Waiting for a Want
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Waiting for a Want is the first EP by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released through DreamWorks Records electronically on June 29, 2004. At the time it was released, the collec
Rufus Wainwright Waiting for a Want album cover
The Art Teacher
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"The Art Teacher" is a song written and performed by American-Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. It originally appeared on his extended play, Waiting for a Want, released by DreamWorks Recor
Waiting for a Want
…available for download from Wainwright's official website. Critical reception of the EP was mixed, and it did not win awards or chart in any nation. "The Art Teacher" has been compared to a short story "in which a lonely woman looks back on a delirious schoolgirl crush". This version, recorded live at Le Metropolis…
The song's music has been compared to work by composer Philip Glass (pictured in 2006)