Want One

Want One
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2003
RecordedThe Maid's Room (NYC), Bearsville Studio A, Loho Studios (NYC), Looking Glass Studios (NYC) and The Strongroom (London)
Genre
Length58:17
LabelDreamWorks
ProducerMarius de Vries
Rufus Wainwright chronology
Poses
(2001)
Want One
(2003)
Want Two
(2004)
Singles from Want One
  1. "I Don't Know What It Is"
    Released: July 26, 2004 (UK)
  2. "Oh What a World"
    Released: November 8, 2004 (UK)

Want One is the third studio album by the Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released through DreamWorks Records on September 23, 2003.[4] The album was produced by Marius de Vries and mixed by Andy Bradfield, with Lenny Waronker as the executive in charge of production. Want One spawned two singles: "I Don't Know What It Is", which peaked at number 74 on the UK Singles Chart,[5] and "Oh What a World". The album charted in three countries, reaching number 60 on the Billboard 200, number 130 in France, and number 77 in the Netherlands.[6][7][8]

Want One features guest vocals from Martha Wainwright, Joan Wasser, Teddy Thompson and Linda Thompson, as well as a banjo solo on "14th Street" by Wainwright's mother Kate McGarrigle.[9] For the album, Wainwright won the award for Outstanding Music Artist at the 15th GLAAD Media Awards, won Best New Recording and received a nomination for Best Songwriter at the OutMusic Awards, and was nominated for the 2004 Shortlist Music Prize.[10][11][12][13]

It was the first part of what was intended to be a double album called Want. The second part, Want Two, was released the following year. Want One was later repackaged along with Want Two as a two-disc set titled Want and was released on November 28, 2005 in the UK to coincide with Wainwright's tour.

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  2. ^ Treble Staff (September 22, 2016). "10 Essential Chamber Pop Albums". Treble. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
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  5. ^ "I Don't Know What It Is". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on March 20, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
  6. ^ "Rufus Wainwright American Charting – Billboard 200". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
  7. ^ "French Charts" (in French). LesCharts.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
  8. ^ "Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). DutchCharts.nl. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
  9. ^ Want One (CD insert). Rufus Wainwright. DreamWorks. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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