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''Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright'', sometimes referred to simply as ''Vibrate: The Best Of'', is the greatest hits album by American-Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released on February 28, 2014 in Australia and Ireland by Universal Music Enterprises and in other nations subsequently. The standard issue of the album includes eighteen songs from six of Wainwright's studio releases, including his self-titled debut album (1998), ''Poses'' (2001), ''Want One'' (2003), ''Want Two'' (2004), ''Release the Stars'' (2007) and ''Out of the Game'' (2012), plus soundtrack contributions and one previously unreleased track ("Me and Liza"). The deluxe version includes a bonus disc with sixteen rare and unreleased recordings, both live and studio recorded. Featured are "Chic and Pointless", previously unreleased and produced by Guy Chambers, and "WWIII", a song that was co-written by Chambers and had not been released in a physical form until ''Vibrate''. The compilation and associated tour dates were announced on Wainwright's official website in December 2013. The "greatest hits" tour, called The Best of Rufus Wainwright, will have Wainwright perform more than thirty shows in over twenty countries throughout Europe and the United States during March–April 2014. The tour began in Dublin on March 4 and ends in Coventry on April 27. Tracks for the compilation were selected by Wainwright and Neil Tennant. "Me and Liza", released on January 20, 2014, served as the album's lead single. ==Composition== The standard issue of ''Vibrate'' includes eighteen tracks that span Wainwright's career, from his eponymous debut album (1998) to ''Out of the Game'' (2012), plus one previously unreleased track. The songs were chosen by Wainwright, his publicist and Neil Tennant. Tracks from ''Rufus Wainwright'' include "April Fools" and "Foolish Love". "Poses", "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" and "Grey Gardens" originally appeared on Wainwright's second studio album, ''Poses'' (2001). Five tracks are from his third studio album ''Want One'' (2003): "Oh What a World", "Vibrate" (the album's namesake),〔 "I Don't Know What It Is", "Go or Go Ahead" and "Dinner at Eight". "The One You Love" and "The Art Teacher" appeared on ''Want Two'' (2004). Two of the compilation's songs originally appeared on Wainwright's fifth studio album ''Release the Stars'' (2007): "Going to a Town" and "Tiergarten". Songs from ''Out of the Game'' include the title track and "Sometimes You Need". "Hallelujah", written by Leonard Cohen, originally appeared on the soundtrack to the 2001 film ''Shrek''. "Me and Liza", previously unreleased, was co-written by Guy Chambers.〔 The deluxe edition includes a bonus disc with sixteen rare and unreleased live and studio recordings. Featured are "Chic and Pointless", previously unreleased and produced by Chambers, and "WWIII", co-written by Chambers; ''Vibrate'' marks the latter's first physical release.〔〔 Chris Coplan of Consequence of Sound described "Chic and Pointless" as a "disco-fied homage to Nile Rodgers & Co." "One Man Guy", written by Wainwright's father Loudon Wainwright III, originally appeared on ''Poses''.〔 The version on ''Vibrate'' was recorded live at KCRW in June 2001 and features Butch, Richard Causon, Jeff Hill, Teddy Thompson and Martha Wainwright.〔 "Across the Universe" (Lennon–McCartney) originally served as a bonus track on a 2002 re-issue of ''Poses'', released following a recording for the soundtrack to the film ''I Am Sam'' (2001). "Chelsea Hotel No. 2", co-written by Cohen and Ron Cornelius, was previously included as a bonus track for ''Want Two'' and was also featured in the film and soundtrack for ''Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man'' (2005).〔 Other soundtrack releases include "The Maker Makes", from the soundtrack to ''Brokeback Mountain'' (2005), and "La Complainte de la Butte" (Jean Renoir), from the soundtrack to ''Moulin Rouge!'' (2001). "Jericho" and "Montauk" were recorded for ''Live from the Artists Den'' in 2012.〔 Studio versions originally appeared on ''Out of the Game'', as did "Bitter Tears", the opening track for ''Vibrate'' bonus disc.〔 "If Love Were All" (Noël Coward), "Do It Again" (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin) and "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" (James F. Hanley), all recorded live at Kenwood House in London in 2010, were performed on Wainwright's live album ''Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall'' (2007), a re-creation of Judy Garland's 1961 album ''Judy at Carnegie Hall''. "Memphis Skyline" and "Martha" were also recorded at Kenwood House in 2010.〔 Studio versions originally appeared on ''Want Two'' and ''All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu'' (2010), Wainwright's sixth studio album, respectively. The disc's final track is a BBC interview with Jo Whiley, recorded at the Royal Opera House on July 28, 2011 for the program ''In Concert''.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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