features documentary + live concert footage and music videos
- Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live From the London Palladium
[edit] Singles
- "I Don't Know What It Is" (2004, UK #74)[1]
- "Crumb By Crumb" (2005, UK #49 - airplay chart only)
- "Hallelujah" (2007, UK #148)
- "Going to a Town" (2007, UK #54)[2] - iTunes
- "Rules and Regulations" (2007) - iTunes (UK)
- "Tiergarten" (2007) - limited edition 12" single (500 copies) featuring the "Supermayer Lost in Tiergarten" remix
[edit] Music videos
| Year | Title | Album | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | "April Fools" | Rufus Wainwright | Sophie Muller |
| 2001 | "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" | Poses | |
| 2001 | "California" | Poses | Giles Dunning |
| 2002 | "Across the Universe" | I Am Sam Soundtrack | |
| 2007 | "Going to a Town" | Release the Stars | Sophie Muller |
| 2007 | "Rules and Regulations" | Release the Stars | Petro Papahadjopoulos |
[edit] Contributions
[edit] Soundtracks
| Year | Film | Songs | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (Les Aventuriers du Timbre Perdu) |
"I'm A-Runnin'" | |
| 1997 | The Myth of Fingerprints | "Le Roi D'Ys" "Banks of the Wabash" |
Velvel Records |
| 1999 | Big Daddy | "Instant Pleasure" | Sony |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film | "Complainte de la Butte" | Interscope |
| Shrek: Music from the Original Motion Picture | "Hallelujah" | Dreamworks | |
| Zoolander | "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" | Hollywood Records | |
| 2002 | I Am Sam Soundtrack | "Across the Universe" | V2/BMG |
| 2003 | Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen | "It's Only a Paper Moon" "I Wonder What Became of Me" |
Sony |
| 2004 | The L Word | "Hallelujah" | Tommy Boy |
| Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | "I Eat Dinner (When the Hunger's Gone)" (with Dido) | Geffen Records | |
| The Aviator | "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" | Sony | |
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | "King of the Road" (duet with Teddy Thompson) "The Maker Makes" |
Verve |
| Prime | "Peach Trees"" | Varese Sarabande | |
| 2006 | Hell | "This Love Affair" | CINEFONIA |
| Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man | "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" "Everybody Knows" |
Verve Forecast | |
| The Last Kiss | "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk [Reprise]" | Lakeshore Records | |
| The History Boys: The Original Soundtrack | "Bewitched" | Rhino/Wea | |
| 2007 | Meet the Robinsons | "Another Believer" "The Motion Waltz (Emotional Commotion)" |
Walt Disney Records |
| 2008 | Caos Calmo (Italy) | "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" |
[edit] Guest appearances
| Year | Artist | Album | Songs | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Kate & Anna McGarrigle | Love Over and Over | "A Place in Your Heart" | guest vocalist |
| 1990 | Kate & Anna McGarrigle | Heartbeats Accelerating | "I'm Losing You" | guest vocalist |
| 1991 | Various Artists | Songs From the Civil War | "Better Times Are Coming" "Hard Times Come Again No More" |
co-lead vocalist (with Kate & Anna McGarrigle) backing vocalist |
| 1998 | Cecil Seaskull | Whoever | "La Song" | guest vocalist |
| Kate & Anna McGarrigle | The McGarrigle Hour | "Schooldays" "What'll I Do?" "Heartburn" "Talk to Me of Mendocino" "Goodnight Sweetheart" |
co-lead vocalist, background vocals on various other tracks |
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| 1999 | Shoofly | Dirty White Town | "You Don't Know" | guest vocalist |
| 2000 | Teddy Thompson | Teddy Thompson | "So Easy" "Missing Children" |
guest vocalist co-wrote |
| Kiki and Herb | Do You Hear What We Hear? | "Those Were the Days" | co-lead vocalist | |
| 2001 | Jordi Rosen | Madame Xavier | "Three Angels" "Mistletoe" |
backing vocalist |
| Elton John | Songs from the West Coast | "American Triangle" | backing vocalist | |
| 2002 | Julianna Raye | Restless Night | "More Wine" | co-written, vocal duet |
| Kristian Hoffman | & | "Scarecrow" | duet | |
| Linda Thompson | Fashionably Late | "All I See" | guest vocalist | |
| 2004 | David Byrne | Grown Backwards | "Au Fond du Temple Saint" | duet |
| 2005 | Antony and the Johnsons | I Am a Bird Now | "What Can I Do?" | lead vocals |
| Kiki and Herb | Kiki & Herb Will Die For You | "Those Were the Days" | co-vocalist | |
| Martha Wainwright | Martha Wainwright | "Don't Forget" "The Maker" |
arranged vocals backing vocalist |
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| Jason Hart | If I Were You | "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" | co-lead vocalist | |
| Burt Bacharach | At This Time | "Go Ask Shakespeare" | solo vocalist | |
| Kate & Anna McGarrigle | The McGarrigle Christmas Hour | "Spotlight On Christmas" "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" |
lead vocals | |
| 2006 | Jane Birkin | Fictions | "Waterloo Station" | wrote lyrics |
| Sloan Wainwright | Life Grows Back | "Tired of Wasting Time" | duet | |
| Pet Shop Boys | Concrete | "Casanova in Hell" | solo vocalist | |
| 2007 | Teddy Thompson | Upfront & Down Low | "My Blue Tears" | arranged strings |
| Linda Thompson | Versatile Heart | "Beauty" | wrote lyrics | |
| Ann Wilson | Hope & Glory | "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" | co-vocalist | |
| 2008 | Martha Wainwright | I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too |
"The George Song" | guest vocalist |
[edit] Compilations
| Year | Album | Songs | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Live at the World Café - Volume 9 | "April Fools" | World Café |
| 2002 | When Love Speaks | "Sonnet 29 - When in Disgrace..." | EMI Classics |
| ''Hear Music Volume 7: Waking | "Greek Song" | Universal Music Enterprises | |
| Lifted: Songs of the Spirit | "Hallelujah" | Universal Music Enterprises | |
| Live at the World Café: Vol. 15 - Handcrafted | "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" | ||
| Being Out Rocks | "California" | Centaur | |
| 107.1 KGSR Radio Austin - Broadcasts Vol.10 | "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" | ||
| WYEP Live & Direct: Volume 4, On Air Performances | "California" | ||
| 2003 | Wig in a Box | "The Origin of Love" | Off Records |
| Maybe This Christmas Too? | "Spotlight On Christmas" | Nettwerk Records | |
| 2004 | WFUV: City Folk Live VII | "Beauty Mark" | |
| 2005 | Sweetheart 2005: Love Songs | "My Funny Valentine" | Live More Musically |
| Acoustic 05 | "Oh What A World" | Pinnacle | |
| Eklektikos Live | "Pretty Things" | ||
| Elton John's Christmas Party | "Spotlight On Christmas" | Hip-O Records | |
| 2006 | The Acoustic Album | "California" | Virgin TV |
| Plague Songs | "Katonah" | 4AD | |
| Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys | "Lowlands Away" (with Kate McGarrigle) | ANTI- | |
| 2007 | Acoustic 07 | "Beautiful Child" | V2 |
| Sounds Eclectic: The Cover Project | "Harvest" (with Chris Stills) | Hear Music | |
| True Colors: The Tour CD | "Gay Messiah" | Silver Label | |
| The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary Show | "Hallelujah" | ||
| Stockings By the Fire | "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" | Starbucks Entertainment | |
| 2008 | Groupes de Pamplemousse | "Il pleure dans mon cœur" (composed music) | Jajou Productions |
[edit] Other
- "Ode to Antidote", created for a Viktor & Rolf ad campaign for their perfume, Antidote (2006)
- Bloom, composed and recorded voicings for the dance production entitled, "Bloom", as performed by the Stephen Petronio Dance Company (2006)
- Yellow Lounge (2007, Deutsche Grammophon), a compilation album of classical pieces chosen by Wainwright, and two Wainwright songs performed by the Fauré Quartett.
