Rufus Wainwright - All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu

Uncut“An album that refuses to unravel itself without a fight....” Much of the album was written in the shadow of his mother, Kate McGarrigle’s fatal illness, which has given it a poignant emotional cast, even if the songs mostly don’t address the subject directly...

Pitchfork“Wainwright seems only fitfully interested in being a pop musician...” He should be lauded for allowing nothing to dictate his artistic choices, with the understanding that such boldness opens him up for criticism when he bites off more than he can chew...

Guardian“Gracefully, though, it all hangs together as one piece. Splendid...” The move from functional singer-songwriter to modern renaissance man seems complete...

The Times“Wainwright’s sixth studio album strips things right back...” A musician at once compelled to document his emotions and deeply conflicted about sharing them in so public a way...

The Independent“Showing off...” The pleasure of Rufus lies in the balance he strikes between complex texture and warm gush. Here you get the gush...

Drowned In Sound“A challenging listen where life mirrors art in a profoundly resonant way...” There’s a very tangible emotional weight present in the recording of these songs. You can almost sense the perspiration on his brow as his hands reposition on the polished ivory, the shifting of bodyweight as his feet recoil from the pedals...

MusicOMH“Bruised, tender, emotional and, at times, quite brilliant...” It certainly takes a few plays to reveal its undoubted beauty. It's inevitably intense, and does topple into pretension at times. Yet that's just one of the by-products of listening to Wainwright, where the good parts usually outweigh the bad...

The Telegraph“This is Wainwright’s most moving and durable album to date...” The musical tone sways between the corseted discipline of 19th-century classical, the looser swinging cuts of Gershwin and Sondheim and 20th-century pop. His production really fetishises the piano’s physicality...

allmusic“Not yet reviewed”

Dusted Magazine“Not yet reviewed”