Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package!
October 27th, 2005 . by Jorge
Rufus Wainwright is set to release a special edition album on November 28th. The double album titled Want is a combination of Want One & Want Two. Although I usually loathe repackaged material I have no issues with this double LP. Rufus is one of the best songwriters of our generation and if he can’t get his deserved dividends by mass record sales by all means, re-issue, re-package and re-sale.
Want will include two new tracks. The first is a live cover of Leonard Cohen’s Chelsea Hotel No. 2. The second In With the Ladies was actually recorded during the Want One & Two sessions. When played back to back these two albums are seamlessly cohesive and demonstrate both his genius songwriting and his elastic musical range. A personal highlight of mine is the ballad Memphis Skyline written as an ode to Jeff Buckley. It sits flawlessly that he would tribute his music counterpart.
-A boy in bigger pants