Editing Want Two (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Want Two
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Rufus Wainwright]]
| cover      = Rufus Want Two.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = November 16, 2004
| recorded   = Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, NYC; also London
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{flatlist|
*[[Baroque pop]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release-the-stars-mw0000747012|title=Release the Stars – Rufus Wainwright – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=October 3, 2016|archive-date=March 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306173134/http://www.allmusic.com/album/release-the-stars-mw0000747012|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[alternative rock]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/feb/25/popandrock.shopping3|title=CD: Rufus Wainwright, Want Two|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=February 25, 2005|access-date=December 18, 2016|archive-date=October 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010085626/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/feb/25/popandrock.shopping3|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
| length     = 54:08
| label      = [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
| producer   = {{hlist|[[Marius de Vries]]|Rufus Wainwright}}
| prev_title = [[Want One]]
| prev_year  = 2003
| next_title = [[Release the Stars]]
| next_year  = 2007
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Want Two
 | type        = Studio
 | single1     = The One You Love
 | single1date = February 28, 2005 (UK)
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| MC = 78/100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/want-two/rufus-wainwright|title=Reviews for Want Two by Rufus Wainwright|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=October 3, 2016|archive-date=October 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014222635/http://www.metacritic.com/music/want-two/rufus-wainwright|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/want-two-mw0000633174|title=Want Two – Rufus Wainwright|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=October 3, 2016|last=Collar|first=Matt|archive-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115143404/https://www.allmusic.com/album/want-two-mw0000633174|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev2score = B<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2004/11/19/want-two/|title=Want Two|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=November 19, 2004|access-date=February 12, 2020|last=Browne|first=David|author-link=David Browne (journalist)|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212113734/https://ew.com/article/2004/11/19/want-two/amp/|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/feb/25/popandrock.shopping3|title=Rufus Wainwright, Want Two|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=February 25, 2005|access-date=October 3, 2016|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|archive-date=October 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010085626/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/feb/25/popandrock.shopping3|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|rev4score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-dec-05-ca-rack5-story.html|title=Wainwright packs a 1–2 punch|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 5, 2004|access-date=August 21, 2017|last=Hilburn|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Hilburn|archive-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017143321/http://articles.latimes.com/2004/dec/05/entertainment/ca-rack5|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
|rev5score = 9/10<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-nme-7640|title=Wainwright, Rufus: Want Two|journal=[[NME]]|date=March 19, 2005|access-date=August 21, 2017|last=Marshall|first=Julian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325041737/http://www.nme.com/reviews/rufus-wainwright/7640|archive-date=March 25, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
|rev6score = 6.0/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8559-want-two|title=Rufus Wainwright: Want Two|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=November 15, 2004|access-date=October 3, 2016|last=Deusner|first=Stephen M.|archive-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006041108/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8559-want-two/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
|rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Rufus Wainwright: Want Two|journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=224|date=March 2005|page=92}}</ref>
|rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rufuswainwright/albums/album/6596449/review/6660777/want_two|title=Want Two: Rufus Wainwright|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=December 15, 2004|access-date=October 3, 2016|last=Walters|first=Barry|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615190412/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rufuswainwright/albums/album/6596449/review/6660777/want_two|archive-date=June 15, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|rev9 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
|rev9score = B−<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fyLttHWpa9EC&pg=PA100|title=Rufus Wainwright: Want Two / Richard Swift: The Richard Swift Collection Volume One|journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|volume=21|issue=1|date=January 2005|access-date=August 21, 2017|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Caramanica|page=100}}</ref>
|rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
|rev10Score = B−<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv305-05.php|title=Consumer Guide: DJ Kicks|work=[[The Village Voice]]|date=March 22, 2005|access-date=October 3, 2016|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|archive-date=March 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327072913/http://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv305-05.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

'''''Want Two''''' is the fourth [[studio album|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 [[extended play|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 (film)|Trade]]''.

Mother [[Kate McGarrigle]] and aunt [[Anna McGarrigle|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, "{{lang|fr|Coeur de Parisienne – Reprise d'[[Arletty]]}}" and "{{lang|fr|Quand vous mourrez de nos amours}}" (written by [[French Canadian]] songwriter [[Gilles Vigneault]]).