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A bold, brave, and beautiful record.
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Want Two disposes of almost all of the commercial elements that had been blamed for One's downfall without revealing a satisfying work in the process.
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'Want Two' is simply in a league of its own.
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Another broadsheet rock critic waxing rhapsodic may be the last thing Wainwright needs, but here goes: Want Two is a stunning album.
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It's more focused than Want One and as such packs more of wallop both musically and emotionally.
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Wainwright's fanciful songs about love and faith place him in the rarefied company of Bjork and Brian Wilson, whose audacious Medulla and SMiLE his album most resembles.
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Two is his most highbrow effort yet.
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This is too classical, too romantic, and too I-yam-what-I-yam all at once.
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His voice is beautiful, his phrasing adventurous and his arrangements intense.... But the material could stand a bit of pruning
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The songs that are good are amazing, but the songs that aren’t quite as good could end up being skipped over, which is a shame, seeing as how there isn’t a bad song, per se, on the album.
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A quieter, more intimate, and more demanding set than its predecessor, Want Two offers few of Want One's sweeping pleasures, but it cultivates a creeping beauty that's as satisfying in its own right.
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New Musical Express (NME)Showcas[es] Rufus as one of, if not the best songwriters of his generation. [19 Mar 2005, p.59]
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Los Angeles TimesDemanding and artful, he just may be this generation's Joni Mitchell. [5 Dec 2004]
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UncutMore, and even better, of the same--one of the dead-cert Albums Of The Year. [Album of the Month, Apr 2005, p.96]
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MojoA little too much. [Apr 2005, p.90]
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Q MagazineWant Two isn't an immediate album, but what it lacks in pop hooks in makes up for in ambition. [Mar 2005, p.92]
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Want Two is a serviceable collection of songs that glimmer with Wainwright's former élan, but still wants for that old intimacy.
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Entertainment WeeklyIt didn't seem possible, but Wainwright gets more florid and over-the-top with each new album. [19 Nov 2004, p.82]
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SpinSounds like the morning after, confused and calm all at once. [Jan 2005, p.100]
User score distribution:
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RobbieCNov 10, 2007
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PhilippeDJul 24, 2007
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AliceAliceMar 3, 2007It's like a magical musical mystery journey...I love it.