Reviews (page 7 of 7)
If you want to listen to a boring whine bag put on Radiohead, at least the music is more interesting. Better yet listen to his father instead.
Some of the music is, dare I admit, decent. But Wainright’s voice kind of grates on me. And I like plenty of artists that don’t have “nice” voices. The songwriting is fine.
It was ok. I had a hard time with his voice. I don't know why it reminded me of radiohead.
Stand-outs: "Agnes Dei," "Little Sister," "Hometown Waltz"
Really odd album that felt a bit too artistic for the sake of being artistic.
Hmm not convinced. Found it pretty wanky. "Waiting for a dream" was reminiscent of Radiohead. Probably well put together and I'm just a pleb who doesn't appreciate it....
Thought we were getting an opera album after the first track. I wish more of the songs had some pop elements to them. The few that do were the definitely the highlights. Here's a song that Rufus did with Carly Rae Jepsen recently. He does not look excited to be there at all lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy0A0pQmGPM
A rather dull album overall. The opening song was very odd. The rest of the album is a bit more normal but not that great. Rufus sounds like a combo of thom yorke and the singer from muse. The songs feel like he’s droning on and a lot of it is pretty slow and with little instrumentals. 4.2/10
Eka biisi petasi lupauksia jostain kiinnostavasta, mutta sitten vedettiin matto jalkojen alta. Toi yks barokkibiisi oli ihan jees, mutta muuten ei purassut. 2/5
Olipas jännä. Alussa pari varsin kiinnostavaa biisiä, mutta lopussa pakka levisi täysin käsiin. Oli jopa suorastaan kämäisiä biisejä. Taitava laulaja Rufus toki on.
Herrajestas miten tylsä levy. Nyt en kyllä ymmärrä että miksi on listalla.
In the running for worst opening song on any album. If you (somehow) don't give up during that dredge, there are a few gems here. But mostly this is the sound of someone a bit full of himself. Rufus takes some mighty big swings here and only occasionally knocks one out of the park. The overall effect is more annoying than innovating, and one wishes Mr. Wainwright would just go back to recording catchy pop songs like his dad used to do.
Slow and Odd. Couple of good tracks that caught my attention, but they are too far and few between.
I've got to be honest. This album didn't make much of an impression on me, positive or negative. At most, it just felt pretentious. Not aggressively or offensively pretentious, though. More of a relatively harmless self-indulgence. Like, "Huh. Did that guy just put foie gras on his cheeseburger? Seems like a waste but it's his money, I guess."
One of the sonically strangest albums, like a piano bar musical. Competent and it has a vibe but, I dunno, it's n0t Interesting to me. Very well made and I don't wanna turn it off. Miles better than Arcade Fire. I feel like I haven't been hurt enough, lived through the 60s enough, smoked enough cigarettes, or been a repressed housewife or closeted gay man to enjoy this album to its full capacity.
Interesting, but not my jam. Lots of complex, broody instrumentation
Interesting sound. I'd like to hear more 2.5
Want Two, gave it 2!
I listened to this yesterday and all I remember is that I was largely bored
Boring music for boring middle-upper-class, vaguely center-left adults who support "diversity" as long as it isn't in their neighborhood.
Pretty good, I remember enjoying a decade ago, not as much now I think.
not my style. little too melancholy. like the arrangement of the music but I find his voice was a bit .............hard to take into the album.
Want Two: Buckle My Shoe.
don't want to
This guy took the name of the genre a little too literally. A less expressive Thom Yorke copycat who plays over clashing melodies lacking depth, but at least there are plenty of diverse recognizable styles not typically explored in pop music. I hear bossa nova, trip hop, bluegrass, Latin, country, jazz, and classical. Pretty and expansive but long and dull. Favorites: The One You Love, Peach Trees, Gay Messiah, Crumb by Crumb
I have never heard of Rufus Wainwright and therefore feel unqualified to talk about him or his genre, which I have never made myself listen to before. I think the first half was a bit slow and had to really restrain myself from turning it off and returning at a later date (never). Now that I'm getting towards the end Crumb by Crumb ain't too bad, I feel like the mood has lifted - kind of reminiscent to me of Robbie Williams.
Baroque, over the top, camp pop rock. It's just dull. The cover has more going on than the music. Best Tracks: The One You Love; The Art Teacher; Gay Messiah
He sounds like a less depressed but even more boring Thom Yorke.
Meh
This was way too (two?) long and overindulgent. Two observations for this album with an inexplicable "two" in its name: (1) I'll give two to one odds that songs from the album have been used in at least two dozen coming-of-age indie films. (2) The line about being baptized in cum might have been clever on paper. Not so much in practice. Best track: Agnus Dei
First off, the good points; Amazing cover art and some interesting musical arrangements with plenty of variation. The bad points; Wainwright's voice is really dour (sounds a lot like Thom Yorke) who sadly makes some ok music sound dull. There's also much better chamber pop available than this.
This is a strange album. There are moments where I think this is exactly what I enjoy musically and then something else comes into the mix and ruins it for me.
Rufus is a tough one for me. So much talent. So much history to draw from, but in the end I feel like he has so little to say.
I found the instrumentation uninteresting. I fear the later we get into this project the more "exceptional" an album has to be for me to notice it.
Meh, I prefer his dad. I hated "Old Whore's Diet" but it sounds like he's saying Old *Horse* Diet so that's kinda funny.
Allora, non è che sia malvagio, la musica anzi è molto bella e anche la voce, ma dice cose strane, non mi convince.
Pretty good, a little boring? Great musicality though
Not my cup of tea, rather dreary and knowingly old fashioned.
Poor Rufus, imagine having a name like that. It sounds like dog vomit. This album is just a guy singing with a whiney voice-over instrumental. Not very good.
Ended up being okay. I think the songs are well written and quite creative lyrically, but I don't think the melodramatic vocals did them much justice. I think a little variation in the tone of the songs would've done this album a lot of good. 4/10
Ouf... il m'a toujours tombé sur les nerfs le Rufus... ça lyre sur un moyen temps... La prod est majestueuse, harmoniquement il a bien repiqué son Chopin, son Beatles pis son Broadway showtunes, il chante juste (la plupart du temps) mais ça me laisse de glace... Il a l'air de s'aimer assez pour que je passe mon tour ... Les meilleurs bout de l'album c'est quand il ne chante pas 🤣 pis l'intro de grichage de violon
nah
00’er Singer songwriter, følsomt, god vokal, blandet landhandel
Its pretty epic and interesting in its own way - but the album is way too much of it.
Кое-что понравилось
This wasn’t for me. You could skip to almost any part of the album and it’s the same held warbling note. Art i guess.
Stop the strings
2 1/2 stars. It’s ok but I don’t see why it makes this list
Shrill and repetitive you'd have to be a fan to get into this, not for the casual listener.
I want to give this 1 star because the singing annoyed me so much. However if I'm being honest the instruments sound quite lovely in places. Overall I found this mostly a dull affair. I don't think I will ever revisit this. 3/10
Can't really make up my mind on this one. At times it feels like ridiculous theatrical warbling nonsense and then at others there's a lilt and bounce that is quite infectious.
Very baroque in style and dreamy, Rufus has a voice similar to Matt Belamy from Muse - when he's singing on some of their softer tracks. I can see why some people would really like this its very adult contemporary in style, however it's too dreamy and flowery for me. Best: Angus Dei; Crumb by Crumb Worst: Old Whore's Diet
So boring.
Not my bag.
It's an interesting album; the first song on the album is darn outright awful! I don't hate it, but would be okay never listening to it again.
its the guy who sings hallelujah the end has some interesting ideas but overall pretty weak
some enjoyable tunes 2.4
He's got a haunting voice and his music is downbeat. You've got to be in a mood to want to listen to it again.
Rufus Wainwright's fourth album, and the "darker sibling" to his previous album Want One. This is a Canadian/American alternative rock / pop album. I thought the music was pretty good, but nothing amazing.
Interesante , pero tal vez no estoy en el mood.
me durmió cuando debería estar trabajando
I've always found Rufus to be one of those American Singer / Songwriters that is far too clever for my simple palate. Too much going on- all very impressive- but doesn't add up to a cohesive album to my proletarian ears
Not really my style, but a perfectly fine record
Decent, not great. Nice and calm
Always heard this name but never checked him out. Oh, so it's like Thom Yorke's dreary background cabaret project. Snooze.
Few interesting tracks on this one, most are repetitive and instrumentally bland
I was looking forward to this album but I could never get into it so I was disappointed with it
Just overwhelmingly pretentious. The fact that you can hear every inhale through his teeth is nails on a chalkboard.
meh
I did not enjoy it. His lazy singing made me anxious.
His voice is like a B version of Muse. Got bored of listening to it pretty quickly. LH: I don't like his voice, but some of the songs were ok. I'd like the songs better if someone else was singing them.
Meandering. Not in a good way.
3.5
this was music
Good. Second half is a bit of a sleeper. Little Sister and Couer de Parisienne were the best.
I like Rufus Wainwright's voice, plus I sat directly behind him in a movie theater once, so we have that bond, but maybe I like him best in small doses. I don't like the constant maudlin singing. 2 stars.
Wenn er lange Noten singt, komme ich nicht umhin, an Thom York zu denken und dass er gleich in die Kopfstimme wechseln müsste. Überhaupt klingt die Platte, als ob Radiohead aus vertraglichen Verpflichtungen gezwungen waren, mit Hilfe von Disney-Songschreibern eine easy-listening-Platte zu machen (und größtenteils daran gescheitert sind). Nicht ganz 3 Sterne, einige Songs finde ich doch ganz gut.
Kuin olis kattonut äärettömän tylsää ja hidastemposta romanttista taide-elokuvaa, jota runoilijatyypit fiilistelee housut märkänä. Itsellä ei kastunut. Pari huvittavaa biisin nimeä ja kuuntelin kokonaan...
Judging by the cover I want to guess this is world music, or some acoustic type thing inspired by softer led zeppelin? the artwork is sorta that fantasy-type shit you see in junk shops, priced at like $80 per 10cm-high statue. either way, *points like Varg* let's find out! ...aaaaaand it's super soft pop rock. similar to Muse or Arcade Fire? I don't want to just say "pretentious".... but it's pretty fucking pretentious lol. So far pretty samey, ambitious but mopey. Hoping it picks up a bit. .....aaaaand ONE HOUR LATER: somehow, this album needed an entire hour to go absolutely nowhere. every song was identical, all just based on a handful of overused ideas. THAT's the truly depressing thing about it: it's like kicking your valium habit by taking so much valium it kills you. 2/5.
The wailing!
OMG another painful experience. I read the comment about REM vocals but REM sounds like Robert Plant compared to this guy. I think sitting in a tattoo parlor listening to the electric ink pen would be more entertaining. Another of the 1001 albums not too listen to before you die cause it is harmful to your health.
Nope! Didn’t like it!
You think you ate but you didn't bro
Hoo boy the ridicule this dude would’ve faced if he came around once folks started caring about nepo babies. There’s a fine line where a nice singing voice can be used to express a great range of human emotion, almost sounding accidental in spite of itself and one that comes off entirely too satisfied with itself. Jeff Buckley, Thom Yorke, even crooner types like Richard Hawley or Jarvis Cocker convey a great deal, whereas Rufus sounds like he is at a recital. Apparently this works for folks and to be fair, his lyrical concerns are undeniably sympathetic and I would like to hear his voice adorn a great number of songs, just not his, or at least, not these.
Nossir, didn't like it. Songs for droning voice with minimal instrumentation is among my least favorite genres.
Vocalist sounds like the guy from Radiohead, so, automatic pass.
I feel sorry for myself having to listen to this. I'm not actually sure what he's singing about, because everything is a whingy droning pile of garbage. Please make it end. Rating: 1
Whiny
Rufus has a beautiful voice - never noticed how similar it is to Thom Yorke's, though richer, warmer and a stronger instrument. That said, the songs aren't my bag. 8 tracks in and I moved on.
Really got under my skin but in a bad way. Absolutely hated this album.
Absolute crap.
Want two get my hour back
Bit too weird. Kinda felt like random noise
I found this initially quite boring and eventually quite irritating. 2/10
Track 1 - Why?? Track 2 - dont like lyrics or vocals Tracks 3+4 - worse than #2 Track 5 - getting tiresome now The rest also a Nope! Clearly I'm not a RW fan I'm okay with that
Tries to sound like Radiohead but lacks any soul.
I got through it
hora de mudar o site pra "albuns que se eu escutar de novo eu vou de fato morrer" muito ruim filho nem dei conta de terminar vai se fuder
tortura PURINHA ce tá maluco. mto ruim, credo em cruz
Where was the hallelujah song. Kept waiting for it Other than that not sure why it made the list
Can’t believe he’s on the list again. This is exactly the same as his previous album. Tedious, dreary, gay opera.
While we’re on the topic of musical opinions: this sucked. I got crazy style whiplash going from Linkin Park’s aggression and energy to Wainwright’s despair and whining. This is the absolute dregs of the singer-songwriter genre; boring music with a shitty, whiny singer accompanying it. At this guy’s best he sounds like Temu Thom Yorke, who I already dislike. This is the crap people listen to when they’re really into the Victorian era. I would rather listen to Bob Dylan 100 times out of 100, that’s how much I hated this. Rufus Wainwright will enter the Hall of Shame as my 11th 1/5.
Stylised vocals, verging on the whiny. Melodies and lyrics reminiscent of Elvis Costello - wordy, bookish, but all very cerebral. All brain, no hips. No sense of actual want, and pretty dreary overall.
Recognised the name, but thought it should be followed by 'the 3rd'. By God this was dismal. Thought it was going to be ok. First track sounded like an intro, and the album went down hill from there. Didn't like his voice. No this one is not for me. Its awful, 1.
Tedious and pretentious
If Want One was anything like Want Two then he can stick Want Three firmly up his pretentious arse. What utter drivel. I know they say 'Don't judge a book by it's cover' but what was I expecting from anyone called Rufus? Not being assassinated by your brother's mates on a hunting expedition in a forest would be a good start. This was the musical equivalent of being force fed a massive plate of lampreys. Probably a minor irritation to begin with, but the more you carry on it becomes painful and could lead to major problems if left to finish it. Luckily I lived to tell the tale and I would give this a big fat zero if I could.
So boring.
Un embole
Nope. Boring
I enjoyed his other album on here more. His song from Meet the Robinsons is one of my favorites. This one however I couldn’t get into. There was one song I liked and I never actively hate baroque pop but forgettable for the most part. Rating: 1.5
Boo! Hiss! All the worst of Thom Yorke's tones over the most vapid, simple music. I had to listen to it in small chunks, maybe 2-3 songs at a time before my shit-meter went wild and made me go listen to something to reset. How has this fella garnered fans? It's a 1 for two reasons. One; It's produced well, perhaps too slickly, but obviously not recorded in a garage. And two, we can't give a 0 here!
I don’t like his voice and his singing style.
Self-important and pompous yet cringeworthyly amateurish sounding circus shit. Having to suffer through him whinily declaiming his ill-fitting lyrics makes me newly appreciate how well-crafted chart pop music actually is. Edit: And it speaks to his narcissism to have his voice mixed so loud when he can't sing for shit.
Meh
Absolute garbage. Unlistenable moany dreck. I Want Zero.
baroque pop is so not for me - treating this as a contextual scale, 1 star just means not good as one of the “1001* best albums**”
I was listening to this when Canada lost the gold medal game against the USA. Tainted forever .
Thom Yorke meets Jack White but without anything interesting, such a dull album
I tried with this album, I really did. I can hear some fine song craft, but the whole thing is so bloody maudlin, has such an air of cork sniffing pretentiousness, and is so painfully, dolorously slooooooooooow that I just couldn't. Maybe if I was post coital or three cocktails deep.
Just a sad album. Literally. My son asked that stop playing it while he was home.....and then asked why am I bothering?
Come man.... Did we really need to have Rufus Wainwright Want One and Want Two on this list? This was a slog to get through. I've never heard someone sound so bored while singing with so much vibrato. Every song sounded painfully familiar with drawn out drawl notes. I want this guy for the Shrek Hallelujah and that's it.
Uuuuuuuunnnnnddeeeeerrrrrr the pastries
Sounds like listening to a 45 on 33rpm.
This is bad. Sometimes I can almost hear a beautiful voice in front of amazing instrumental performances, but then I listen a bit closer and hear awful moaning, flat notes, weird rambling and annoying instrument playing.
WHHHHAAAAATTTTTT TTTTTHHHHHHHEEEEE HHHHHHHHEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL IIIIISSSSS THHHHHIIIISSSSSSSSSS. What a whining douche canoe.
Sounds like a whiny Radiohead cover band
Album 80. Want Two — Rufus Wainwright (2004) It’s not thaaaat bad, but I didn’t find any value in this album for me. I’d rather listen to something else. It was okay for background listening, but nothing, nothing caught me. I don't understand why this is on the list. 1/5 —————————————— No liked songs
wired
Not a fan
Very theatrical. Not my thing.
This is music to trip on acid or to do yoga anything else will make it suck even harder.
Srarted with a haunting song..for about a minute. From then on it deteriorated track by track into a series of whiney dirges. Pretty awful
no likey
Not a fan.
The album cover is the only interesting thing about this album. Snoozefest.
Fuck no. Sounds like even worse Radiohead
God fucking awful, don’t offer me that pish again
if you ever wondered what it would sound like if Radiohead imitated Tom Waits, now you don't have to wonder any longer. A poor attempt at imitating both, not a good song on the album.
It’s for someone, just not me.
Not for me.
Who picked these? SMH
I see we are back on a run of giving me stuff that sucks major suckage to the suckiest degree of suckiness. Suck you and Suck off. 1.0
Unfortunately, this is not my vibe. I’ve also never heard of this individual before. Very boring and odd.
oof, just a tad more music and this could be another Radiohead. but as it is, difficult to listen to.
Horrible
Overly wordy, boring, and irritating.
hah. I can't do better than this review: "This is the worst Radiohead album ever."
No, don't ever need to listen to or suggest this artist to anyone. Why is it even on this list?
It turns out I don't WANT 2. The technical pieces are there but they don't amount to anything I can get invested in. The long drawn out vocals were grating by the third track. It feels like the critical praise was for something other than the music.
Voelt een beetje als een musical. En daar heb ik een gezonde hoeveelheid haat aan.
This was a struggle to get through. Whiny, depressing, and not super inspired in general. I can't really get over his affected voice. It's almost like he's trying too hard to pretend he's not trying. Then there's some boring piano riffs. Not my thing. 1/5.
I'm sipping that hatorade with this one
Not for me 1/5
Started out with a song that repeats "Agnus Dei" over and over until you want to throw the record out the window. The One You Love was a little better but not that much. Peach Trees was where his voice really started to drone on. I didn't read the title until halfway through the song and was wondering why he was singing about "umbrella pastries." The rest of the album continues that boring droning sound. Gay Messiah was kinda interesting, but that was it. Each song alone would be around a 2, but I just couldn't wait for this to end. Best song: Gay Messiah
This just sucks. He can’t play piano or guitar, just plays the same few chords and waxes operatic over them with that whiny voice like he’s Thom Yorke or something. This just pissed me off, it isn’t clever or brilliant or artistic, it’s just trash.
OMG I don't know the last time I was so utterly bored by an album. Most albums I'm able to find something interesting, whether it's socially conscious lyrics or an unusual combination of genres, but not here. Not with Rufus Wainright. I don't know what's wrong with Wainwright that his voice always whines and he only has one tone for his songs. I guess a single by him wouldn't be so bad, but a whole album of drivel? Lord, please help me. At least there's no Want Three, but there better not be a third Wainwright album on this list. Otherwise, heaven has forsaken me.
Very strong voice but put me in an awful mood
It's like he's trying too hard, but still has no talent. This was a torment.
i "Want Two" of this guy's albums to be removed from this list
Very boring and stuffy. Some of the arrangements are okay enough, but Rufus needs to hire a diction coach because his vocals felt very slurred and sloppy. An instrumental version of the album could be more interesting, but honestly not much more
Rubbish
Uuggghhhh... 1 out of 5. I'd give it 0, but the 1st and 10th songs at least don't remind me of a Radiohead cover band playing an airport Marriot lounge.
1/5 - I did not need to hear this album, and I barely made it through. Just absolutely not my thing, though The One You Love and The Art Teacher were OK.
Rufus is a good singer, but my fuck.....it's just.....not my genre. It's like Michael Buble got really into renaissance fairs .....I had another of his albums in the past (Want One) and felt similarly about that one. Favorite songs: Crumb By Crumb, Hometown Waltz, The Art Teacher Least favorite songs: Peach Trees, Memphis Skyline, This Love Affair, Old Whore's Diet 1/5
I can only put this one in terms that will only make sense to a Canadian. No one will say it, but Rufus Wainwright is a cut-rate Hawksley Workman. The same worst instincts, but without any of the janky charm. Hawksley Workman sanded down to a little nub. I sort of enjoyed this for the first 30 seconds of fricked up violin but then this guy starts singing fake Latin with his thick Canadian accent (no amount of theatre kid delivery can cover it sorry Rufus) and it lost me. I don’t like it.
Like Radiohead if they lacked talent and Thom Yorke was trying to piss you off.
We've got Thom Yorke at home...
This was a tough start to the project lol. So much whinging and whining. Best one was the peach song
Even worse than the first one.
Again to whiny. UGH
Artiste inconnu. Le premier morceau est très original (+1), mais ... c'est le seul. Je me suis terriblement ennuyé sur les suivants. Et il perd un point car trop long, je ne suis finalement pas allé au bout. =>1/5
This was fucking dreadful. I got so over this cunts voice half way through I had to stop. End of story.
not my vibe
This has some weird shit. But also ne enough, nor constantly weird. I know Rufus' name, but nothing else about him. This is also kinda folk-ey, but not enough to turn my stomach all the way. Based on the cover imagery I was cautiously hopeful, but that came crashing down fast. I didn't like it.
geen idee wat het was, maar de emmer is vol en moet dringend geledigd worden
I mean, I did not want one, why would I want two of this? It sounds that the guy is trying to sing like Thom Yorke but fails dramatically. The music sounds as if the guy wanted to produce "clever" music or whatever; it just makes it boring. Why do we need two albums from this guy here? Why?!
Painful. Without his mom and dad this guy wouldn’t stand a chance of being heard. I don’t get the allure of continuing to pay him.
Fell asleep halfway
I think the fact that the Legacy section on wikipedia article for this album only says it was included on this list sums it up better than I possibly could. Bad songs, badly performed.
Wow, this was boring. His voice is so dreary that I had to go and eat some ice cream just to cheer myself up
Too whiney for my taste
How can an album with songs called “Gay Messiah” and “Old Whore’s Diet” be so fucking BORING. Also, dude needs to stop slurp-breathing into the microphone.
rubbish
meh
Two too many from Rufus on this list. In the four songs I lasted a vocal similarity to Thom Yorke reared its head, but otherwise its OTT business as usual.
What really lowered this for me was that clear winking desire to "elevate" mall muzak offerings with that specific brand of smug Bush-era liberalism. I believe Rufus could have made good music instead, he has it in him, but he made Dear Sister which is just the worst. I know that's "the point" but there's not love or fun like a Residents song it's just disgustingly and puke-inducingly sweet in tone. This whole album is a Poe's Law situation,
Heard of Rufus but never listened to him before. Dude thinks he's Radiohead 1/5
the one you love
Very strong opening with Agnus Dei, reminded me of Popol Vuh. However the second track The One You Love went downhill immediately. His singing strongly reminds me of Thom Yorke, sounding like some kind of acoustic Radiohead, with his weird mumbly vocals, and the vocals on The Art Teacher I especially ssssssfffff hated because of the ssssssffff way he would suck in ssssssffffff breaths between his sssssssffffff teeth throughout. In a word, pretentious. In two words, pretentious and insufferable. In three words, pretentious, insufferable and overlong.
I'm glad that "Want One" was taken off the list at some point because the inclusion of two of these fucking albums is ridiculous. 1.41
Why is he mumbling?
Every nothing-much album that turns up on this list reminds me that the brilliant Midnight Oil don't appear at all. In fact, no Australian bands appear on it. Anyway, This album is just nothing. Leave the singing to daddy.
Put this guy and the singer from Muse in a room and lock the door. Forever.
I question this entire list!
This is the guy that shows up at a party with a guitar and thinks everyone everyone wants plain sing and no one does.
Hot garbage! I had to turn it off. I fucking hate this guy
This sounded like a high school version of Radiohead. It was awful.
No
I like Rufus Wainwright. I did not like this album. It was tedious, whiny, and boring.
Pleeeeaaaasssseeee, veldig kjedelig, veldig lange ord, sytete. Verdens verste Radiohead-album?
Does less than nothing for me. Orchestral Thom Yorke? I like Radiohead, but I couldnt make it through this.
Challenge music!!! As pretentious as I imagined. They’ve been listening to Thom Yorke way too much. Do I have to listen to this?
I really did not enjoy this album.
The One You Love The Art Teacher
Soundtechnisch interessant aber zu depressiv verkopft. Nicht an einem grauen Herbsttag hören!
Olha bixo, q negócio chato. Musica para dormir
Rufus Wainwright can fuck off
I think I reached This Love Affair and realised I wasn't enjoying at all.
Garbage mumble moans. This album should never have been made.
Everything I don't miss about early 2000's singer songwriters
Very rough listen.
2/10
No
I wanted to stick a knitting needle in my ears...
Again? is this list repeating albums? Oh no, someone really decided to include 2 albums from Rufus Wainwright. It's not the awful thing in the world of music, but I'll rate it with 1 star, paying some respect to the other 1001 albums that are not on the list and that can be a good replacement for this one.
most overrated Wainwright.
Not an album any of us will be coming back too. A rare 1star for me, as this lack basic human decency
wtf is this
Med frygt for at fornærme både pølsemænd og Radiohead, så lød første del af det her som pølsemandens Radiohead...
Man...I had a hard time with this one. Just not my cup of tea. 1.5/5
awful
A bit too whiny for my taste.
Uninspired pop ballads, unnecessary to listen to.
Seichter Baroque Pop. Maximal noch als Fahrstuhlmusik.
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This is music for people who call people who are normal "sheep" and use the word sportsball. Fucking awful.
Don't like this one.
It was hard to even stand the first song. The rest of the album varies from an "Radiohead"-arrangement for either a church- or a cat- choir.
Boring AF! It sounded like when the paster sings the liturgy at a traditional Lutheran service. Not sure why this is on the 1001 album list. I really didn't need to hear it.
I got Wainwright's Want One just two days ago. I described that as overwrought, full of pomposity and ridiculous grandeur. This is similar, but somehow worse. I don't want to be the one baptised in cum. Someone will ask for my head And I'll get down on my knees and give it to him. When your lyrics are this beautiful, I guess it distracts from your voice being as nasal and whiny as that. Jesus H Christ, you mopey little bastard.
The album is pretentious and it was unnecessary. I did not care for it. Totally unremarkable. It is better than a one but not really a 2. I will round down.
Not my cup of tea
Do you want two? I'll give you one
Hooray, my first 1 rating after 80 albums! I've heard worse than this before but oh man, this is putting me to sleep. I'm stopping a couple tracks from the end because I just can't bear another non-descript ballad with average vocals. I'm not seeing the Thom Yorke comparison everyone is making, maybe it's the super weak songwriting that's stopping me. Please no more.
Utter rubbish. Whiny and annoying. Piss off.
We just had a Rufus Wainwright LP and it was painfully mediocre. I'm not listening to another.
No, I really struggled with this, found it so incredibly depressing, I would never even consider listening to any of this
Yikes. What the hell.
A wide range of products are available to purchase at the gift shop. Please donate anything you can. An old couple walking along the beach stop and tell me to tie my shoelaces, before I trip and fall. But I've already fallen. A single red rose on a pillow. The tangled language of your Bulgarian mother as she tries to build the perfect snowman for you. The moon has never looked as pretty as it does this evening. Who framed Roger Rabbit?
1/5 Best: The One You Love Worst: Agnus Dei
Saai gejank
A collection of very dull songs. It's on the list because?......
hard pass
I really cannot stand this type of music at all. If you love listening to whiny, nasally voices, this is for you. I enjoyed The One You Love, and it turns out that's because it's the only track that attempted to be holistic music. You know, with actual arrangements, changes, feel, basically anything besides sitting on a stool and droning on behind a mic?
Not sure what this album is doing on this list
I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS
More dreary old shite. Cross between badly drawn boy and Radiohead. Devils music
After the first two tracks I’m thinking This is an easy 5 star album, but then there’s too many slow songs in a row. It’s like yesterdays album except the music on this one isn’t that interesting. Maybe I need to have it sit with me but on first impressions I’m not jelling with it.
Hell no
meh...
Wainright might have the most annoying voice I've heard since the last Bjork album I listened to. It starts off with an absolutly terrible crappy "song" (I'm not sure I even want to call it that) and doesn't get much better the rest of the way. An entrie album of completely boring tracks sung by a whiny bitch.
I hate Rufus Wainwright
I found the beginning of this so insufferable that I did not listen to the full album. If anyone gives this a 5 I’ll give it a full shot.
Very boring.
So people got through that first track? I was in a really good mood til I listened to this.
eipä kyllä lähtenyt, on vähän turhan paljon näyttämistä. voisin luunnella uudestaan sen takia, että ehtis enemmän kiinnittää huomiota yksityiskohtiin
Harhautunut ammattilainen kuvittelee luovansa jotain suurta samalla, kun säveltää klassisvaikutteista poppia, joka redusoituu laulu- ja sovitustekniikan esittelyyn.
First one I've given a single star. This was bad
Irremediably dull. He probably thinks the idea of “Baroque Pop” is high concept art. It’s actually hokey as fuck.
Well, that was definitely the worst album I have heard here so far. I honestly struggle to understand what is so appealing on this record, that it ended up on a list of greatest albums of all time. You can tell that Rufus has great 'opera' voice and unique style of singing, but it's far from being groundbreaking or entirely original. I had a really hard time trying to finish the album. Last song was somehow a breath of fresh air, 'Old Whore's Diet'. It included Anhoni from Anthony and the Johnsons, that I highly rated a week ago. Unfortunately, it was not enough to save this record. I was very hesitant to give one star to any of those bands, but I think in my opinion, Rufus really earned that. There shouldn't be a place for this album on the list.
Je respecte l'artiste et reconnais son talent, mais ce n'est pas pour moi. Pièce la plus intéressante: Waiting For A Dream
This would have been pretty good if the producer had had the balls to tell this guy that he shouldn't be anywhere near a microphone.
Awful
christ that first track is like nails on a chalkboard, couldn;t finish it. rest far too boring, gave up halfway. miserable man
Rufus combines classical, pop, poetry and melancholy, to terrible effect. He gets the worst from all these things and makes a god awful mess. It's like nick cave with out the dark humour and melancholic poetry. Mozart with just the shit garden centre twiddles. It's like nothing I want to listen to again.
Je reconnais que Rufus Wainwright est un artiste prolifique et talentueux dans son genre et je crois qu'il faut effectivement avoir écouter au moins un album. Par contre, son style n'est vraiment pas dans mes cordes. J'ai de la difficulté avec sa voix et musicalement je ne trouve pas ça très novateur ou intéressant. J'avoue préférer d'abord la musique dans un disque, donc rien pour m'aider avec cet album. Je respecte l'artiste, mais ce n'est pas pour moi. Pièce la plus intéressante: Waiting For A Dream
Little bit too radiohead *
At some moments it sounds like he is close to something that may be acceptable
Huevísima total
1 out of 5. Not my cup of tea and never felt any song hooked me in.
A tad slow and boring for my taste. Overall all songs on the album sound similar and none really stood out.
Sombre whining with little melody. No thanks.
The vocals felt very monotone and grating throughout. The variety in the instrumentals between songs was nice, I just can't get behind the lead vocalists style.
what. the. actual. fuck. is. this?!
This album is definitely overrated. Sounds like a poor man's Thom Yorke. With this album and several Radiohead albums on the list, me thinks the author has an obsession with the band.
Not really my thing. He's got a great voice but the whole opera vibe is just too much
Not my style, not extraordinary, more disturbing
Tries a little bit of everything and isn't great at any of it. Pretentious lyrics, drab songs and one of the most irritating voices around. If these are the selections for the week, I dread what the weekend's pick is gonna be like.
Terrible
A bit dreary. Not for me
Not my style