all days are nights to see till I see thee
Rufus Wainwright's new album is divine. I've been wanting him to make a solo piano/voice record ever since he mentioned the idea before Release The Stars and now he has done, it really doesn't disappoint. I feel like there are a couple of songs that aren't quite fully realised and would probably sound better with the typical Rufus massive orchestration, like Give Me What I Want and Give It To Me Now! and The Dream (which is one of favourite nonetheless), but I still love the whole thing. And it's not that I don't love his big songs, but I think this is how I love him best.
Initial favourites are The Dream, as I already mentioned, plus Martha and Who Are You New York?, but who knows how that will change over time. If I had one criticism it would be that the lyrics seem a bit... simpler than, say, on the Wants, but I guess with the crazy complicated piano that kind of works.
Whatever: the point is that I love this album a ridiculous amount. It's a lot better than Release The Stars, which had some awesome songs but somehow didn't quite come together as an album or was maybe just a bit overproduced. I think I have this weird thing with Rufus where I'm always kind of worried that someday he's going to run out of ideas, but he hasn't yet.
Initial favourites are The Dream, as I already mentioned, plus Martha and Who Are You New York?, but who knows how that will change over time. If I had one criticism it would be that the lyrics seem a bit... simpler than, say, on the Wants, but I guess with the crazy complicated piano that kind of works.
Whatever: the point is that I love this album a ridiculous amount. It's a lot better than Release The Stars, which had some awesome songs but somehow didn't quite come together as an album or was maybe just a bit overproduced. I think I have this weird thing with Rufus where I'm always kind of worried that someday he's going to run out of ideas, but he hasn't yet.