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Rufus Wainwright's new album is divine. I've been wanting him to make a solo piano/voice record ever since he mentioned the idea before Release The Stars and now he has done, it really doesn't disappoint. I feel like there are a couple of songs that aren't quite fully realised and would probably sound better with the typical Rufus massive orchestration, like Give Me What I Want and Give It To Me Now! and The Dream (which is one of favourite nonetheless), but I still love the whole thing. And it's not that I don't love his big songs, but I think this is how I love him best.

Initial favourites are The Dream, as I already mentioned, plus Martha and Who Are You New York?, but who knows how that will change over time. If I had one criticism it would be that the lyrics seem a bit... simpler than, say, on the Wants, but I guess with the crazy complicated piano that kind of works.

Whatever: the point is that I love this album a ridiculous amount. It's a lot better than Release The Stars, which had some awesome songs but somehow didn't quite come together as an album or was maybe just a bit overproduced. I think I have this weird thing with Rufus where I'm always kind of worried that someday he's going to run out of ideas, but he hasn't yet.