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- Summary: The live album of Rufus Wainwright's recreation of Judy Garland's 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall.
- Record Label: Geffen
- Genre(s): Rock, Singer/Songwriter
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Top Track
When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) | |
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When you're smiling, when you're smiling The whole world smiles with you When you're laughing, when you're laughing The sun comes shining... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 6 out of 10
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Mixed: 4 out of 10
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Negative: 0 out of 10
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On hand, as ever, is sister and mother to crank-up the feel good factor, and a more life-affirming live album you'll not find.
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So while the performance isn't perfect, particularly toward the end of the show (where, after two hours of performing swing tunes and jazz standards, Wainwright is understandably low on steam), it's still nice to hear the singer in his element, crooning about dinging trolleys and zinging heartstrings with flamboyancy that only he can muster.
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By turns baroque, jazzy, morose, and enraptured, they're a perfect opportunity for Wainwright to showcase his capacity as a singer in terms of tone and melodic emphasis. And showcase he does, deploying his dulcet foghorn of a voice with subtlety, grace, and elasticity
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That said, if it drives anyone to Judy at Carnegie Hall--one of the best live albums ever then bravo.
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It might be playful, and it might be versatile, but however light-hearted it may sound initially, it ends up sounding serious.
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MojoThe idea remains more brilliant than the performance can hope to be; because Wainwright is very good but Judy ia unassailable. [Feb 2008, p.98]
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This song-by-song re-creation of Judy Garland's iconic 1961 Carnegie Hall performance, staged there by Rufus Wainwright in 2006, seems better-suited to a cabaret act.
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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JohnS.Dec 11, 2007went to see this concert at palladium and was blown away as am with cd. Rufus rules.
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WillyL.Dec 8, 2007A cracking CD - better on every listen, and brings the show right back to life.
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IgnacioA.Dec 9, 2007Great concert.
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jyotirmayadasDec 10, 2007
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