Audio CD review:
Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright (Limited Edition)

Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright (Limited Edition)

Band: Rufus Wainwright Title: Rufus Wainwright (Limited Edition) Rating: Release Date: 19 May, 1998 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Foolish Love 2: Danny Boy 3: April Fools 4: In My Arms 5: Millbrook 6: Baby 7: Beauty Mark 8: Barcelona 9: Matinee Idol 10: Damned Ladies 11: Sally Ann 12: Imaginary Love

Editoral Review Rufus writes sly, witty lyrics about the absurdities of love and the world at large, but his real gift is for writing gorgeous melodic hooks and then hiding them in chord changes that never go where one expects them to go. Rufus may have grown up in Montréal with his mom and aunt, Kate & Anna McGarrigle; he may be the son of folk satirist Loudon Wainwright; but he has emerged on his debut album as an eccentric pianoman in the southern California tradition of Brian Wilson, Jimmy Webb, Randy Newman, and Van Dyke Parks. The listener is kept off-balance by the unexpected harmonic detours but is rewarded with choruses of strange beauty and heartfelt conviction. The debut album of the year thus far. --Geoffrey Himes .. You can see a complete list of all Rufus Wainwright discography, or go back to the Rufus Wainwright tabs