Want (album)
Encyclopedia
Want is a repackaged double album
by Canadian-American
singer-songwriter
Rufus Wainwright
, released in the United Kingdom
on November 28, 2005. It contains all the tracks from both Want One
and Want Two
, along with two bonus track
s: a cover
of Leonard Cohen
's "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" along with "In with the Ladies".
Disc 1
Disc 2
Want Two
Double album
A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs....
by Canadian-American
Canadian-American
A Canadian American is someone who was born or someone who grew up in Canada then moved to the United States. The term is particularly apt when applied or self-applied to people with strong ties to Canada, such as those who have lived a significant portion of their lives in, or were educated in,...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks.-Early years:...
, released in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
on November 28, 2005. It contains all the tracks from both Want One
Want One
Want One is the third studio album by the Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released through DreamWorks Records on September 23, 2003. The album was produced by Marius de Vries and mixed by Andy Bradfield, with Lenny Waronker as the executive in charge of production...
and Want Two
Want Two
Want Two is the fourth album by American-Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. The album was released on November 16, 2004. Four of the tracks on this album were released in the summer of 2004 as the EP Waiting for a Want on the iTunes music store.Want Two is, according to Wainwright, the...
, along with two bonus track
Bonus track
In terms of recorded music, a bonus track is a piece of music which has been included on specific releases or reissues of an album. This is most often done as a promotional device, either as an incentive to customers to purchase albums they might otherwise not, or to repurchase albums they already...
s: a cover
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...
's "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" along with "In with the Ladies".
Track listing
All songs written by Wainwright, unless otherwise noted.Disc 1
- "Oh What a World" – 4:23
- "I Don't Know What It IsI Don't Know What It Is"I Don't Know What It Is" is a song written and performed by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. It was the first single from Wainwright's third studio album Want One and was released in a slim-line jewel case format on July 26, 2004....
" – 4:51 - "Vicious World" – 2:50
- "Movies of Myself" – 4:30
- "Pretty Things" – 2:40
- "Go or Go Ahead" – 6:38
- "Vibrate" – 2:44
- "14th Street" – 4:44
- "Natasha" – 3:28
- "Harvester of Hearts" – 3:35
- "Beautiful Child" – 4:15
- "Want" – 5:10
- "11:11" – 4:27
- "Dinner at Eight" – 4:33
Disc 2
- "Agnus Dei" – 5:45
- "The One You LoveThe One You Love (song)"The One You Love" is a song written and performed by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. It was the first single from Wainwright's fourth studio album, Want Two, released digitally in the UK on February 28, 2005...
" – 3:44 - "Peach Trees" – 5:59
- "Little Sister" – 3:22
- "The Art Teacher" – 3:51
- "Hometown Waltz" – 2:33
- "This Love Affair" – 3:13
- "Gay Messiah" – 3:14
- "Memphis Skyline" – 4:51
- "Waiting for a Dream" – 4:14
- "Crumb by Crumb" – 4:13
- "Old Whore's Diet" – 9:09
- "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" (Leonard CohenLeonard CohenLeonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...
) – 3:55 - "In with the Ladies" (Alex Gifford, Wainwright) - 3:52
Personnel
Want One- Rufus WainwrightRufus WainwrightRufus McGarrigle Wainwright is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks.-Early years:...
– voice (1–14), pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
(2,5,8,10,14), fender rhodes pianoRhodes pianoThe Rhodes piano is an electro-mechanical piano, invented by Harold Rhodes during the fifties and later manufactured in a number of models, first in collaboration with Fender and after 1965 by CBS....
(3), recorders (3), acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
(4,6,11–13), keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
(9), orchestral arrangements (1,2,7,9,14), choral arrangements (7) - Marius de VriesMarius de VriesMarius Van Wyk de Vries is an English music producer and composer. He has been behind some of the key albums and soundtracks of recent times, gathering five Grammy nominations, two BAFTAs, and an Ivor Novello award along the way.-Music Producer:...
– piano (1,7,8,12,13), programming (1–4,6–14), vibraphoneVibraphoneThe vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
(10,12), orchestral arrangements (1,2,7,14), choral arrangements (7) - Joy Smith – harpHarpThe harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...
(1,2,13,14) - Nick Hitchens – tubaTubaThe tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the...
(1) - Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor (1,2,7,14)
- Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader (1,2,7,14)
- Alexis Smith – programming (1–4,6–14)
- Simon C Clarke – alto sax (1,8,11), baritone sax (1,8,10,11), fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
(1,2,14), alto flute (1), piccoloPiccoloThe piccolo is a half-size flute, and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. The piccolo has the same fingerings as its larger sibling, the standard transverse flute, but the sound it produces is an octave higher than written...
(1) - Tim Sanders – tenor sax (1,8,10,11)
- Roddy Lorimer – trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
(1,2,8,10,11), flugelhornFlugelhornThe flugelhorn is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical bore. Some consider it to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax ; however, other historians assert that it derives from the valve bugle designed by Michael Saurle , Munich 1832 , thus...
(10) - Paul Spong – trumpet (1,2,8,11)
- Annie WhiteheadAnnie WhiteheadAnnie Whitehead is an English jazz trombone player.-Career:Annie learned trombone at school; at 14 she was already busy playing with brass bands, local dance groups and the Manchester Youth Jazz Orchestra and began her professional career at sixteen. Among her initial influences were Miles Davis,...
– tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
(1,2,8,10,11) - Dave Stewart – bass trombone (1,2,11)
- Sterling CampbellSterling CampbellSterling Campbell in New York City, New York, is an American rock drummer who has worked with numerous high-profile acts. He rose to attention in 1986, touring with Cyndi Lauper on her her True Colors World Tour, in 1986, and in 1987, joined Duran Duran...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(2–4,13) - Jeff Hill – bass (2,4,6,8,11–13)
- Gerry Leonard – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
(2,8), electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
(4,6,11–13), mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
(13) - Charlie SextonCharlie SextonCharles Wayne Sexton is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known for the 1985 hit Beat's So Lonely and as the guitarist for Bob Dylan's backing band from 1999 to 2002 and since 2009...
– guitar (2,8), electric guitar (4,6,11,12) - Jimmy Zhivago – guitar (2), electric guitar (4), piano (8)
- Alexandra Knoll – oboeOboeThe oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
(2) - David Sapadin – clarinetClarinetThe clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
(2) - Daniel Shelly – bassoonBassoonThe bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...
(2) - Bernard O'Neill – bass (3,9,10)
- Matt Johnson – drums (6,9,11,12)
- The London Oratory Choir – choir (7)
- Levon HelmLevon HelmMark Lavon "Levon" Helm , is an American rock multi-instrumentalist and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band....
– drums (8) - Kate McGarrigleKate McGarrigleKate McGarrigle, CM was a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle....
– banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
(8), accordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
(14) - Martha WainwrightMartha WainwrightMartha Wainwright is a Canadian-American folk-rock singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of American folk singer and actor Loudon Wainwright III and Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle...
– additional vocals (8,12) - Jenni Muldaur – additional vocals (8,12)
- Adrian Hallowell – bass trombone (8,11)
- Maxim Moston – concertmasterConcertmasterThe concertmaster/mistress is the spalla or leader, of the first violin section of an orchestra. In the UK, the term commonly used is leader...
(9), orchestral arrangements (1,2,7,9,14) - Teddy ThompsonTeddy ThompsonTeddy Thompson is a British folk and rock musician. He is the son of folk-rock musicians Richard and Linda Thompson and brother of singer Kamila Thompson...
– additional vocals (10) - Linda ThompsonLinda ThompsonLinda Diane Thompson is an American actress, lyricist and beauty pageant winner who rose to international fame as Elvis Presley's long time girlfriend after he separated from his wife.-Pageants:...
– additional vocals (10) - Chris Elliott – orchestral arrangements (1,2,7,9,14)
Want Two
- Rufus Wainwright – voice (1-12), piano (1-7,9,10), additional vocals (2,3,8,11), acoustic guitar (2,3,8,11), keyboards (11), orchestral arrangements (1,4,7,9-11)
- Sophie Solomon – violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
(1) - Pit Hermans – cimbalom (1)
- Marius de Vries – keyboards (1,10,11), vibraphone (3,9), programming (2-4,8,9-11), orchestral arrangements (1,4,7,9-11)
- Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor (1,4,9,11), horn contractor (5,10)
- Gavyn Wright – orchestral leader (1,4,9,11)
- Martha Wainwright – additional vocals (2,3,6,8,12), violin (6)
- Gerry Leonard – electric guitar (2,3), guitars (9)
- Charlie Sexton – electric guitar (2,3)
- Jeff Hill – bass (2,3,8-12), additional vocals (12)
- Levon Helm – drums (2)
- Roberto Rodriguez – percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
(3) - Sterling Campbell – drums (3,9)
- Matt Johnson – drums (3,8)
- Kate McGarrigle – additional vocals (6), banjo (6)
- Anna McGarrigleAnna McGarrigleAnna McGarrigle, CM is a Canadian folk music singer/songwriter who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister, Kate McGarrigle, until Kate's death in 2010.-Musical career:...
– additional vocals (6), accordion (6) - Lily Lanken – additional vocals (6), recorder (6)
- Brad Albetta – bass (6)
- Maxim Moston – violin (7,10,12), concertmaster (7,10), orchestral arrangements (1,4,7,9-11)
- Antoine Silverman – violin (7,10)
- Joan WasserJoan WasserJoan Wasser is a violinist and singer/songwriter in the indie rock world. She began her career playing violin with the Dambuilders. She has released three albums as a singer songwriter, the 2006 Real Life the 2008 To Survive and the 2011 The Deep Field...
– violin (7,10), viola (12) - Julianne Klopotic – violin (7,10)
- Vivienne Kim – violin (7,10)
- Fiona Murray – violin (7,10)
- Cenovia Cummins – violin (7,10)
- Christopher Cardona – violin (7,10)
- Danielle Farina – violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
(7,10) - Alison Gordon – viola (7,10)
- Eric Hammelman – viola (7,10)
- Kathryn Lockwood – viola (7,10)
- Anja Wood – cello (7,10)
- Jane Scarpantoni – celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
(7,10) - Julia Kent – cello (7,10,12)
- Carlo Pellettieri – cello (7,10)
- Troy Rinker Jr – bass (7,10)
- Alexandra Knoll – oboe (7)
- David Sapadin – clarinet (7)
- Daniel Shelly – bassoon (7)
- Teddy Thompson – additional vocals (8,12)
- Jenni Muldaur – additional vocals (8)
- Suzzy RocheSuzzy RocheSuzzy Roche , originally from Park Ridge, New Jersey, is best known for her work with the female vocal group The Roches, alongside sisters Maggie and Terre...
– additional vocals (8) - Leona Naess – additional vocals (11)
- David Theodore – oboe (11)
- Rob Burger – Hammond organHammond organThe Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...
(11) - Gina Gershon – jaw harp (11)
- AntonyAntony HegartyAntony Hegarty is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the band Antony and the Johnsons.-Early life:...
– voice (12) - Julianna Raye – additional vocals (12)
- Roger Greenawalt – ukuleleUkuleleThe ukulele, ; from ; it is a subset of the guitar family of instruments, generally with four nylon or gut strings or four courses of strings....
(12), banjo (12) - Steven Wolf – djembeDjembeA djembe also known as jembe, jenbe, djbobimbe, jymbe, yembe, or jimbay, or sanbanyi in Susu; is a skin-covered drum meant played with bare hands....
(12), tambourineTambourineThe tambourine or marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all....
(12), additional programming (12) - Alexis Smith – programming (2-4,8-11)
- Van Dyke ParksVan Dyke ParksVan Dyke Parks is an American composer, arranger, producer, musician, singer, author and actor. Parks is perhaps best known for his contributions as a lyricist on the Beach Boys album Smile....
– orchestral arrangements (1,4,7,9-11)