''Want Two'' is the fourth

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by American-Canadian singer-songwriter

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. The album was released on November 16, 2004. Four of the tracks on this album were released in the summer of 2004 as the EP '' Waiting for a Want'' on the

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music store. ''Want Two'' is, according to Wainwright, the darker sibling of 2003's '' Want One'' – its subject matter concerned with "the world we live in" (RW Geffen Bio) after ''Want Ones focus on the intensely personal. The artist's song selections here show his range to be broad, veering from romantic

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("Peach Trees") to tragic ballad ("This Love Affair"), sophisticated pop ("The One You Love") to third person/first person narrative lament (" The Art Teacher"), personal tongue in cheek manifesto (" Gay Messiah"), to a classical pop hybrid written about Jeff Buckley ("Memphis Skyline") and songs beyond category. "Agnus Dei" is used in the trailer for the 2007 film ''

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''. Mother Kate McGarrigle and aunt Anna (McGarrigle) both perform and sing on "Hometown Waltz".

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of 2005

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winners Antony and the Johnsons sings lead vocal alongside Wainwright on "Old Whore's Diet". The initial UK version of the record contains bonus live tracks, "" and "" (written by

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songwriter

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Legacy

The album was also included in the book '' 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die''.

Track listing

# "Agnus Dei" – 5:45 # " The One You Love" – 3:44 # "Peach Trees" – 5:59 # "Little Sister" – 3:22 # " The Art Teacher" – 3:51 # "Hometown Waltz" – 2:33 # "This Love Affair" – 3:13 # " Gay Messiah" – 3:14 # "Memphis Skyline" – 4:51 # "Waiting for a Dream" – 4:14 # "Crumb by Crumb" – 4:13 # "Old Whore's Diet" – 9:09

Bonus tracks

# "" (live) (UK & EU bonus track) – 2:46 # "" (live) (UK bonus track) – 3.23 # "Chelsea Hotel, No. 2" (live) (bonus track on ''

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'') – 3:47 # "In with the Ladies" (bonus track on ''Want'') – 3:52

''Live at the Fillmore'' DVD

#"DVD Intro" – 1:26 #"L'Absence" – 4:00 #"14th Street" – 4:33 #"Harvester of Hearts" – 3:41 #"Natasha" – 3:24 #"The Art Teacher" – 3:34 #" Hallelujah" – 4:22 #"Matinee Idol" – 2:58 #"Vibrate" – 3:17 #"Gay Messiah" – 4:17 #"Want" – 5:27 #"Greek Song" – 3:52 #"Foolish Love" – 5:35 #" I Don't Know What It Is" – 5:40 #" Dinner at Eight" – 5:00 #"Beautiful Child" – 6:28 #" Oh What a World" – 4:13 #"Liberty Cabbage" – 4:56 #"California" – 3:28 #"As in Happy" – 3:40 #"DVD Credits" – 1:35

Personnel

* Rufus Wainwright – voice (1–12), piano (1–7,9,10), additional vocals (2,3,8,11), acoustic guitar (2,3,8,11), keyboards (11), orchestral arrangements (1,4,7,9–11) * Sophie Solomon – violin (1) * Pit Hermans –

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(1) * Marius de Vries – keyboards (1,10,11),

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(3,9), programming (2–4,8–11), orchestral arrangements (1,4,7,9–11) * Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor (1,4,9,11), horn contractor (5,10) * Gavyn Wright – orchestral leader (1,4,9,11) *

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– additional vocals (2,3,6,8,12), violin (6) * Gerry Leonard – electric guitar (2,3), guitars (9) * Charlie Sexton – electric guitar (2,3) * Jeff Hill – bass (2,3,8–12), additional vocals (12) *

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– drums (2) * Roberto Rodriguez – percussion (3) *

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– drums (3,9) * Matt Johnson – drums (3,8) * Kate McGarrigle – additional vocals (6),

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin. ...

(6) * Anna McGarrigle – additional vocals (6),

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(6) * Lily Lanken – additional vocals (6), recorder (6) * Brad Albetta – bass guitar (6) * Maxim Moston – violin (7,10,12),

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(7,10), orchestral arrangements (1,4,7,9–11) * Antoine Silverman – violin (7,10) *

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– violin (7,10), viola (12) * Julianne Klopotic – violin (7,10) * Vivienne Kim – violin (7,10) * Fiona Murray – violin (7,10) * Cenovia Cummins – violin (7,10) * Christopher Cardona – violin (7,10) * Danielle Farina –

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(7,10) * Alison Gordon – viola (7,10) * Eric Hammelman – viola (7,10) * Kathryn Lockwood – viola (7,10) * Anja Wood – cello (7,10) * Jane Scarpantoni – cello (7,10) * Julia Kent – cello (7,10,12) * Carlo Pellettieri – cello (7,10) * Troy Rinker Jr – bass guitar (7,10) * Alexandra Knoll –

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(7) * David Sapadin –

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(7) * Daniel Shelly –

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(7) *

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– additional vocals (8,12) * Jenni Muldaur – additional vocals (8) * Suzzy Roche – additional vocals (8) * Leona Naess – additional vocals (11) * David Theodore – oboe (11) * Rob Burger –

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(11) *

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–

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(11) * Antony – voice (12) * Julianna Raye – additional vocals (12) * Roger Greenawalt –

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(12), banjo (12) * Steven Wolf –

djembe A djembe or jembe ( ; from Maninka language, Malinke ''jembe'' , N'Ko script, N'Ko: ) is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa. According to the Bambara people in Mali, the name of the djembe ...

(12),

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(12), additional programming (12) * Alexis Smith – programming (2–4,8–11) *

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– orchestral arrangements (1,4,7,9–11) * Jack McKeever – engineer

Chart positions

Awards

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– Outstanding Music Artist , , , - ,

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– Adult Alternative Album of the Year , ,

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2004 albums Geffen Records albums Rufus Wainwright albums Albums produced by Marius de Vries