Want One

Want One
Studio album by
Rufus Wainwright
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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