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| 4 by Rolling Stone |
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| n/a by www.guardian.co.uk |
Another broadsheet rock critic waxing rhapsodic may be the last thing Wainwright needs, but here goes: Want Two is a stunning album. |
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| n/a by www.playlouder.com |
'Want Two' is simply in a league of its own. |
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| n/a by www.noripcord.com |
A bold, brave, and beautiful record. |
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| n/a by www.eonline.com |
Two is his most highbrow effort yet. |
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| n/a by www.cokemachineglow.com |
Want Two disposes of almost all of the commercial elements that had been blamed for One's downfall without revealing a satisfying work in the process. |
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| n/a by www.adequacy.net |
The songs that are good are amazing, but the songs that aren’t quite as good could end up being skipped over, which is a shame, seeing as how there isn’t a bad song, per se, on the album. |
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| n/a by Billboard |
His voice is beautiful, his phrasing adventurous and his arrangements intense.... But the material could stand a bit of pruning |
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| n/a by avclub.theonion.com |
A quieter, more intimate, and more demanding set than its predecessor, Want Two offers few of Want One's sweeping pleasures, but it cultivates a creeping beauty that's as satisfying in its own right. |
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| n/a by www.austinchronicle.com |
Want Two is a serviceable collection of songs that glimmer with Wainwright's former élan, but still wants for that old intimacy. |
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| n/a by uk.launch.yahoo.com |
What niggles is that many of the songs aren’t whole enough or, if we’re honest (and it’s hard because he’s just so darn loveable and charming), good enough for an album. Even superior compositions like “Art Teacher” suffer under this record’s careless construction. |
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| n/a by Pitchfork Media |
Watching such an undeniably talented artist blindly follow such an errant muse can be endlessly compelling, and the failure of these two albums to capture his visions and ambitions with any adequacy possesses the pull of true tragedy. |
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| n/a by www.stylusmagazine.com |
Certainly Want Two is the weaker and less tuneful of the siblings, strings, horns, pipes and choirs distracting attention from the occasionally dirgey and indulgent (but still grandiose) melodies. |
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| n/a by www.pastemagazine.com |
Where Want One emphasized his ability to soar, Want Two drowns him in costumes; his range actually sounds restricted when you hear the same droopy-lidded croon against such varying backdrops. |
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| 8 by Aftonbladet |
En torr stråke förs sakta över fiolsträngen kring stallet på fiolen. Det skär i öronen. Plötsligt hör jag Rufus Wainwrights vackra röst. Som tar all plats. “Agnus Dei” låter överallt. Han ... |
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| 8 by Dagensskiva.com |
En torr stråke förs sakta över fiolsträngen kring stallet på fiolen. Det skär i öronen. Plötsligt hör jag Rufus Wainwrights vackra röst. Som tar all plats. “Agnus Dei” låter överallt. Han ... |
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