Want Two

This is the second Rufus Wainright album that I've gotten and I'm quite witless to reason why he should get one, much less two spots on here.

Moest hem even op Wikipedia opzoeken zelfs. Nog nooit gehoord van gekke rufus. Dit zal ongetwijfeld objectief een enorm goed album zijn. Ik zal dan ook pretenderen dat ik dat heb waargenomen. Vind het wel knap hoeveel reikwijdte hij heeft. Vind het alleen niet perse complementair. Het is niet helemaal voor mij. Mijn kleine sidequest op Wikipedia maakte me wel benieuwd. De beste man heeft op het toppunt van zijn crystal meth verslaving een soort psychotische week gehad, waarin hij oa ook een “debauched night” had met zijn moeder en een andere vrouw van in de 60. Dit laat toch teveel open ter interpretatie als je het mij vraagt. Ohja, daarna dus rehab en dit album gemaakt.

Yawn...

2 sterne

Ikke imponert.

The first album I couldn't finish. String arrangements were very nice. Way too much sad sad crooning though. Couldn't sit through it in traffic.

I always wondered why I didn’t get into Rufus Wainwright. Now I know. Some good stuff but too much not good

I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want…….. not this!

I can tell the guy has talent. But it does nothing for me. Sounds like a drama club Radiohead.

Kind of a weird bohemian record-y thing. Rufus has such a great voice.

Okay, some of it falls into the category of quirky folk music and that I do not like. The One You Love has that sound and it's just kind of annoying. Some of it though is quite nice. Peach Trees was a treat for me, having some of those same tropes but somehow utilizing them better. Eclectic mix of orchestration for sure, but nothing I would say is egregiously strange and alienating for me, the avg listener. That said, only a few of them work better than others. Maybe like a high 2? Like a 2.7 or 2.8.

Algumas vezes o álbum não é para meus ouvidos e esse foi o caso. Passa longe de ser um som que eu gosto. Em outros álbuns eu até consigo apreciar algo da composição e execução da obra. Mas nesse caso eu só achei chato. Moondrop May.

Meh

decent songwriting but the vocal style is just viscerally unpleasant.

Radiohead

Smakade som en pretentiös Casablanca

It’s probably a combo of the guy’s hair on the cover and the fact that the music is a teensy bit boring, mopey, Thom Yorke soundalike that I would rather be checking out something else but I really got a hankering to listen to some Savage Garden even more than I usually do. I don’t need to try to explain I just hold on tight and if it happens again I might move so slightly to the arms and the lips and the face of the human cannonball that I need to, I WANT TWO!

Not unlistenable but definitely not re-listenable

I could’ve done without this one ngl

radiohead ma dan mid?

vf beetje gezaag

this guy sounds just like them Yorke!!! you could have told me this was a them Yorke side project and I would entirely believe you. which is miffing me

5/10

In my mind Rufus Wainwright only exists in the Shrek universe. This album would probably be 5 stars there since it sounds as if it’s the Shrek folks making satire of industry plant pop music. But this is real life baby and Rufus gets a 2 here

Det var en ret vag omgang. jeg spidsede mest øre da Antony Hegarty tonede frem. Dér blev det unikt.

Det er slet ikke mig

Found most of this boring

On reflection…..not quite saved by the last track. Too repetitive and whiny.

Meh.

Lachrymose

Was mostly ok

Meh, seemed like some guy complaining about various things (though I listened distractedly while driving errands: I might like it more with a deeper, sustained listen)

Not my thing.

-this record is not for me, but shout out to all the yearning twink English majors out there. -he really puts the baroque in baroque pop, powdered wigs and all. -there's an irritating affectation you can hear on some songs (most audibly on "The Art Teacher") where he inhales through his teeth. it drove me nuts. -RW reminds me of working at the local public library when I was in high school. The library ladies loved RW. It's definitely librarian music.

Sometimes you just gotta give people what they want ... in this case a two

Sadly the more songs I listened to the more it moved down from 3 to a 2. Serves him right for being called Rufus really.

Two lice albums in a row. 4/10

Overall, not my tempo. It's somehow dull and overstimulating at the same time. Most confusing thing I've heard so far. I definitely feel certain ways about it but lord help me if I know what those are. I'd rank it pretty high for creativity and the interesting juxtaposition between the lyrics and the music, but I enjoyed the relief of the silence that followed the last track a bit too much. I didn't even realize I was in pain. Ope.

Why? The second song on this album shows a little bit of life but it’s also in contrast to the rest of the album which is a lifeless, anti-melodic drone. This Love Affair proves that this guy can’t sing, flat and dull.

I like easy listening, but this is too sleepy for me. Favorite track: Waiting For a Dream.

it's good but completely forgettable

Interesting Harmony's! Very classically influenced. Still not a fan, wouldn't seem this out

2.5 - the songs were good but his voice ruined many of them

I found Want One very irritating. This was more interesting. I still don't like his vocal stylings and i find most of it pretentious guff. However there were some nice bits but overall not for me.

The Thom Yorke comparisons are funny. I've liked a couple of his tunes, one a cover, but nothing on this album was any good. Agree with comments that it comes across a bit pretentious.

I wanted to (no pun intended) like this album and I just didn't. If you're looking for joyful/somber pairings, One might make the case that perhaps Ani DiFranco's Reveling/Reckoning double album release would be a better example of such an effort than Want One/Two -- and I don't listen to that pairing very often, either. But I really didn't enjoy Two that much. The album starts off without much continuity. It finally begins to settle with "Art Teacher" but there were foibles in Wainright's voice on this song that started to annoy me. Being a Jeff Buckley fan, I had high hopes for "Memphis Skyline" but also felt underwhelmed. The album feels a bit grandiose, and not being too familiar with Wainright, I don't know if this is typical of his style but it was too much for me to really enjoy.

Thing's not to say on a first date, no.4: "I'm really into the music of Rufus Wainwright" I'm sure the Pitchfork luvvies are all over this, but it's not for me. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Some Revisit ❌️ ★★☆☆☆ (4/10) Total reviewed : 257 Already owned : 59 Purchased : 15 To buy list : 1 Nope : 182

No private session used for Spotify. I don't care for Rufus's voice and Dear Lord, is it featured heavily on this album. The music seemed pleasant, maybe if should be redone with someone who doesn't sound if they are falling asleep while they whines..err sings.

Started off nice but too winey

I've listened to this about 4 times now. Not because I've enjoyed it, but because I felt like in each of my listens I wasn't actually giving it enough focus to give an objective review. Unfortunately I'm going to just call it here. This album ain't for me. While not bad, the fact that it hasn't been able to grab my attention after so many attempts speaks volumes. His vocals are fine and some of the songs were better than others, but ultimately it falls short of anything spectacular. For me this is a high 2 verging on 3.

didn't even notice

It had. One good song. Other than that nah bro

boring

this felt longer than it was. bro keeps whining like he’s thom yorke. i don’t like this droned vocal style sorry ..

This starts out okay in that I like the first song but this album is proof that you can have good Van Dyke Parks arrangements but it doesn't matter if all of your songs are like 1 bpm and your voice is 3,000 times louder than everything else. By the end it gets frustrating .

No, thank you. Ill give this a 2 for the musicality of some songs but my god it was whiny.

This style didn’t fall nicely on my ears.

There was some alright bits here and there

Before: I have no idea what this is going be, folk psychedelia? Let's see, lot's of E's (explicit lyrics warnings). Probably not folk psychedelia. During: Wow, the opener is interesting, made me chuckle a little. Then the next track goes in a completely different direction. How have I never heard of this guy before? Maybe this will be interesting. Nope, not interesting at all. About half-way in I start reading some of the reviews. My favorite went something like this "this is the worse Radiohead album ever". I tend to agree. After : I had to skip through the last few tracks. And, what's with all the E warnings? I did not hear anything explicit, at all. I even browsed through some of the lyrics and did not see anything that would garner an E warning.

Just thought this was weird, not for me

Radiohead for theatre kids

Not really that bad, but not something I’m interested in. 2.5/5

I didn't like this one. Like a whiny, depressed Billy Joel.

Fine, I'll give him two, and that's me being generous. In other news, this is my 544th album. Favorite Track: "Old Whore's Diet".

not my speed. sounded like an overly dramatic hour in my opinion. this is my second album of Rufus Wainwright and it isn't clicking yet sadly

I want to like this more than I do, but his singing voice ultimately just comes off as whiney and annoying. There were a couple of songs that I enjoyed that I might return to, but otherwise I don't Want Two listen to this one again.

So whiny.

Really didn't need to hear this. He gives me slight Robbie Williams vibe - that cheesiness, but nowhere near as catchy as a Robbie Williams song.

A little too slow and drawn out for me. Playing was fairly good, just not my kind of music. 2.5/5 Probably won’t listen again

Piano-heavy singer-songwriter, I should like it so much more, but the long-drawn out singing style makes me nuts.

I see two I give two, it was fine but made me want it to be over sooner than it was

Wainwright is clearly very musical. However, I find it very very tedious after the first two songs.

It's music

He's a good singer, that's where I'll end with the genuine positives. The songs are mostly boring, trying to be "avant-garde" and at the same time with classical elements. The album was a chore to get through. Though it wasn't unpleasant to the ear, it was very boring. 2/5

Didn't mind the second track. But overall this was incredibly, almost unbelievably dull.

I don't see the greatness here. There is some interesting tonal stuff at times -- unexpected chords or harmony -- but overall, I think you have to love Wainwright's singing or this is just a lot of melodrama. Didn't work for me.

Not my fave

Bro sorry that your life sucks or whaterver but mine doesn't, so go whine your gloomy songs farther from me please

Similar voice to Thom Yorke in my opinion. Works much better with rock/grunge that chill music personally

4/10 - damn this is whiny, this guy takes whinging to a new level

Background music for people organizing their cast iron pan collection.

He's too showtunes for me. It's very theatrical, which I'm not looking for.

A cross between Thom Yorke and an operatic Danny Kaye in places. Except this is an overtramatic emotional drone of dross with none of Radiohead's melodic or production redeeming features, and none of Kaye's nuance or storytelling genius. Of course nobody deliberately makes an album of impressions. So it's not Rufus' fault that he sounds like these other guys. And even though I have heard of him, after a single listen to this overlong album, with the insult of an excrutiating 'bonus' track that definitely was no bonus - this is consigned to the bin lorry. 1½

2.5/5 - I feel like I should like this a lot more than I do, but it just comes together to be a bit dull. I feel like his voice is lost to lots of theatrics in the music. I like want one way more.

Baroque-pop with theatrical vocal delivery. On a macro level, it does fine, but I found it slightly repetitive and a bit dense.

Oh man. The first track had me really intrigued: it was weird and the voice was cool, spooky and somewhat familiar. By the third track I felt cheated, lured in by the spiritual chanting vibe. It just didn't do anything except whinge. Real shame. Dude has a voice that could be used so much better. Old Whore's Diet was probably my 'favourite' after the first one. Let's just say it was disappointing.

me aburrió un poco, igual me gusta la voz del chabón

'The lady gloom and her hornets / Circling 'round is now before us.' I'm not sure what Rufus wants, but he seems to reach for some kind of amalgam of Queen + Radiohead, achieving the theatrics of the former and the droning philosophy of the latter. To be fair, he's a better lyricist than Yorke, and has the righteous desire to be understood, but he's still an obscurantist and an aesthete at heart. Clearly an ultra-talented maestro, w/ virtuosic vocals + an aptitude for composition, he yet doesn't know how to write a song that gets into your soul. It isn't that he's trying to outsmart the listener, but he constantly outsmarts himself, and writes/sings tracks that are a half-step from his truth. The best song, 'Gay Messiah,' is regretfully facetious. Meh.

Based on the album cover I thought this would be a lot more hippie and slightly more pretentious. It lives up to the pretentious nature but not so much the hippie. It is very emo early 2000's. Mostly it is fine, but nothing spectacular. Every song started to sound the same and his semi-whiny voice just didn't do anything for me. Crumb by Crumb started to show something a little different and a good mesh of his emo vibe and the hippie vibe the cover shows, but then it started to really drag and it was so far in the album to make me really enjoy the album. Plus then we moved into Old Whore's Diet (almost 9 minutes long!) and that did me in. I was on the fence of a 3 but then that last song just pushed me over into blech

I feel like I’ve been recommended Rufus Wainwright in the past because I love Sufjan Stevens and Antony and the Johnsons, both gay icons in modern music, one sublime, the other not. While instrumentally Rufus is very lovely, his voice is way too high in register for my tastes… to the point of being extremely annoying. And he sounds like he’s singing with marbles in his mouth as on Little Sister. Lyrically, it’s fine and I can relate. I just can’t take his voice. I’ll stick with Suf. He’s the quiet, unassuming gay writing beautifully devastating songs alone in his dorm room while Rufus is the drama student with an instrument bursting into song in the library or public space where nobody asked or wants him to. Peach Trees and Gay Messiah are nice though.

Want One is so good! So why doesn't this one work for me at all?

Baroque chamber pop orchestral power wailing. I'd like to like the classical operatic queer intensity, but I straight up did not.

I’m a Rufus Wainwright fan: I love his voice, his theatricality, and the meandering, intricate quality of many of his songs. But I do not think this album belongs on this list. It’s fine, but just blah, compared to his other work, let alone to a body of great albums.

Not a huge fan of this sorta emotional music. Can appreciate that it's well made tho.

I imagine there are some people who do not find his vocals almost immediately annoying. And some of those people may even consider him their favorite artist. I’m not here to judge them.

Poor Rufus had to follow Chris Cornell. H e never stood a chance here. When you follow one of the greatest, you better be decent. Rufus wasn't. He wanted 2 and he'll get it. Would be lower if it wasn't Christmas time. 2

2 Thom Yorke does piano music. There, that’s the review. I would call it pretentious and overblown as well, but I feel like that spirit is captured in “Thom Yorke”. Ok, no, that’s not the whole review - for as much shit as I talk, I can’t help being a little pretentious and overblown myself. I really only know Rufus Wainwright for his cover of Hallelujah on the Shrek soundtrack (despite John Cale’s being the version featured in the actual film), and I’ve gotta say, it’s not bad, but it’s certainly not my favorite cover of the song. It’s a good take on a classic but a little lifeless in my opinion compared to Cohen’s and Buckley’s. This album feels like a departure from that sound in a lot of ways with its grandiose production and instrumentation, and yet, I still can’t help but feel a similar sense of lifelessness at its core. For as much as there is going on, it just never comes across as overly interesting, resulting in the whole experience blending together into some sort of pretentious, melodramatic, operatic blob - this feels like the kind of thing I would fall asleep to if I were seeing it live on Broadway. I can’t knock the production, but the songwriting just doesn’t do it for me and neither does Rufus’ voice. I know I’ve already made this point, but to call it identical to Thom Yorke’s really doesn’t feel like any sort of stretch of the imagination, right down its annoying whininess. I was hoping to at least appreciate Gay Messiah as some sort of criticism of Christianity but… I think he’s just hailing himself a Gay Messiah? The only song that feels like any sort of departure sonically from the rest of the album is the closing track, Old Whore’s Diet, but it’s too long, and at that point, you’re pretty checked out anyway. Overall, I have a hard time calling this album objectively bad, but it teeters between bland and insufferable for me, so I really can’t call it good either. However, if you’re more of a theatrical person than myself, I could see it being your thing.

The singing is great. The orchestration and production are top notch. It just doesn’t do anything for me.

Bizarre. It got a little tiring listening to the pouty whining. I saw that each song had an explicit warning, but heard relatively little profanity. Were the labels affixed because of openly gay longing and lust? Anyway, not my favorite.

Smugness disguised as Radiohead doing musical theatre.

We got Want One but did we want Want Two or was our lack of want mistaken for need? I find Want Two as a very dreary album, almost too dreary for me to listen to. I like The One You Love but otherwise these songs feel like outtakes from Want One. The last song about a whore's diet is actually pretty appalling, as it just becomes yelling by 3-4 individuals. I like Rufus Wainwright's music but I can be honest. Even if you want two Rufus Wainwright albums in this book, this one ain't the second one. Much like eating two slices of cake in one sitting, the first piece makes you think that you want more, but then the second piece is just too much for you to handle. That's Want Two. If Rufus wants a "Two," I'll be glad to oblige.

What’s up with this guy? Just a whole lot of hollering! Slow loud hollering. Who’s he yelling at?

Sounds like an attempt of classic music artist to create art-rock album. I like instrumental sound, I don’t like vocals. Way too long notes all over the place. Gives annoying feeling throughout the entire album. I enjoyed listening to the second song “The one you love” It felt like a torture starting from track No.6….endless terrible vocals, which sounded no any different song to song. Sorry, it is 2/5. I give 1 extra point for unusual musical accompaniments.

Second song is fire. Not sure about the rest. 2/5

Can't help but feel immense similarities to Radiohead on this record, as Rufus Wainwright sounds almost identical to Thom Yorke. 'Want Two', Wainwright's fourth album, is as much baroque pop as it is trippy alternative, but I couldn't help but forget I'm not listening to a Radiohead album at times. The mix is decent and Wainwright does have decent vocal chops, but if I wanted a Radiohead-like sound, I'd listen to Radiohead. Far too similar to Radiohead for my liking. Best songs: Nil

wanted to like this but found it very whiny and basic.

vocally a little like Thom Yorke, musically interesting, though a little slow in places

ehhh parts were good but not really my vibe

Quite good.

To slow and none of the songs are working for me.

Too whiney.

I’ve listened to (the reverend) Rugis Wainwright here and there but never sat down for a full album. It’s very much what I expected. He’s got that “Thom Yorke without the lazy eye” feel to the point that I think one of them ripped the bother off or they’re related somehow. I know that others have made this observation a million times but it really is uncanny. Content wise it’s sort of a very religiously inspired pop album. There’s a lot of choral and/or church music feel (the opening track the most of course) to this and the instrumentation choices are very western classical. It’s not bad and it’s a nice departure from more modern pop music. He can sing quite well and he’s got a weird way with words. The lyrics are strange and contain a lot of complaining but that’s not a bad thing. I can’t quite say why but I don’t really like this despite my objective platitudes. I would never say I’m in a mood to listen to this and it’s always going to be compared to Radiohead because of his voice. I’m not a huge fan of most singer songwriters because it’s all individualistic and necessarily gated to a style. This is no different.

Fine, nothing noteworthy

Fucking awful this. He may Want Two but he will be lucky not to get a 1. Whiny nonsense songs that kind of have a weird Victorian vibe. A struggle to get through. He just about scrapes the 2 he wanted.

Never bought any of his albums as I got the feeling from the reviews at the time that they were a bit too eclectic. After listening to the opening track then the second I thought I might have been right. However, everything after the opening track is the same. I got bored of listening to this. The only thing that peaked my interest every so often was forgetting I was listening to this and thinking ‘oh, is Thom Yorke on this track?’

Dette gir meg veldig lite. Altså det gir meg mye Radiohead vibes, men ikke på den gode måten; det får meg til å tenke at jeg heller vil høre på Radiohead. Rufus er en flink musiker som kan klimpre på piano og synge noter de fleste av oss bare kan drømme om. Men han er også extremt dull? Til tross for at det høres ut som om han både synger og spiller med pathos, høres det sterilt ut, som om han er en alien som prøver å simulere pathos ved å ha hørt på Radiohead. Jeg liker Rufus bedre når han simulerer Joanna Newsom (litt usikker på om det er henne eller noen andre dette minner meg om) på Hometown Waltz, men igjen, andre har gjort dette bedre. Jo lenger jeg hører på albumet, desto vanskeligere er det å ikke nevne Radiohead. This Love Affair er så sykt Life in a Glasshouse om Glasshouse var [et overdrevet høyt nummer] ganger dårligere. Men av en eller annen grunn vegrer jeg meg for å kalle det pastiche eller imitering, kanskje fordi det er kontemporært med hverandre? På Gay Messiah synes jeg han treffer noe.

Man må komme med litt mer før man begynner å synge på latin ass. Dette er klassisk musikk for folk som verken vet hva det er, eller liker klassisk musikk. Jeg tror dette kunne vært ganske fint hvis han var litt mer dristig i komposisjonene, plata var kortere, hvis han hadde uttalt ordene, åpnet munnen når han puster inn og hvis ikke alt var så jævlig komprimert og in-your-face hele tida. Nå blei det mye negativitet her, det er noe fine øyeblikk i denne skiva og, men pakka er dårlig og irriterende

The guy has a great voice but I'm just not sure when I would ever want to listen to this.

Tough, tough, listen. I can appreciate the album's artistry, just like when someone shows me a menu and says I should try the culinary masterpiece that is the acorn squash. I understand it is good, but there's no fucking way I'm eating it.

Not for me

• weird instrumental • aber irgendwie catchy und so tiefenentspannend

On Radioheadin kuuloista menoa, musiikillisesti ja vokaalisesti. Kyllä tätäkin kuunteli!

Nah

There's some really good technical stuff here but it just isn't very compelling at all

This is really not that bad but it absolutely reeks of pretension and not even in a good way. It feels like he really thought he was doing something but he definitely did not. A star deducted for self-importance.

I can't get real excited about Rufus either way

I want a more than two-star album. Sheesh.

So boring

Very theatrical, orchestral type pop/folk music. It can come off a little pretentious and extra with all the dramatic strings, pianos, vocals; but it’s different than most music out there, and sets its own vibe. Though, sometimes it feels like it tries too hard for what it is.

Better than Coldplay 2

Ugh, boring, not fun.

I don't have much to say. Yes, sounds a bit like Thom Yorke, yes it's obviously not as good as Radiohead.

Not my jam

It was not my favorite sound. Was not bad, just not for me.

This has no sounds on it that I care for.

This album is just plain weird. I really like the instrumentation and the lyrics and I don't know if it's just me, but does this guy sound a lot like Thom Yorke? Like truly, I honestly this was some weird Radiohead album or solo album by Thom Yorke under a pen name. I just confused the whole time listening to this. It just that droning vocals. That works for Radiohead but with that sort of music style, it just sounds too complex and convoluted if you know what I mean. Favorite Tracks: Peach Trees, The Art Teacher Rating: 2/5

I think I like this better than Want One, but my overall critique still applies. I like and dislike this the same ways I like and dislike Radiohead, even if this mostly better.

want two (stars)

This wasn’t very good

Not really my bag

Want Two is just an iteration of Want One. Overproduced, annoying singing, and somehow lacks emotion—everything over the top.

Fuck idk man, it is kind of annoying somehow. I feel he tries to be interesting in his harmony in an uninteresting way.

Ganske kjedelig. Han sang ikke så bra som musikken tilsa han skulle. Kompetent satt sammen da.

This album is pretty shit. I’m not sure how it even made it onto to the list.

Ligger fem album efter pga det här var så segt att ta sig igenom

This one never took off for me. I liked The Art Teacher. The rest of it was arduous and plodding to me. I also dislike when a final song of an album that isn't working for you is nearly 9 minutes long.

Deff not a top 1001 album of all time. First two songs where intriguing, but after that it went downhill fast.

So many obvious and great influences on display here but the sum is so much less than the parts. Like if you’re making a suicide at the soda fountain, and you put Coke, iced tea, coffee, Horchata, clam chowder, gazpacho, and Jack Daniels. All delicious things, but.

I promise I tried so hard to hear this from a fan’s perspective, but still couldn’t turn the corner on Rufus. I’m not an idiot and understand the talent behind it all, but it’s annoying!!

I enjoyed only two tracks on this album and they sit pretty far apart in the sequence. They also happen to be the only two songs with any noticeable percussion. I feel like more percussion would have been a nice distraction from Rufus singing primarily in whole notes.

knew I’d hate this just by looking at the track list

starts interesting but becomes boring

I don't know what's so revolutionary about this album. It's like a whiny Radiohead, 10 years after Tommy Yorke & the boys did it better and whinier. I can't see any scenario where I would rather listen to this album than any Radiohead album (and I'm no Radiohead fan, by a long shot). Similarly to another reviewer, I share the same sentiment: He "Want Two", I give him two (stars).

Laaangeee voookaaaaleeeeer Mye jeg ikke likte; kanskje ikke objektivt dårlig, men absolutt ikke for meg. Waiting for a Dream var ikke så verst.

Han er sikkert flink og sånn, men det her var ikke noe for meg. Hørtes ut som en mid musikal, og jeg er ikke så veldig glad i musikaler i utgangspunktet.

Baroque pop /chamber pop / art pop så det er med arrangementer ofte lidt mere intime settings. Så det er ikke stort orkester. Klaver og strygere. Der er også mundharmonika med nogle steder? Det er sgu ikke mig i dag. Jeg er simpelthen ikke i stemning til lige netop det her. MEn jeg kunne godt forestille mig der eksisterer tidspunkter det ville være fedt at lytte til. Det der teatralske univers er ikke noget jeg synes går godt sammen med det stille og rolige her. Det bliver sgu lidt for kedeligt for mig. Men jeg har en ide om at der bliver kompenseret for det i teksterne. På den anden side synes jeg det er en fed måde at gøre pop spændende og jeg synes virkelig det er en sjov blanding af genre. Jeg kan åbenbart bare ikke værdsætte det. Måske er det fordi jeg lyttede til det som baggrundsmusik. Nok noget som kræver mere opmærksomhed.

This album was a very cool, and what I perceived as niche vibe. Very wispy, high, falsetto almost vocals over low piano which was an interesting combination. The album did well to highlight the singers voice, but fell flat because how every word they say is drawn way out and makes the vocals almost annoyingly sung. That being said, calming listen. Favorite track was Memphis Skyline.

Most of the songs are drawn out and boring.

So much less endurable than Want One. His voice grates because the songs are kinda samey here.

2+

I had no idea what to expect. Turns out to be singer-songwriter-pop. Yes, definitely pop. And as usual in pop music, according to my taste there's not much happening. But that's not my biggest problem. That's the production choices, and in particular I mean the sometimes horrible backing vocals, the choirs. 'The one you love', 'Gay Messiah', "Crumb by crumb'. Dear Lord, why on earth? It destroys the music. But that's still far from the low point. 'Old whore's diet', with an annoying latin-like rhythm, has truly horrible guest vocals by Anohni. It's not about their voice - it's the appalling vibrato that they use. I can't listen to that. This could have been a better album, the songs aren't bad.

Baroque pop at its worst. I was absolutely bored by this album. Rufus Wainwright's voice just drones on and on. It's really too bad; I have always loved his cover of "Hallelujah" (not on this album) but that song is definitely not reflective of this exhausting body of work. Oh, you want me to say something nice about this album? Ummm...okay. "Gay Messiah" has funny lyrics. There, I did it.

Not my brand of alternative sound.

I really appreciate the immense talent that this man has. Like his voice is incredible and flawless. His lyrics are sharp and clever. His instrumentation, while subtle and understated, manages to be incredibly powerful along side his incredible voice. The song Gay Messiah was fucking awesome, and I also liked The Art Teacher to a lesser extent. I think the album cover is also sick. The problem though is just that this music isn’t for me. It alittle too quiet and subtle for me most of the album. And I always struggle with slower songs and there’s a lot of slow songs on this album. This is just one of those times where I’m wildly impressed and I even looked up a couple of videos of his playing live cause I was so interested in his singing. But sadly this album specifically didn’t do a lot for me, there wasn’t any songs that I connected with and sonically this album is just too slow and depressing for me to truly connect with it. So don’t take this star rating very seriously, this dude is wildly talented, it’s just not for me sadly.

He has a tempting voice, but the arrangements are too pompous.

Halfway through the album, it sounds pretty good. The vocals remind me of Matt Bellamy or Thom Yorke. But at the end of the album, I'd say this is an okay melodramatic singer song-writer ballads album. Nothing stood out to me. Well except for the abrupt switch to a reggae finale.

There is a universe where I connect to this guys music and really like it. This is not that universe and I don’t like this very much. Like Thom Yorke if he was boring. Favorite song was Gay Messiah.

meh 2.5

This is pretty bad but I can’t 1 it for its sheer inventiveness and variety of shite

The hell is this

Do you like when Radiohead does that whiny kind of wail but don't want the music building and crescendo'ing and for the whole album? Then this album is for you! I don't even like Radiohead let alone someone doing one of their bits but worse. Slow piano whiny wail.

I only listened to half. Some of the songs were too slow for the modi I was in but beautiful

Pretty, but the crooning got to me eventually.

listened to it a few hours ago and i don't remember a thing

I didn’t Want One and I definitely don’t Want Two.

I didn’t like Want One and I don’t like this either. This dude can’t annunciate to save his life. It’s great that he likes opera but I’m trying to listen to regular people music. And this ain’t it.

A couple of songs I liked, but mostly not for me. Not always a big fan of his voice on this, find the songs to drag a bit at times. Opening and closing tracks both pretty bad for me. Won’t listen to this one again.

пару неплохих песен и блядская скукота от руфуса

Zzzzz...

I enjoy Rufus Wainwright, but i didn't find a foot hold in this. It had all the usual sweeping grandeur, but i didn't find a huge amount to grab onto that brought me on. Maybe its me. Who knows?

Nice voice. Not mu cup of tea.

Ah, I felt like Want One was such an interesting album, bigger than life. Maybe also because it was one of my first here, but I rather liked it. Want Two has some great parts to it. Still greater than life, but some parts too self-indulgent, too non-sensical, abrasive. Ultimately, I think it is lesser than the sum of its parts.

Rufus Wainwright is clearly very talented. I feel bad rating this a 2, but I also try to keep my rating score honest to how I felt while listening. Sometimes this sounded like Radiohead but sleepier. Sometimes it felt like homework. I kept waiting for a song to grab me and pull me in, but I couldn’t find an entry point. This is impressive music on a technical level, but nothing hit me at a gut level. Very little of it moved me. “Gay Messiah” made me smile though. And “Waiting for a Dream” was good too.

Rather disappointing for my 100th album

Boring.

For some reason I always expected to like Rufus Wainwright more than I do. I do like his voice but I find the songs too slow.

Not a fan.

Première et deuxième chanson sont très intéressantes, avec des arrangements surprenants. Le reste de l'album se répète et se ressemble. On aime ou on aime pas, et pour ma part, c'est malheureusement le second. La voix est simplement trop divagante et planante, avec un peu toujours la même émotion. Le thème est weird aussi.

Talented guy, gifted songwriter. Just didn't appeal to me

I still can't get past Rufus's lazy, whiny voice that sounds like he's disinterested, but in reality he's engaged, enthused and it's just the way he sounds. His choice of material is music is well suited to this voice, that sounds generations old, overly melodramatic, and theatrical (no wonder he did do a Judy Garland LP) and basically, songs I have no interest in. It was Canada Day this week and ironically, Rufus Wainwright is the most non-Canadian sounding artist I can think of. Good music for nostalgic, sad people, but for modern hipsters, stay clear.

It's different at least. I enjoyed the music on about half the tracks, the other half were either annoying or boring. I really don't like his voice. It bothered me even on the tracks with good music.

No doubt he is talented but I can't say I was overly excited by this one, not the most accessible album on the first listen.

Can someone please tell me what I'm missing?

I love the cover art, it really lines up with what I was expecting based off the first song. I think I would’ve enjoyed this a lot more as an instrumental, but I found his voice a little bit insufferable after awhile.

2.5. I liked like 3 songs out of 12 so there you have it

Want Two is strange, drawn out art. And very Jeff Buckley-esque. I wanted to like this album more, but it moved at a snail’s pace. Gay Messiah is catchy (best song) followed by Old Whore’s Diet which is just plain old weird but good. Enjoyed both of these songs, rest of the album too sloooowww for me. (2.2*s) I’m still wondering what an old whore has for breakfast…

That's a lot of range to display on a single album. Even if every song isn't top notch it's cool to see he can vary between genres and styles and weave some classical music influence into it. Seems like something I would have been exposed to at some point but perhaps it's a little too niche to have wide appeal? Rufus Wainwright is clearly very talented and I appreciated a lot of what I got on Want Two as something different. There may be a time and place where I come back to this but it isn't something I would slate for everyday listening. In the long run this ends up on the shelf but a good entry for 1001 nonetheless. 2.40 stars

Tu veux un deux? Vraiment? J'hésitais entre deux et trois pendant mon écoute, mais si tu insistes, merci de trancher!

1.9 Oof, not long after Want One I get this. Similar to last time, sounds identical to Thom Yorke but with dull and often annoying songs. It actually makes me like Thom Yorke less it's that powerful. Comes across like pretentious shite.

The guy at the ren faire who takes it a bit too seriously

A theater kid who is a big Radiohead fan. Not something for me honestly, it often feels very very derivative and when it doesn't it sounds insane

was excited to see what this was about because i loved his hallelujah cover. not for me

Agnes Dei - Interesting intro, with that scraping woodblock thing. The man can sing. This kind of thing goes better as soundtrack, to me. The One You Love - Scissor Sisters Go To Prep School. Peach Trees - I like the dry strum guitars. I’m just really not into pretty voices. “All my favorite singers couldn’t sing.” Little Sister - I like the jaunty strings. Strip down the production and you’ve got a little Van Dyke Parks (who I really should have talked about in my ‘SMILE’ rating) ditty. The Art Teacher - I like it when every word is a different note. I don’t like it when every word is multiple notes. Hometown Waltz - My favorite so far. I dig a waltz. If his voice was as shabby as the instrumentation I think I’d really like his records. This Love Affair - A soap opera. Gay Messiah - Best lyrics. This one feels real, if filtered through this cocktail lounge performative veil. Maybe it’s not “pretty voices” I don’t vibe with. (Wedren, for example, I love.) Maybe it’s FORMAL or TRADITIONAL voices. Vibrato on every word. Everything all stretched out. The way you’re “supposed to sing”. Lounge music? IDK. Memphis Skyline - This music makes me impatient. Maybe it’s an ADHD thing. Waiting For a Dream - Maybe I’m too working class to properly appreciate this. That statement would send most of my family into hysterics. Crumb by Crumb - I remember Squirrel Nut Zippers. Old Whore’s Diet - “Either here or Hell will employ you.” Great lyric. If the record sounded like this funky Sly and the Family Stone shit all the way through, it’d own me. Something about this undercuts the histrionics. The man can sing. I’m glad he has done well. Just not my bag.

I listened to this the day after we got it and neglected to write my review at the time and cannot remember a single thought I had about this, which I think speaks volumes about the album.

The squeaky strings at the start went for 0.1 one seconds too long so you already know that certain people listening are immediately filtered on arrival and have decided they hate the album. First track has some beautiful vocals and composition. On the one you know I love the refrain before the hook. On peach trees hes obviously going for a Thom Yorke style of vocalisation. It works here tbh and when his voice comes i er the backing vocals its quite angelic. They die down only to pick back up over the vocalist its really awesome stuff. Little Sister is a little overproduced but another incredible vocal performance. This album clearly inspired a lot of indie which came out following this release for better and for worse. The Art teacher is where I first noticed the sucking of air through his teeth, but it really impacts the track and the rest of the album from here. A lot of the tracks past the Art teacher see a noticeable drop in the quality of the vocal performance, the lyrics become uninspired. The ability to hit continuous notes is impressive though, even if the sucking gets more noticeable, which it usually does. The longer the album goes the more over produced and melodramatic it gets, which is a shame cause it started strong. Surely this guy can just turn his head away from the mic while breathing. 5/10

A really great album cover, which would probably be a lot of fun to look at while you sit and listen to this album because it is pretty boring. There are a lot of comparisons to Thom Yorke in the global reviews on this site (many of which are negative) which does answer the question of "What if Radiohead wasn't popular and English?". The answer is that nobody would pretend like they're the second coming. A competently-performed and well-made album. I just don't gel with it. Each successive listen had me alt-tabbing more frequently to see how long is left on this. It's not you Rufus, it's me. I just don't like your singing enough to enjoy this. Literally only the last track had me perk up because it's at least something different. Highlights: Realising the last track on spotify is a bonus track so I can skip it and save 2 minutes and 46 seconds

I don't think I needed any Rufus before I died let alone two albums by him. Here are some albums to hear instead which aren't on the list at all for no good reason: Robyn "Body Talk"; Robyn "Robyn", Patti Smith "Radio Ethiopia," Hank Williams "Hank Williams Sings," Steve Miller Band "Fly Like an Eagle," The Supremes "Where Did Our Love Go." Etc.

Not into this at all.

With a name like Rufus, I thought this was going to be cool. 2.5 rounding down

I feel like ever since Poses, and even intermittently with Poses, RH has been interested in style more than substance. II really like the style of the album and can feel what he's trying to do, but just doesn't quite stick the landing. It's good, but far from great.

I didn't really care for this album too much. Rufus Wainwright's vocals were a bit reminiscent of Thom Yorke, and some of this album had the feel of Radiohead demos or outtakes. I'm not really very sure what qualified this as a great album.

I really liked Want One. Not so much Want Two. I want Want One, but I don't want Want Two too.

He's got a very nice voice. And points for uniqueness. But it's pretty boring pop, and the lyrics can be cringe or just bad (way more composition issues than content).

At first I was like "oooh the first song is goooood", then I listened to the rest, was like "meh, better listen to the goooood song again". I play it now and it's no longer goooood Ballads sucked balls and non-ballads were ok

Perhaps the worst workout album ive ever heard. At least the bicep pump looks decent

Not much appears to have changed since the first album which very much underwhelmed me. He still sings in that affected, Thom Yorke style where every syllable is drawn out until it collapses under its own weight and you’ve lost track of what he was singing at the start of the verse. I genuinely thought he was singing about being “under the pastries” at one point. Musically, there elements of classical stuff and hints of Phillip Glass, but it’s mostly inoffensive stuff. There’s nothing like the weird experimental pieces on a Radiohead album, for example. Apparently iTunes wanted me to listen to the Canadian version of this album, which turned out to have some bonus live tracks sung in French which I ended up liking quite a bit more than the rest! How aboot that, eh?

Dross

Just a lot of audible groaning sounds to me

forgettable

A long drawn out opening, followed by The One You Love. Great track, tight and inviting. A lot of the songs are pleasant - no more. It can sometimes feel like listening to Thom Yorke with a less talented group of musicians in support. So he can sing. I wish he dropped the classical songs completely. Little Sister is just annoying, as is Hometown Waltz. If I’m being honest I was glad when it ended. He wants two, he can have two. 2/5

A tepid bowl of weak soup

Mediocre melancholy rock. Gay Messiah and Crumb by Crumb were interesting but not representative of the rest of the album

I guess it wasn't awful, but it was just so low energy. It felt like it drug on and on and I was just waiting for it to be over.

Yeah you can tell he likes radiohead 2/5

I prefer Want Two quite a bit to Want One. Rufus is more enjoyable in this darker mode, especially when it's just him at the piano and he dials back the pomp and humour. The Thom Yorke comparisons (sorry) continue to be inevitable because he does just sound so similar, especially the major to minor transitions, but in its own way this is an enhancer. The weakest moments for me are when his trying to make the audience laugh.

Want two, get two

Boring…

den andra låten var kanon men sen blir det bara mycket piano och stråkar

Slightly better than Radiohead.

I don't Want Two listen to this album again

i liked this more than i thought, which still isn't much. while there is some interesting stuff going on here it overall just feels so dated, like more than 20 years dated. won't be returning to it any time soon.

I’m not sure what exactly I thought this would be but I don’t think this was it. Nothing really stood out to me.

Rufus actually wrote Old Whores Diet about Lens 13th wife. To be fair, it was a terrible diet! 2.1

Just giving him what he asked for.

Un álbum de pop ¿barroco? muy interesante por su ambición y eclecticismo. Tiene un poco de todo: pop, gospel, vals, toques arabescos, y hasta una misa en latín. La voz es muy buena, y técnicamente es un álbum impecable. Pero a pesar de su calidad, se me ha hecho un poco pesado. Me ha parecido un álbum demasiado pretencioso, con una voz muy quejica y monótona en todas las canciones. Tiene partes muy buenas, pero no me apetece mucho volver a escucharlo.

Someone's review was "this is the worst Radiohead album" and I'm not sure there's a better explanation.

Want Two is a decent album, beautifully written and well produced. But it feels so pretentious. Like this was the culmination of all music that came before, and all music that would come after. There were a couple tracks that I enjoyed more, Gay Messiah and Waiting for a Dream were worth adding to my list. But odds are unlikely that I’ll revisit this one.

wasnt that big on it

sounds classy but also quiet boring

My expectations were much higher, Rufus

I find the vocals on this irritating.

From Kings of Leon to the Beta Band to this guy, I can’t help but feel like the makers of this list did not have great foresight about who was going to come out of the 2000s interesting or relevant. Best song: Peach Trees

Canadiohead

Dollar-store Thom Yorke, but with much less melody and control over chords and vocals. 2-3 decent songs.

I did like this more than expected but overall not exceptional

Whiny and gross. A few songs were ok but overall, hard pass.

I was liking this at first but the style got boring fast and really dragged on in the middle. He has a very whiney style of singing. I’m not sure if the first few songs were better than the next seven or if I was just more receptive before hearing 20 minutes the same. Favorite songs were: The one you love - liked the rhythm and pace of the song Crumb by Crumb - upbeat and melodic; even Rufus’ vocals on this track were less droney 4/10

Rufus is just not my guy. He's not bad, but he really doesn't seem special or stand out at all. So far that's two Rufus albums, which seems excessive. I have consulted the list and know that there is not a single Danzig album on here. Two Rufus' and no Danzigs? Explain yourself. Album cover: (B+) It looks like someone who's into magic the gathering decided to start making candles. I can dig it.

There's a quality to his voice that just doesn't sit well on my ears and gets kind of annoying so I didn't really enjoy this.

"Hometown", "Crumb by Crumb" are good. They are also the most upbeat songs. But other songs - "This love affair", for example - are mopey, which invites comparisons to Radiohead.

Simply not my cup of tea. I like several of the songs that were more traditionally structured as a song cycle of AABA, but the operatic cuts left me cold.

This is maybe where I get petty. Or lazy. Or probably both. I didn't make it through this one. I really do not mesh with Rufus' voice. (Though for some reason I love Martha's...go figure.) Super talented dude. But yea, just can't do that voice.

What a strong, enchanting voice, even if he gets a little mush-mouthed sometimes. The writing is strong, but the songs themselves felt sometimes tedious. I thought it was too self-serious, then read the lyrics and found them often funny or at least tongue-in-cheek. I'd missed it because the words and melodies were so drawn out. So it's a great showcase of his voice, but not so much his songwriting. I wanted to enjoy it but ultimately couldn't wait for it to be over.

Some quite interesting tracks. Quite a few crap ones!

Music for people with rather low interest in music. Emo nudger par excellence

Want Two is certainly more than I wanted. It’s a decent album, I don’t quite get the hype, he’s no Elliott Smith, as I’ve seen him compared too. Maybe to baroque for me. Want one was enough. 5.7/10

I liked the first song with the Latin lyrics kinda gave a Beatles/Led Zeppelin psychedelic vibe. After that tho the songs were very average and nothing really stood out to me

Started off as a 1 for me - too annoying. Worked itself up to a 3 by the end - some catchy bits. Averages out to a 2

Densely pretty and melancholy. I’m not sure I needed to listen to it before I died. I imagine it would’ve been better had it just been a part of Want One.

Took me a couple tries to listen. Not entirely unpleasant but it did piss me off

Eclectic mix

Too mellow for me. Interesting that it has medieval or historical sounds to it.

Didn't give this a 1 because there were some interesting instrumental parts and a few solid grooves. However, wow, I hate his "singing." I get trying to have a unique sound but he doesn't have the resonance in his voice to pull off those long notes. Also you cannot have an 8 minute long song where you only repeat one phrase over and over again. It's not interesting, even if the background music changes and even worse like in this album where it doesn't.

I'm not the biggest fan of the intro. The album is melodic, and sounds like he appreciates nice artwork. His calm voice complements the music. It's probably a good album to listen to while driving with a girl however, I would skip the last song.

Id maybe give this one a 2.5 but that would be a bit generous. Overall it was pretty boring.

On par with the Beatles

Usually I like baroque pop and singer-songwriter albums but somehow it wasn't for me, I've found it quite boring and not really interesting and his voice isn't nice either. Good album cover though.

I almost stopped after the first song. Which is awful. There were some moderately decent songs and some bad songs but nothing that would make me replay this again. Reminded me a bit of The Shin.

Rating: 5/10 Meh.

Gay Thom Yorke

Highlights include “Angus Dei” “Crumb by Crumb” Idk this one didn’t click with me- Rufus Wainwright is clearly talented.

Muy subibaja entre estilos, rara la mezcla

Not really my thing.

Definitely didn’t think this was going to sound like poor man’s Radiohead.

stan is banger

In general, I enjoy a song or two by Rufus Wainright, but for an entire album all enjoyment is lost. His voice is producing sound 95% of the time, and I found myself wondering multiple times when the album would be done. Still the classical/orchestral elements are interesting, and probably the music is qualitatively good.

Wow...."Want One" was SOOOOO much better. I was soooo excited for this album and I just feel like it fell flat. Ugh...I was so let down. There just really wasn't much here that I enjoyed. Actual Rating...a 1.5. Liked Songs: The One You Love, The Art Teacher

liked songs: This Love Affair, Gay Messiah This album does not hit quite the same way that Want One does. Some songs feel like they drag on way too long (Old Whore's Diet). I expected more of a continuation of that album, but this is not that. There's still good stuff in here, but the overall quality is not the same. 2.5

This album felt monotonous until the end, which makes me sad because I liked the man's voice

Never liked his music

Ok for a song or two but eventually the whining is overwhelming. 2.5

Soit j'étais dans une meilleure humeur quand j'ai écouté Want One ou il est simplement meilleur que Two, mais j'ai trouvé ça plus long et pénible. Ses chants en lamentation sont vraiment énnervants à la longue. Un bon poète par contre. 5/10

I found Want One very irritating. This was more interesting. I still don't like his vocal stylings and i find most of it pretentious guff. However there were some nice bits but overall not for me.

Enjoyed the first couple songs but then it started to sound like a Michael Buble Christmas album

Whiny - with occasional moments of interest but it’s overlong and nothing stood out to me.

Rufus clearly likes Radiohead, wow. I am not a huge fan of this, he can sing but the songs just don't grab me and it all sounds a bit samey

Booooooooring

It is amazing how huge of an influence Thom Yorke has had on singers. It reminds me of Eddie Vedder in the 90s when so many vocalists copied his vocal style that now it is just an accepted, normal way to sing. This could be Thom Yorke singing on much of this album. All of that said, I didn't completely hate it...mostly just mild annoyance. Too operatic for my tastes but some original ideas keep it afloat.

Want Two? Get Two...

It sounds like Thom Yorke singing fake plastic trees over and over.

Blegh. Boring, mostly. 1 star for effort, I didnt actively hate it.

I don't think I'm the target audience for this. I think there's some ok parts but probably won't listen again to confirm.

With the exception of 1 or 2 decent tracks, this album is a bore and a chore to get through. That lazy, nasally whining vocal style irritates me as well. Can’t relate to the gay stuff either. A hair away from a 1/5. Favorite track: The One You Love

Ugh no

He is fine but I'm not sure why he has two albums on this list

The Thom Yorke comparisons are valid, just wish he went for the rock persona and not the moody one.

Nothing terrible and nothing great.

Pretty meh throughout. Standout songs: The One you Love The Art Teacher

I like Rufus Wainwright, but this album did nothing for me.

Very dramatic and woeful I like the imagery