Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright (Audio CD, 1998)

The singer/songwriters working today who point to Tin Pan Alley and Broadway musicals as central inspirations can be counted on an index finger. Rufus Wainwright is quite an anomaly--but, then again, he's the son of Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle. Wainwright has been compared to Randy Newman for his piano-based orchestral sense, but unlike Newman, he rarely turns those poppy conventions against themselves: he's always sentimental and sincere about the fluff he explores. When he drives his melodies and lyrics hardest--as on the Beatlesque "April Fools" and the barroom "Matinee Idol"--his considerable imagination is most convincing and entertaining. Fans of folk simplicity should skip this one, but the more adventurous may find the charm in Wainwright's ambitious debut
Condition:NEW. Drilled case

TRACK LISTINGS

Disc 1
1 Foolish Love (5:46)
2 Danny Boy (6:12)
3 April Fools (5:00)
4 In My Arms (4:09)
5 Millbrook (2:11)
6 Baby (5:13)
7 Beauty Mark (2:14)
8 Barcelona (6:53)
9 Matinee Idol (3:08)
10 Damned Ladies (4:07)
11 Sally Ann (5:01)
12 Imaginary Love (3:28)