Rufus Wainwright is the self-titled debut album of Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released in the United States on May 19, 1998 through DreamWorks Records.
The album was produced by Jon Brion, except "In My Arms" was produced and mixed by Pierre Marchand, and "Millbook" and "Baby" were produced by Jon Brion and Van Dyke Parks. Lenny Waronker was the executive in charge of production. Rufus Wainwright was recorded at Ocean W...
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Rufus Wainwright is the self-titled debut album of Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released in the United States on May 19, 1998 through DreamWorks Records.
The album was produced by Jon Brion, except "In My Arms" was produced and mixed by Pierre Marchand, and "Millbook" and "Baby" were produced by Jon Brion and Van Dyke Parks. Lenny Waronker was the executive in charge of production. Rufus Wainwright was recorded at Ocean Way Three & Seven, Sunset Sound Factory, Sunset Sound, Media Vortex, Hook Studios, Groove Masters, Red Zone, Sony, The Palindrome Recorder, and NRG Recording Services.
Through weekly shows at Cafe Sarajevo, Wainwright became a fixture on the Montreal club circuit and eventually cut a series of demo tapes produced by Pierre Marchand, who also later produced Wainwright's sophomore album, Poses. The resulting tapes impressed Wainwright's folk singer father, Loudon Wainwright III, who passed them on to his friend Van Dyke Parks. Parks, a record...
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