Take All My Loves: Nine Shakespeare Sonnets
by Rufus Wainwright
User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
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  1. justathoughtabl
    May 29, 2016
    9
    I love this album. Rufus has created beautiful melodies to put to Shakespeare's words, and the styles range from rock to all-out classical. To like this album, you have to love everything that Rufus is...ambitious, curious, well-rounded. He is a lover of the high arts-- opera, literature, visual art--and always has been. He will never be limited to pop albums (great as they are) becauseI love this album. Rufus has created beautiful melodies to put to Shakespeare's words, and the styles range from rock to all-out classical. To like this album, you have to love everything that Rufus is...ambitious, curious, well-rounded. He is a lover of the high arts-- opera, literature, visual art--and always has been. He will never be limited to pop albums (great as they are) because his mind is too broad, and I admire that he constantly pushes the envelope and takes risks. We're lucky to have an artist who has the talent to match his courageous ambition.… Expand
  2. jyo_tirmaya
    May 22, 2016
    5
    I love Rufus' voice and style, but this album is like having to do homework in high school. I wish he would go back to his "Poses" and "Release the Stars" vibe... This is too artsy-fartsy.

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Magnet
    Jun 1, 2016
    80
    Whether in the flesh or behind-the-scenes, each work is all Wainwright. [No. 131, p.61]
  2. PopMatters
    May 23, 2016
    70
    Wainwright keeps things varied enough to be interesting but concise enough to avoid boredom or overload.
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  3. Drowned In Sound
    May 3, 2016
    70
    The mix of genres and presentation doesn’t always segue as well as they might, and strangely given that mix, it could do with being a little more radical at times. That said there’s plenty to enjoy and it’s often fun to hear these iconic works in unfamiliar fashion.
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