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| 4 by Rolling Stone |
Rufus Wainwright's first album was really good, but it was also really hard to take. There was something so strident in the display of his talent: navel-gazing poetry, high-drama wit, harmony from nin... |
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| n/a by austin.citysearch.com |
Part torch song, part Broadway, part cabaret, "Poses" is as theatrical as its animated creator is in performance. |
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| n/a by Pitchfork Media |
An epic album that speaks with grand gestures and a refined eloquence rare in young songwriters. |
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| n/a by www.launch.com |
With an elastic talent--lyrically witty, vocally gifted, compositionally unusual--and a vague hyperactivity that keeps all the beach balls in the air simultaneously, Wainwright likes nothing more than trying on playful exteriors to match his churning insides. |
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| n/a by www.dotmusic.com |
'Poses', his second terrific album, is a collection of 12 songs in search of a musical; arch tales that mingle snapshots of boho life with arch allusions to courtly love. |
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| n/a by avclub.theonion.com |
As before, absolute consistency eludes Wainwright. Some mid-album selections suffer in comparison to standouts like the title track and the future sing-along "One Man Guy." But, also as before, his unique gifts make it difficult to mind. |
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| n/a by www.cdnow.com |
Indulging in various vices, imagining exotic locales, and pining after the bad boy, he is now more worldly and wise; it makes for a more textured -- if not as immediately winning -- album. |
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| n/a by www.sonicnet.com |
Overall, Poses is more daring (and, at times, more mellow) than its predecessor, mostly because Wainwright has densely packed images and sounds in a way that is less immediately catchy and more complex. |
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| n/a by www.hob.com |
It's impressive enough that Wainwright doesn't have the whole orchestra playing at once. But his well thought out arrangements are only the finishing touches on songs that would have held up even if he was given little more than a guitar and a pocket tape recorder to work with. |
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| n/a by NME |
Like the works of other great swooners from Cole Porter to The Divine Comedy, 'Poses' is held together by its maker's maniacal attention to detail and conceptual strength. |
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