Rufus WainWright, Poses - 57m 1s

Tracks & Durations

1. Cigarretas and Chocolate Mick	4:42
2. Greek Song	3:55
3. Poses	5:01
4. Shadowns	5:34
5. California	3:22
6. The Power of Learning	4:46
7. Grey Gardens	3:07
8. RebelPrince	3:43
9. The consort	4:24
10. One Man Guy	3:30
11. Evil Angel	4:42
12. In a Graveyard	2:19
13. Instant Pleasure	3:40
14. Halleluyah	4:07

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Review

The scrutiny of success that came early on--being named Best New Artist by Rolling Stone in 1998, the year of his debut album, for example--would have smothered many another emerging talent. But it failed to stopper the singular, unclassifiable, ranging gift of singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright. His sophomore album, Poses, advances beyond the earlier, cabaret-inspired effort with a suite of songs marvelously varied in arrangement and texture but linked by Wainwright's characteristic theatrical panache. "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" catalogs excess with playful self-censure, but Wainwright's whimsical ironies often take a bruising, poignant turn, whether in the pseudo-upbeat "California" or, most movingly, on the title track. The dying fall of Wainwright's lusher melodies--echoes of "Across the Universe" as well as ultrachic Beatles tunes such as "Michelle"--meshes remarkably with the poetic substance here as he explores a landscape of wistful self-knowledge caught between longing and decadence. Yet even through all the layers of picturesque, postmod observation, Wainwright conveys a sense-filtered experience that gives urgency to his hauntingly mumbled opacities. With Poses, the young artist proves his authenticity. --Thomas May

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