Release the Stars

Release the Stars is an album by Canadian-American singer and songwriter Rufus Wainwright. It was produced by Marius de Vries and released in 2007. Other musicians on the album are Richard Thompson, Teddy Thompson and Kate McGarrigle.

Track listing

All songs written by Wainwright.

1. "Do I Disappoint You" – 4:40
2. "Going to a Town" – 4:06
3. "Tiergarten" – 3:26
4. "Nobody's Off the Hook" – 4:27
5. "Between My Legs" – 4:26
6. "Rules and Regulations" – 4:05
7. "Not Ready to Love" – 5:51
8. "Slideshow" – 6:21
9. "Tulsa" – 2:20
10. "Leaving for Paris N° 2" – 4:52
11. "Sanssouci" – 5:16
12. "Release the Stars" – 5:20

Release The Stars Media

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  Wainwright and Jörn Weisbrodt at the Metropolitan Opera in 2010; the couple visited Tiergarten in Berlin often while Wainwright recorded the album

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  Wainwright wrote "Tulsa" after meeting Brandon Flowers (pictured in 2011) in the city of the same name.

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  Detail from the gigantomachy frieze at the Pergamon Altar that was used for the album cover

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  Wainwright performing in 2007