Want (Rufus Wainwright album)

Want
Studio album by Rufus Wainwright
Released November 28, 2005 (UK)
Genre Pop
Length 62:31 + 54:08
Label DreamWorks/Geffen
Producer Marius de Vries

Want is a repackaged double album by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2005.[1] It contains all the tracks from both Want One and Want Two, along with two bonus tracks: a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" along with "In with the Ladies".[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Wainwright, unless otherwise noted.

Disc 1
  1. "Oh What a World" – 4:23
  2. "I Don't Know What It Is" – 4:51
  3. "Vicious World" – 2:50
  4. "Movies of Myself" – 4:30
  5. "Pretty Things" – 2:40
  6. "Go or Go Ahead" – 6:38
  7. "Vibrate" – 2:44
  8. "14th Street" – 4:44
  9. "Natasha" – 3:28
  10. "Harvester of Hearts" – 3:35
  11. "Beautiful Child" – 4:15
  12. "Want" – 5:10
  13. "11:11" – 4:27
  14. "Dinner at Eight" – 4:33
Disc 2
  1. "Agnus Dei" – 5:45
  2. "The One You Love" – 3:44
  3. "Peach Trees" – 5:59
  4. "Little Sister" – 3:22
  5. "The Art Teacher" – 3:51
  6. "Hometown Waltz" – 2:33
  7. "This Love Affair" – 3:13
  8. "Gay Messiah" – 3:14
  9. "Memphis Skyline" – 4:51
  10. "Waiting for a Dream" – 4:14
  11. "Crumb by Crumb" – 4:13
  12. "Old Whore's Diet" – 9:09
  13. "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" (Leonard Cohen) – 3:55
  14. "In with the Ladies" (Alex Gifford, Wainwright) - 3:52

Personnel

Want One

  • Rufus Wainwright – voice (1–14), piano (2,5,8,10,14), fender rhodes piano (3), recorders (3), acoustic guitar (4,6,11–13), keyboards (9), orchestral arrangements (1,2,7,9,14), choral arrangements (7)
  • Marius de Vries – piano (1,7,8,12,13), programming (1–4,6–14), vibraphone (10,12), orchestral arrangements (1,2,7,14), choral arrangements (7)
  • Joy Smith – harp (1,2,13,14)
  • Nick Hitchens – tuba (1)
  • Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor (1,2,7,14)
  • Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader (1,2,7,14)
  • Alexis Smith – programming (1–4,6–14)
  • Simon C Clarke – alto sax (1,8,11), baritone sax (1,8,10,11), flute (1,2,14), alto flute (1), piccolo (1)
  • Tim Sanders – tenor sax (1,8,10,11)
  • Roddy Lorimer – trumpet (1,2,8,10,11), flugelhorn (10)
  • Paul Spong – trumpet (1,2,8,11)
  • Annie Whitehead – trombone (1,2,8,10,11)
  • Dave Stewart – bass trombone (1,2,11)
  • Sterling Campbell – drums (2–4,13)
  • Jeff Hill – bass (2,4,6,8,11–13)

Want Two

  • Rufus Wainwright – voice (1-12), piano (1-7,9,10), additional vocals (2,3,8,11), acoustic guitar (2,3,8,11), keyboards (11), orchestral arrangements (1,4,7,9-11)
  • Sophie Solomon – violin (1)
  • Pit Hermans – cimbalom (1)
  • Marius de Vries – keyboards (1,10,11), vibraphone (3,9), programming (2-4,8,9-11), orchestral arrangements (1,4,7,9-11)
  • Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor (1,4,9,11), horn contractor (5,10)
  • Gavyn Wright – orchestral leader (1,4,9,11)
  • Martha Wainwright – additional vocals (2,3,6,8,12), violin (6)
  • Gerry Leonard – electric guitar (2,3), guitars (9)
  • Charlie Sexton – electric guitar (2,3)
  • Jeff Hill – bass (2,3,8-12), additional vocals (12)
  • Levon Helm – drums (2)
  • Roberto Rodriguez – percussion (3)
  • Sterling Campbell – drums (3,9)
  • Matt Johnson – drums (3,8)
  • Kate McGarrigle – additional vocals (6), banjo (6)
  • Anna McGarrigle – additional vocals (6), accordion (6)
  • Lily Lanken – additional vocals (6), recorder (6)
  • Brad Albetta – bass (6)
  • Maxim Moston – violin (7,10,12), concertmaster (7,10), orchestral arrangements (1,4,7,9-11)
  • Antoine Silverman – violin (7,10)
  • Joan Wasser – violin (7,10), viola (12)
  • Julianne Klopotic – violin (7,10)
  • Vivienne Kim – violin (7,10)
  • Fiona Murray – violin (7,10)
  • Cenovia Cummins – violin (7,10)
  • Christopher Cardona – violin (7,10)
  • Danielle Farina – viola (7,10)
  • Alison Gordon – viola (7,10)
  • Eric Hammelman – viola (7,10)
  • Kathryn Lockwood – viola (7,10)
  • Anja Wood – cello (7,10)
  • Jane Scarpantoni – cello (7,10)
  • Julia Kent – cello (7,10,12)
  • Carlo Pellettieri – cello (7,10)
  • Troy Rinker Jr – bass (7,10)
  • Alexandra Knoll – oboe (7)
  • David Sapadin – clarinet (7)
  • Daniel Shelly – bassoon (7)
  • Teddy Thompson – additional vocals (8,12)
  • Jenni Muldaur – additional vocals (8)
  • Suzzy Roche – additional vocals (8)
  • Leona Naess – additional vocals (11)
  • David Theodore – oboe (11)
  • Rob Burger – Hammond organ (11)
  • Gina Gershon – jaw harp (11)
  • Antony – voice (12)
  • Julianna Raye – additional vocals (12)
  • Roger Greenawalt – ukulele (12), banjo (12)
  • Steven Wolf – djembe (12), tambourine (12), additional programming (12)
  • Alexis Smith – programming (2-4,8-11)
  • Van Dyke Parks – orchestral arrangements (1,4,7,9-11)

References

  1. ↑ "Rufus Wainwright releases double album". NME. IPC Media. 2005-11-06. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  2. ↑ "Want - Rufus Wainwright". allmusic. Retrieved 2008-12-29.

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