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Rufus Wainwright discography
Rufus Wainwright
Studio albums5
Live albums1
Compilation albums1
Video albums2
Music videos7
EPs3
Singles9

The discography released by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright includes five studio albums, one live album (Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall), one re-issue compilation (Want), three EPs, two DVDs and several singles. Also listed are contributions to film soundtracks and compilation albums, as well as other projects.[1][2]

Studio albums

Year Album Peak Chart Positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
United StatesUS 200
[3] 		United StatesUS Heat
[4] 		United KingdomUK
[5] 		AustriaAUT
[6] 		BelgiumBEL
[7] 		DenmarkDEN
[8] 		FranceFR
[9] 		GermanyGER
[10] 		NetherlandsNLD
[11] 		NorwayNOR
[12] 		PortugalPOR
[13] 		SpainSPA
[14] 		SwedenSWE
[15]
1998 Rufus Wainwright — 24 — — — — — — — — — — —
2001 Poses
  • (US: June 5, DreamWorks)
 117 1 — — — — — — — — — — —
2003 Want One
  • (US: September 23, DreamWorks)
 60 — — — — — 130 — 77 — — — —
2004 Want Two 103 — 21 — — — 160 — 68 — 30 — —
2007 Release the Stars
  • (US: May 15, Geffen)
 23 — 2 72 22 8 53 45 27 4 30 40 14
UK: Gold (100,000+)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Year Album Peak Chart Positions Certifications
United StatesUS 200
 United StatesUS Heat
 United KingdomUK
 AustriaAUT
 BelgiumBEL
 DenmarkDEN
 FranceFR
 GermanyGER
 NetherlandsNLD
 NorwayNOR
 PortugalPOR
 SpainSPA
 SwedenSWE
2007 Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall
  • (US: December 4, Geffen)
 171 — — — — — — — 88 — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilations, re-issues, etc.

  • Want (2005, DreamWorks/Geffen) - repackaging Want One and Want Two as one album, with two extra tracks

Extended plays

Operas

DVDs

Singles

Year Song Title Peak Album Notes
United StatesUS
[17] 		United KingdomUK
[18]
2004 "I Don't Know What it Is" — 74 Want One physical and digital release
"Oh What a World" — — single on iTunes in UK
2005 "The One You Love" — — Want Two single on iTunes in UK
"Crumb By Crumb" — — UK: #49 (airplay chart only)
2007 "Hallelujah" — 100 —
"Going to a Town" — 54 Release the Stars single on iTunes in US + UK
"Rules and Regulations" — — single on iTunes in UK
"Tiergarten" [I] — —
2008 "To America" (Joan as Police Woman duet) — ? To Survive second single from To Survive[19]

^ I "Tiergarten" - limited edition 12" single (500 copies) featuring the "Supermayer Lost in Tiergarten" remix

Music videos

Year Title Album Director
1998 "April Fools" Rufus Wainwright Sophie Muller
2001 "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" Poses Giles Dunning
"California"
2002 "Across the Universe" I am Sam Soundtrack Len Wisemen
2006 "The Maker Makes" Brokeback Mountain Soundtrack Doug Biro
2007 "Going to a Town" Release the Stars Sophie Muller
"Rules and Regulations" Petro Papahadjopoulos

Note: Promotional music videos, mainly consisting of live concert footage, exist for "Vibrate", "Beautiful Child", "The One You Love", and "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart". These videos can be purchased on iTunes.

Contributions

Soundtracks

Year Album Songs Label
1988 Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller
(Les Aventuriers du Timbre Perdu) 		"I'm a-Runnin'"
1997 The Myth of Fingerprints "Le Roi D'Ys"
"Banks of the Wabash" 		Velvel Records
1999 Big Daddy "Instant Pleasure" Sony
2001 Moulin Rouge! "Complainte de la Butte" Interscope
Shrek "Hallelujah" DreamWorks
Zoolander "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" Hollywood Records
2002 I am Sam "Across the Universe" V2/BMG
2003 Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen "It's Only a Paper Moon"
"I Wonder What Became of Me" 		Sony
2004 The L Word "Hallelujah" Tommy Boy
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason "I Eat Dinner (When the Hunger's Gone)" (with Dido) Geffen Records
The Aviator "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" Sony
2005 Brokeback Mountain "King of the Road" (duet with Teddy Thompson)
"The Maker Makes" 		Verve Forecast
Prime "Peach Trees" Varèse Sarabande
2006 Hell "This Love Affair" CINEFONIA
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man "Chelsea Hotel No. 2"
"Everybody Knows" 		Verve Forecast
The Last Kiss "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk [Reprise]" Lakeshore Records
The History Boys: The Original Soundtrack "Bewitched" Rhino/Wea
2007 Meet the Robinsons "Another Believer"
"The Motion Waltz (Emotional Commotion)" 		Walt Disney Records
2008 Caos Calmo "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" Phantom Sound & Vision

Compilations

Year Album Songs Label
1999 Live at the World Café - Volume 9 "April Fools" World Café
2002 When Love Speaks "Sonnet 29 - When in Disgrace..." EMI Classics
Hear Music Volume 7: Waking "Greek Song" Sony/Hear Music
Lifted: Songs of the Spirit "Hallelujah" Universal Music Enterprises
Live at the World Café: Vol. 15 - Handcrafted "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" World Café
Being Out Rocks "California" Centaur
107.1 KGSR Radio Austin - Broadcasts Vol.10 "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" KGSR
WYEP Live & Direct: Volume 4 - On Air Performances "California" WYEP
2003 Wig in a Box "The Origin of Love" Off Records
Maybe This Christmas Too? "Spotlight On Christmas" Nettwerk Records
2004 WFUV: City Folk Live VII "Beauty Mark" WFUV
2005 Sweetheart 2005: Love Songs "My Funny Valentine" Hear Music
Acoustic 05 "Oh What a World" Pinnacle
Eklektikos Live "Pretty Things" KUT
Elton John's Christmas Party "Spotlight On Christmas" Hip-O Records
2006 The Acoustic Album "California" Virgin TV
Plague Songs "Katonah" 4AD
Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys "Lowlands Away" (with Kate McGarrigle) ANTI-
2007 Acoustic 07 "Beautiful Child" V2
Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project "Harvest" (with Chris Stills) Hear Music
True Colors: The Tour CD "Gay Messiah" Silver Label
The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary Show "Hallelujah" EMI
Stockings By the Fire "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" Hear Music
2008 Groupes de Pamplemousse "Il pleure dans mon cœur" (composed music) Jajou Productions
Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins "Albatross" Wildflower
Northern Songs: Canada's Best and Brightest "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" Hear Music
2009 Heroes (TBA) Parlophone

Guest appearances

Year Artist Album Songs Description
1983 Kate and Anna McGarrigle Love Over and Over "A Place in Your Heart" guest vocalist
1990 Kate and Anna McGarrigle Heartbeats Accelerating "I'm Losing You" guest vocalist
1991 (Various Artists) Songs of the Civil War "Better Times Are Coming"

"Hard Times Come Again No More" 		co-lead vocalist
(with Kate and Anna McGarrigle)
backing vocalist
1998 Cecil Seaskull Whoever "La Song" guest vocalist
Kate and Anna McGarrigle The McGarrigle Hour "Schooldays"
"What'll I Do?"
"Heartburn"
"Talk to Me of Mendocino"
"Goodnight Sweetheart" 		co-lead vocalist,
background vocals on
various other tracks


1999 Shoofly Dirty White Town "You Don't Know" guest vocalist
2000 Teddy Thompson Teddy Thompson "So Easy"
"Missing Children" 		guest vocalist
co-wrote
Kiki and Herb Do You Hear What We Hear? "Those Were the Days" co-lead vocalist
2001 Jordi Rosen Madame Xavier "Three Angels"
"Mistletoe" 		backing vocalist
Elton John Songs from the West Coast "American Triangle" backing vocalist
2002 Julianna Raye Restless Night "More Wine" co-written, vocal duet
Kristian Hoffman & "Scarecrow" duet
Linda Thompson Fashionably Late "All I See" guest vocalist
2004 David Byrne Grown Backwards "Au Fond du Temple Saint" duet
2005 Antony and the Johnsons I am a Bird Now "What Can I Do?" lead vocals
Kiki and Herb Kiki & Herb Will Die For You "Those Were the Days" co-vocalist
Martha Wainwright Martha Wainwright "Don't Forget"
"The Maker" 		arranged vocals
backing vocalist
Jason Hart If I Were You "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" co-lead vocalist
Burt Bacharach At This Time "Go Ask Shakespeare" solo vocalist
Kate and Anna McGarrigle The McGarrigle Christmas Hour "Spotlight On Christmas"
"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" 		lead vocals
2006 Jane Birkin Fictions "Waterloo Station" wrote lyrics
Sloan Wainwright Life Grows Back "Tired of Wasting Time" duet
Pet Shop Boys Concrete "Casanova in Hell" solo vocalist
2007 Teddy Thompson Upfront & Down Low "My Blue Tears" arranged strings
Linda Thompson Versatile Heart "Beauty" wrote lyrics
Ann Wilson Hope & Glory "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" co-vocalist
2008 Martha Wainwright I Know You're Married
But I've Got Feelings Too 		"The George Song" guest vocalist
Joan as Police Woman To Survive "To America" guest vocalist
Mareva Galanter Happy Fiu "Serge et Jane" guest vocalist
Marianne Faithfull Easy Come, Easy Go "Children of Stone" guest vocalist

Other

  • "Ode to Antidote", created for a Viktor & Rolf ad campaign for their perfume, Antidote (2006)
  • Bloom, composed and recorded voicings for the dance production entitled, "Bloom", as performed by the Stephen Petronio Dance Company (2006) - "One's-Self I Sing", "Lux Aeterna Luceat Eis, Domine", "Unseen Buds", "Hope is the Thing With Feathers"
  • Yellow Lounge (2007, Deutsche Grammophon), a compilation album of classical pieces chosen by Wainwright, and two Wainwright songs performed by the Fauré Quartett ("Hometown Waltz" and "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk")
  • A collection of Shakespearean sonnets for Robert Wilson's staging of "Sonnets" in Berlin (April 2009)

References

  1. ^ "RufusWainwright.com Discography". RufusWainwright.com (Geffen). Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  2. ^ "The Rufus Wainwright Archive - Discography". The Rufus Wainwright Archive. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  3. ^ "Rufus Wainwright American Charting – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-10-13. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Rufus Wainwright US Heatseekers Charting". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  5. ^ www.everyhit.com (Note: Must search: Rufus Wainwright), Retrieved on 2008.10.13
  6. ^ Rufus Wainwright Austrian Charting Austrian Charts. Retrieved on 2008-10-13.
  7. ^ Rufus Wainwright Belgium Charting Belgium Charts. Retrieved on 2008-10-13.
  8. ^ Rufus Wainwright Danish Charting Danish Charts. Retrieved on 2008-10-13.
  9. ^ Rufus Wainwright French Charting LesCharts.com Retrieved on 2008-10-13.
  10. ^ Rufus Wainwright German Charting MusicLine.de. Retrieved on 2008-10-13.
  11. ^ Rufus Wainwright Dutch Charting Dutch Charts. Retrieved on 2008-10-13.
  12. ^ Rufus Wainwright Norwegian Charting Norwegian Charts. Retrieved on 2008-10-13.
  13. ^ Rufus Wainwright Portuguese Charting Portuguese Charts. Retrieved on 2008-10-13.
  14. ^ Rufus Wainwright Spanish Charting Spanish Charts. Retrieved on 2008-10-13.
  15. ^ Rufus Wainwright Swedish Charting Swedish Charts. Retrieved on 2008-10-13.
  16. ^ "Gold & Platinum Certifications". Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). Retrieved 2008-11-13.
  17. ^ "Artist Chart Summary - Rufus Wainwright". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-10-23. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ "Chart Stats - Rufus Wainwright". ChartStats.com. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
  19. ^ "Joan As Policewoman Picks Rufus Duet For Next Single". strangeglue.com. 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
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