{"product_id":"poses-bonus-track","title":"Poses [Bonus Track]","description":"Amazon.com\n\nThe scrutiny of success that came early on--being named Best New Artist by Rolling Stone in 1998, the year of his debut album, for example--would have smothered many another emerging talent. But it failed to stopper the singular, unclassifiable, ranging gift of singer\/songwriter Rufus Wainwright. His sophomore album, Poses, advances beyond the earlier, cabaret-inspired effort with a suite of songs marvelously varied in arrangement and texture but linked by Wainwright's characteristic theatrical panache. \"Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk\" catalogs excess with playful self-censure, but Wainwright's whimsical ironies often take a bruising, poignant turn, whether in the pseudo-upbeat \"California\" or, most movingly, on the title track. The dying fall of Wainwright's lusher melodies--echoes of \"Across the Universe\" as well as ultrachic Beatles tunes such as \"Michelle\"--meshes remarkably with the poetic substance here as he explores a landscape of wistful self-knowledge caught between longing and decadence. Yet even through all the layers of picturesque, postmod observation, Wainwright conveys a sense-filtered experience that gives urgency to his hauntingly mumbled opacities. With Poses, the young artist proves his authenticity. --Thomas May\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B00005Y7AW\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B00005Y7AW.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41379867000890,"sku":"DBV.B00005Y7AW.G","price":5.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B00005Y7AW-0.jpg?v=1777138828","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/poses-bonus-track","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}