Out of the Game

Out of the game is the seventh studio album by Rufus Wainwright. It was released on April 20, 2012, Decca Records / Polydor Records. A few days later, on 1 May 2012, was published in the United States.

Genesis

Mark Ronson produced the album in May 2011 in two studios in New York City. Besides, several guest musicians were involved, such as Martha Wainwright, Thomas " Doveman " Bartlett, drummer Andy Burrows, guitarist Nels Cline, members of the Dap - Kings, Sean Lennon, the band Wilco, Miike Snow's Andrew Wyatt and Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner.

As Ronson revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone, Wainwright had provided him with the task of absorbing the music so and arrange that " people do not realize how complex it is. "

In the video for the first single Out of the Game plays actress Helena Bonham Carter, with the Wainwright is a friend, a bored librarian.

Reception

The album was recorded mostly positive from the critics. Allmusic awarded 4 out of 5 stars, plattentests.de 8 out of 10. Laut.de wrote: "With " Out Of The Game " Rufus Wainwright proves once again for being a great songwriter with an unmistakable theatricality in a very high level. In this respect, the thoroughly successful work comes up with no surprises. Nevertheless, it is a to be perhaps most accessible, because in all versatility less opulently equipped factory, which should delight the Ersthörer as well as the years of fan Mark Ronson has done a great job, he puts Wainwright in not an entirely new light, he has only! little dimmed " The German Rolling Stone magazine awarded 41/2 stars and ended his review with the sentence: " The sheer brilliance leaves us exhausted: We have been listening to a genius. "

Title list

All pieces of Rufus Wainwright.

Chart success

Out of the Game reached # 35 on the Billboard 200, number 22 in the German album charts and # 5 in the UK album charts.