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Rufus Wainwright

Chris Roberts, Uncut, October 1998

THE LAUGH is marginally less startling than his debut album, a cabaret of flamboyant songs about April fools, matinee idols and imaginary loves, as big-time as they're old-time, as intricate as they're intimate.

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