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Since Rufus Wainwright has small interest in contemporary pop music as it is usually defined, it's a relief to hear him essay the show tunes and Tin Pan Alley chestnuts of this tribute album, which reproduces the entirety of a beloved 1961 concert by the ultimate gay icon, Judy Garland. They expand his melodic compass, plus the lyrics are good — even the more obscure numbers are of Ira Gershwin and Noel Coward caliber. Wainwright brings something new to them too — namely, sexuality in the sensuality as opposed to gender-preference sense. Where Judy's greatest charm was the innocence she continued to project in the wake of a lifetime of well-documented booze, pills and romantic travail, Rufus always sounds ready to fall into bed with the objects of his musical affection. That said, Garland trained for a lifetime to sing this material — her pitch and articulation are uniformly superb. The way opera lover Wainwright slides past notes and draws out the final syllables of lines are signatures indistinguishable from tics, and this varied music makes that all too clear.
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Track List
- Overture: The Trolley Song/Over The Rainbow/The Main That Got Away (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- Medley: Almost Like Being In Love/This Can't Be Love (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- Do It Again (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- You Go To My Head (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- Alone Together (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- Who Cares? (So Long As You Care For Me) (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- Puttin On The Ritz (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- How Long Has This Been Going On (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- Just You, Just Me (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- The Man That Got Away (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- San Francisco (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- That's Entertainment (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- Come Rain Or Come Shine (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- You're Nearer (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- A Foggy Day (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- If Love Were All (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart (Live At Carnegie Hall)
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Stormy Weather featuring Martha Wainwright (Live At Carnegie Hall) (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Medley: You Made Me Love You/For Me And My Gal/The Trolley Song (Live At Carnegie Hall)
- Rock A Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody (Live At Carnegie Hall)
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Over The Rainbow featuring Kate McGarrigle (Live At Carnegie Hall) (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Swanee (Live At Carnegie Hall)
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After You're Gone featuring Lorna Luft (Live At Carnegie Hall) (track not available in Rhapsody)
- Chicago (Live At Carnegie Hall)
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