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| Released | November 16, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, NYC; also London | |||
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| Length | 54:08 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[5] |
| The Guardian | [6] |
| Los Angeles Times | [7] |
| NME | 9/10[8] |
| Pitchfork | 6.0/10[9] |
| Q | [10] |
| Rolling Stone | [11] |
| Spin | B−[12] |
| The Village Voice | B−[13] |
Want Two is the fourth album by American-Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. The album was released on November 16, 2004. Four of the tracks on this album were released in the summer of 2004 as the EP Waiting for a Want on the iTunes music store.
Want Two is, according to Wainwright, the darker sibling of 2003's Want One – its subject matter concerned with "the world we live in" (RW Geffen Bio) after Want One's focus on the intensely personal. The artist's song selections here show his range to be broad, veering from romantic ballad ("Peach Trees") to tragic ballad ("This Love Affair"), sophisticated pop ("The One You Love") to third person/first person narrative lament ("The Art Teacher"), personal tongue in cheek manifesto ("Gay Messiah"), to a classical pop hybrid written about Jeff Buckley ("Memphis Skyline") and songs beyond category. "Agnus Dei" is used in the trailer for the 2007 film Trade.
Mother Kate McGarrigle and aunt Anna (McGarrigle) both perform and sing on "Hometown Waltz". Anohni of 2005 Mercury Prize winners Antony and the Johnsons sings lead vocal alongside Wainwright on "Old Whore's Diet". The initial UK version of the record contains bonus live tracks, "Coeur de Parisienne – Reprise d'Arletty" and "Quand vous mourrez de nos amours" (written by French Canadian songwriter Gilles Vigneault).
- ^ "Release the Stars – Rufus Wainwright – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- ^ "CD: Rufus Wainwright, Want Two". TheGuardian.com. February 25, 2005. Archived from the original on October 10, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
- ^ "Reviews for Want Two by Rufus Wainwright". Metacritic. Archived from the original on October 14, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- ^ Collar, Matt. "Want Two – Rufus Wainwright". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- ^ Browne, David (November 19, 2004). "Want Two". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (February 25, 2005). "Rufus Wainwright, Want Two". The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- ^ Hilburn, Robert (December 5, 2004). "Wainwright packs a 1–2 punch". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ Marshall, Julian (March 19, 2005). "Wainwright, Rufus: Want Two". NME. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ Deusner, Stephen M. (November 15, 2004). "Rufus Wainwright: Want Two". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on October 6, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- ^ "Rufus Wainwright: Want Two". Q (224): 92. March 2005.
- ^ Walters, Barry (December 15, 2004). "Want Two: Rufus Wainwright". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 15, 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- ^ Caramanica, Jon (January 2005). "Rufus Wainwright: Want Two / Richard Swift: The Richard Swift Collection Volume One". Spin. 21 (1): 100. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (March 22, 2005). "Consumer Guide: DJ Kicks". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2016.