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"Celebrating Our Shared Musical Heritage"
Dreamworks CO44-50237-2
Produced, recorded and mixed by Pierre Marchand;
Shadows: Produced by Alex Gifford;
California: Produced by: Ethan Johns;
Tower of Learning: Produced by Damien Legassick;
Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk (Reprise): Produced by Pierre Marchand/Additional production by Greg Wells;
Executive Producer: Lenny Waronker;
1. Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk:
Rufus Wainwright: Vocals, piano;
Jeff Hill: Bass;
Jim Keltner: Drums;
Yves Desrosiers: banjo, guitar;
Stephanie Allard, Jean-Marc LeBlanc, Melanie Belair, Genevieve Beaudry: violin;
Julie Dupras, Wilma Hos, Veronique Potuin, Greg Hay: Viola;
Carla Antoun, Christine Giguere: Cello;
Jean Paquin, Pierre Savoie: French Horn;
Normand Forget: Oboe;
String arrangements by Pierre Marchand and Rufus Wainwright;
2. Greek Song:
Rufus Wainwright: Vocals, dobro;
Pierre Marchand: Bass, piano;
Kevin Hupp: Drums;
Yves Desrosiers: Slide guitar, Mandolin, Guitars;
Anjana Srinivasan: Violin; Jean Paquin, Pierre Savoie: French Horns;
Strings Arrangements by Pierre Marchand and Rufus Wainwright;
Bernadette Colomine: Backing Vocals;
Bernadette Colomine appears courtesy of “Shoofly” and Cool Records.
3. Poses:
Rufus Wainwright: Piano, vocals;
Jeff Hill: Bass;
Kevin Hupp: Drums;
Anjana Srinivasan, Stephanie Allard, Jean-Marc LeBlanc, Melanie Belair, Genevieve Beaudry: Violin;
Julie Dupras, Wilma Hos, Veronique Potuin, Greg Hay: Viola;
Carla Antoun, Christine Giguere: Cello;
Normand Forget: Oboe;
String Arrangements by Pierre Marchand and Rufus Wainwright;
Martha Wainwright: Backing Vocals
4. Shadows:
Rufus Wainwright: Vocals, piano;
Alex Gifford: Bass; guitar, piano, alto flute, bass clarinet;
Pete Thomas: Drums and percussion;
5. California:
Rufus Wainwright: Acoustic guitar, dobro, piano, vocals;
Jeff Hill: Bass, backing vocals;
Richard Causon: Chamberlin; Wurlitzer, Hammond B-3, backing vocals;
Butch: Drums and percussion;
Ethan Johns: Electric guitars;
Julianna Raie, Teddy Thompson, Martha Wainwright: Backing vocals;
6. Tower of Learning:
Rufus Wainwright: Vocals, piano;
Damian Legassick: Keyboards, drum programming, guitar, string arrangement;
Ally McErlaine: guitar;
Steve Sidelnyk: Drum programming;
Pete Wilson: Bass guitar, shakti strings;
Sarah Button, Brigid Button: Violin;
Ian Rathbone, Rebecca Ware: Viola;
Hillary Skewes, Laura Fairhurst: Cello;
7. Grey Gardens:
Rufus Wainwright: Vocals, Piano, Keyboards;
Pierre Marchand: Bass;
Ethan johns: Drums and Guitar,
Benmont Tench: Hammond B-3 organ;
8. Rebel Prince:
Rufus Wainwright: vocals, guitar, piano;
Pierre Marchand: Bass; Ash sood: Drums;
Victor Indrizzo: Additional drums;
Michael Vincent Chaves: guitar;
Gregg Arreguin: guitar;
Martha Wainwright: Backing vocals;
9. The Consort:
Rufus Wainwright: vocals, piano;
Pierre Marchand: Bass;
Jim Keltner: Drums;
Michael Vincent Chaves: guitar;
Gregg Arreguin: guitar;
Daniel Savant: Leader;
Jon Lewis: Lead Trumpet;
Jeffrey Bunnell, Dennis Farias: Trumpet;
10. One Man Guy:
Rufus Wainwright: Vocals;
Teddy Thompson: Guitar, backing vocals;
Martha Wainwright: Backing vocals;
11. Evil Angel:
Rufus Wainwright: Vocals, acoustic guitar;
Yves Desrosiers: Guitar;
Jeff Hill: Bass;
Melissa Auf De Maur: Bass;
Kevin Hupp: Drums;
Martha Wainwright, Melissa Auf De Maur: Backing vocals;
Stephanie Allard, Jean-Marc LeBlanc, Melanie Belair, Genevieve Beaudry: Violin;
Julie Dupras, Wilma Hos, Veronique Potuin, Greg Hay: Viola;
Carla Antoun, Christine Giguere: Cello;
Jean Paquin, Pierre Savoie: French horn;
Normand Forget: Oboe;
String Arrangements by Pierre Marchand and Rufus Wainwright;
12. In A Graveyard:
Rufus Wainwright: Vocals, piano;
Produced, recorded and mixed by Pierre Marchand;
Additional engineering: Dominique Brand;
Assistant Engineer: Phillip Broussard; except:
Shadows: Produced by Alex Gifford,
Recorded and Mixed by Alex Gifford at the WREX NYC,
Recorded at Ocean Way Recording by Ethan Johns,
The Magic Shop Studio by Juan Garcia, and Excello Studios by Bryan Martin;
California: Produced and Engineered by: Ethan Johns,
Mixed by Bob Clearmountain at Mix This!
Recorded at Ocean Way, Los Angeles;
The Tower of Learning: Produced by Damian Legassick;
Mixed by: Ali Staton and Damian Lagassick;
Engineered by: Ali Staton;
Assistant Recording Engineer: Andy Ward, Neil Kiely;
Recorded at BJG London and Strong Room, London and Mixed at BJG London;
Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk (Reprise): Produced by Pierre Marchand;
Additional Production by: Greg Wells;
Recorded by: Tom Bangheart;
Remixed by: Greg Wells and Tom Bangheart;
Recorded at: Rocket Carousel Studio, Los Angeles;
Greg Wells: Drums, bass, additional keyboards;
Executive Producer: Lenny Waronker;
Mastered by: Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, Chelsea.
All songs written by Rufus Wainwright, © 2001 Rock and Roll Credit Card Music/Dreamworks Songs (ASCAP) except Shadows, written by Rufus Wainwright and Alex Gifford © 2001, Rock and Roll Credit Card Music/Dreamworks Songs (ASCAP) and Chrysalis Music (ASCAP) and One Man Guy, written by Loudon Wainwright III © 1984 Snowden Music Inc c/o Rosebud Agency (ASCAP)
Management by Ron Stone for Gold Mountain Entertainment with Lavonne Murlowski, Tim Burnett, and Dean Diomedes.
Creative direction: Frances Pennington;
Art Direction: Janet Wolsborn and Rufus Wainwright;
Photography: Ken Schles;
Pierre Marchand gives special thanks to: Chaz at Westlake Audio and to Mark and Elisa Howard at Teatro Studio,
Rufus gives special thanks to Daniel Riscili at Baldwin Piano, and to Shure, Incorporated.
Thanks to all my friends and family for their support and encouragement. Lenny, you’re a brave man. Mom, I love you and I owe you one.
This records is dedicated to: Zaldy, Michael and Walt who reminded me that it’s okay to say “fabulous,” ok to skip to school, and ok to make out with someone at the bar, any bar. “Long live the duck!!”