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Want Two

by Rufus Wainwright

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424
2004

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Overall Rating: 3.0355 Want Two is ranked overall as 3.0355 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.9834 Want Two has an avg. critic score of 2.9834 out of 4 stars

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Rolling Stone

Rufus Wainwright'sWant Twois by far the composer's least commercial album. ...more

Rolling Stone

Wainwright's fanciful songs about love and faith place him in the rarefied company of Bjork and Brian Wilson, whose audacious Medulla and SMiLE his album most resembles. ...more

All Music Guide

It's more focused than Want One and as such packs more of wallop both musically and emotionally. ...more

Entertainment Weekly

It didn't seem possible, but Wainwright gets more florid and over-the-top with each new album

Stylus Magazine

Excess, thy name is Rufus. ...more

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Los Angeles Times

Demanding and artful, he just may be this generation's Joni...read the complete review at Los Angeles Times

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Mojo

A little too...read the complete review at Mojo

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Pitch Fork Media

Of the four albums Rufus Wainwright has released over the past six years, two of them have been part of the Want series, which pairs his dreamy voice and droll lyrics to audaciously over-the-top orchestration. But Wainwright's inspiration has...read the complete review at Pitch Fork Media

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musicOMH.com

You've got to hand it to Rufus Wainwright. It's hard to imagine another artist with the chutzpah to dress up in drag as the pre-Raphaelite figure of the Lady Of Shallot on the album cover, and then proceeds to kick off that album with a six minute...read the complete review at musicOMH.com

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