Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall
Album • Dec 04 / 2007 • 27 songs, 1h 47m 41s
Standards
Traditional Pop
Noteable
7.5
/ 10
Backed by a 36-piece orchestra, Rufus Wainwright puts on the Ritz and pays a track-by-track tribute to Judy Garland's 1961 Carnegie Hall performance, which has been dubbed the "greatest night in showbusiness history."
If Release the Stars displayed Rufus Wainwright as a weary, wannabe expatriate who was (in his own words) "so sick of America," then Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall -- released just seven months later -- shows him falling in love with the country all over again.
The impulse to follow the cues of Judy Garland’s command performance carries over to many aspects of the album.