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Want One
Pop · 2003 · 14 tracks

Want One

A maximalist masterpiece of baroque pop. Rufus Wainwright blends operatic ambition with intimate piano confessions and lush, cinematic orchestral arrangements.

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It's like if a 19th-century opera composer got obsessed with 70s pop and decided to tell you all his secrets.

A grand, theatrical display of romantic longing and personal reckoning wrapped in velvet orchestration.

Want One · vs · Rufus Wainwright
Maximalist+1.4σ

The production is pushed notably harder into maximalist than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks
01
Oh What a World
4:23
02
I Don’t Know What It Is
4:51
03
Vicious World
2:50
04
Movies of Myself
4:31
05
Pretty Things
2:41
06
Go or Go Ahead
6:38
07
Vibrate
2:44
08
14th Street
4:44
09
Natasha
3:29
10
Harvester of Hearts
3:35
11
Beautiful Child
4:15
12
Want
5:11
13
11:11
4:28
14
Dinner at Eight
4:33
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive Ravel-inspired Bolero rhythm and brass swell that opens 'Oh What a World'.
The gut-wrenching, stripped-back piano intimacy of 'Dinner at Eight' addressing his father.
The massive, multi-layered vocal climax in 'Go or Go Ahead' that feels like a mountain peak.
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