Want Two is the fourth album

Studio album

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 by American-Canadian singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Rufus Wainwright

Rufus Wainwright

Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks.-Early years:...

. 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

Extended play

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 Waiting for a Want

Waiting For A Want

Waiting for a Want is the first EP by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released through DreamWorks Records electronically on June 29, 2004. At the time it was released, the collection previewed Wainwright's forthcoming album, Want Two...

 on the iTunes

ITunes

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 music store.

Want Two is, according to Wainwright, the darker sibling of 2003's Want One

Want One

Want One is the third studio album by the Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released through DreamWorks Records on September 23, 2003. The album was produced by Marius de Vries and mixed by Andy Bradfield, with Lenny Waronker as the executive in charge of production...

 - its subject matter concerned with "the world we live in" (RW Geffen Bio) after Want Ones focus on the intensely personal. The artist's song selections here show his range to be broad, veering from romantic ballad

Ballad

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 ("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 classical pop hybrid ("Memphis Skyline") and songs beyond category. "Agnus Dei" is used in the trailer for the 2007 film Trade

Trade (film)

Trade is a 2007 American film directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner and starring Kevin Kline. It was produced by Roland Emmerich and Rosilyn Heller. The film premiered January 23, 2007 at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and opened in limited release on September 28, 2007...

.

Mother Kate McGarrigle

Kate McGarrigle

Kate McGarrigle, CM was a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle....

 and aunt Anna

Anna McGarrigle

Anna McGarrigle, CM is a Canadian folk music singer/songwriter who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister, Kate McGarrigle, until Kate's death in 2010.-Musical career:...

 (McGarrigle) both perform and sing on "Hometown Waltz". Antony Hegarty

Antony Hegarty

Antony Hegarty is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the band Antony and the Johnsons.-Early life:...

 of 2005 Mercury Prize

Mercury Prize

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 winners Antony and the Johnsons

Antony and the Johnsons

Antony and the Johnsons is a music group presenting the work of Antony Hegarty and his collaborators.-Career:British experimental musician David Tibet of Current 93 heard a demo and offered to release Antony's music through his Durtro label. The debut album, Antony and the Johnsons, was released...

 sings lead vocal alongside Wainwright on "Old Whore's Diet".
The initial UK version of the record contains bonus live tracks, "" and "" (written by French Canadian

French Canadian

French Canadian or Francophone Canadian, , generally refers to the descendents of French colonists who arrived in New France in the 17th and 18th centuries...

 songwriter

Songwriter

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 Gilles Vigneault

Gilles Vigneault

Gilles Vigneault, is a Canadian poet, publisher and singer-songwriter, and well-known Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist.A poet deeply rooted in his native Quebec, Vigneault has become an icon at home and Quebec ambassador abroad...

).

Track listing

1. "Agnus Dei" – 5:45
2. "The One You Love
   The One You Love (song)
   "The One You Love" is a song written and performed by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. It was the first single from Wainwright's fourth studio album, Want Two, released digitally in the UK on February 28, 2005...
   
   " – 3:44
3. "Peach Trees" – 5:59
4. "Little Sister" – 3:22
5. "The Art Teacher" – 3:51
6. "Hometown Waltz" – 2:33
7. "This Love Affair" – 3:13
8. "Gay Messiah" – 3:14
9. "Memphis Skyline" – 4:51
10. "Waiting for a Dream" – 4:14
11. "Crumb by Crumb" – 4:13
12. "Old Whore's Diet" – 9:09
13. "" (live) (UK & EU bonus track) – 2:46
14. "" (live) (UK bonus track) – 3.23
15. "Chelsea Hotel, No. 2" (live) (bonus track on Want) – 3:47
16. "In with the Ladies" (bonus track on Want) – 3:52

Live at the Fillmore DVD

1. "DVD Intro" – 1:26
2. "L'Absence" – 4:00
3. "14th Street" – 4:33
4. "Harvester of Hearts" – 2:41
5. "Natasha" – 3:24
6. "The Art Teacher" – 3:34
7. "Hallelujah" – 4:22
8. "Matinee Idol" – 2:58
9. "Vibrate" – 3:17
10. "Gay Messiah" – 4:17
11. "Want" – 5:27
12. "Greek Song" – 3:52
13. "Foolish Love" – 5:35
14. "I Don't Know What It Is
    I Don't Know What It Is
    "I Don't Know What It Is" is a song written and performed by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. It was the first single from Wainwright's third studio album Want One and was released in a slim-line jewel case format on July 26, 2004....
    
    " – 5:40
15. "Dinner at Eight" – 5:00
16. "Beautiful Child" – 6:28
17. "Oh What a World" – 4:13
18. "Liberty Cabbage" – 4:56
19. "California" – 3:28
20. "As in Happy" – 3:40
21. "DVD Credits" – 1:35

Personnel

• Rufus Wainwright – voice (1-12), piano
  Piano
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   (1-7,9,10), additional vocals (2,3,8,11), acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
   (2,3,8,11), keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
   (11), orchestral arrangements (1,4,7,9-11)
• Sophie Solomon – violin
  Violin
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   (1)
• Pit Hermans – cimbalom (1)
• Marius de Vries
  Marius de Vries
  Marius Van Wyk de Vries is an English music producer and composer. He has been behind some of the key albums and soundtracks of recent times, gathering five Grammy nominations, two BAFTAs, and an Ivor Novello award along the way.-Music Producer:...
  
   – keyboards (1,10,11), vibraphone
  Vibraphone
  The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
  
   (3,9), programming (2-4,8,9-11), orchestral arrangements (1,4,7,9-11)
• Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor (1,4,9,11), horn contractor (5,10)
• Gavyn Wright – orchestral leader (1,4,9,11)
• Martha Wainwright
  Martha Wainwright
  Martha Wainwright is a Canadian-American folk-rock singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of American folk singer and actor Loudon Wainwright III and Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle...
  
   – additional vocals (2,3,6,8,12), violin (6)
• Gerry Leonard – electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
   (2,3), guitars (9)
• Charlie Sexton
  Charlie Sexton
  Charles Wayne Sexton is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known for the 1985 hit Beat's So Lonely and as the guitarist for Bob Dylan's backing band from 1999 to 2002 and since 2009...
  
   – electric guitar (2,3)
• Jeff Hill – bass (2,3,8-12), additional vocals (12)
• Levon Helm
  Levon Helm
  Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm , is an American rock multi-instrumentalist and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band....
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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   (2)
• Roberto Rodriguez – percussion
  Percussion instrument
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   (3)
• Sterling Campbell – drums (3,9)
• Matt Johnson – drums (3,8)
• Kate McGarrigle
  Kate McGarrigle
  Kate McGarrigle, CM was a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle....
  
   – additional vocals (6), banjo
  Banjo
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   (6)
• Anna McGarrigle
  Anna McGarrigle
  Anna McGarrigle, CM is a Canadian folk music singer/songwriter who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister, Kate McGarrigle, until Kate's death in 2010.-Musical career:...
  
   – additional vocals (6), accordion
  Accordion
  The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
  
   (6)
• Lily Lanken – additional vocals (6), recorder (6)
• Brad Albetta – bass (6)
• Maxim Moston – violin (7,10,12), concertmaster
  Concertmaster
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   (7,10), orchestral arrangements (1,4,7,9-11)
• Antoine Silverman – violin (7,10)
• Joan Wasser
  Joan Wasser
  Joan Wasser is a violinist and singer/songwriter in the indie rock world. She began her career playing violin with the Dambuilders. She has released three albums as a singer songwriter, the 2006 Real Life the 2008 To Survive and the 2011 The Deep Field...
  
   – violin (7,10), viola (12)
• Julianne Klopotic – violin (7,10)
• Vivienne Kim – violin (7,10)
• Fiona Murray – violin (7,10)
• Cenovia Cummins – violin (7,10)

• Christopher Cardona – violin (7,10)
• Danielle Farina – viola
  Viola
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   (7,10)
• Alison Gordon – viola (7,10)
• Eric Hammelman – viola (7,10)
• Kathryn Lockwood – viola (7,10)
• Anja Wood – cello (7,10)
• Jane Scarpantoni – cello
  Cello
  The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
  
   (7,10)
• Julia Kent – cello (7,10,12)
• Carlo Pellettieri – cello (7,10)
• Troy Rinker Jr – bass (7,10)
• Alexandra Knoll – oboe
  Oboe
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   (7)
• David Sapadin – clarinet
  Clarinet
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   (7)
• Daniel Shelly – bassoon
  Bassoon
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   (7)
• Teddy Thompson
  Teddy Thompson
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   – additional vocals (8,12)
• Jenni Muldaur – additional vocals (8)
• Suzzy Roche
  Suzzy Roche
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   – additional vocals (8)
• Leona Naess – additional vocals (11)
• David Theodore – oboe (11)
• Rob Burger – Hammond organ
  Hammond organ
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   (11)
• Gina Gershon – Jew's harp
  Jew's harp
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   (11)
• Antony
  Antony Hegarty
  Antony Hegarty is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the band Antony and the Johnsons.-Early life:...
  
   – voice (12)
• Julianna Raye – additional vocals (12)
• Roger Greenawalt – ukulele
  Ukulele
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   (12), banjo (12)
• Steven Wolf – djembe
  Djembe
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   (12), tambourine
  Tambourine
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   (12), additional programming (12)
• Alexis Smith – programming (2-4,8-11)
• Van Dyke Parks
  Van Dyke Parks
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   – orchestral arrangements (1,4,7,9-11)
• Jack McKeever – engineer

Chart positions

Chart (2004)	Peak position
French Album Chart	160
Netherlands Album Chart	68
Portuguese Album Chart	30
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	21
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	103

Awards

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| rowspan=2|2005 || rowspan=2|Want Two || GLAAD Media Award

GLAAD Media Awards

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 - Outstanding Music Artist ||
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| Juno Award

Juno Award

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...

 - Adult Alternative Album of the Year

Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year has been awarded since 2005, as recognition each year for the best alternative album in Canada.-Adult Alternative Album of the Year :*2005 - Sarah Harmer, All of Our Names...

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