Rufus Wainwright
Poses
Dreamworks
C044-50237-2
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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
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

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
Produced and Engineered by Ethan Johns
Mixed by Bob Clearmountain at Mix This!
Recorded at Ocean Way, Los Angeles

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
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

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

13. Cigarettes & 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

Produced, recorded and mixed by Pierre Marchand
Additional engineering: Dominique Brand;
Assistant Engineer: Phillip Broussard; except as indicated

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!!”