Poses
by Rufus Wainwright
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Rufus Wainwright bestography
Poses is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Rufus Wainwright on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Rufus Wainwright is Want One which is ranked number 3459 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 435.
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Poses track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Poses rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 92 Music Albums of 2001 | 54/92 | 2 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Le monde 2001 La sélection de la rédaction | 36/38 | - |
| 2026 | marco17 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 23/100 | 78 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | craab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 16/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 2001 | 42/45 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | covecove | Favorite Albums 400-301 | 87/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 92 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 379 | |||
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Poses ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/23/2026 05:21 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,123 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/25/2026 10:13 |  CellarDoor | 8,907 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/13/2025 20:44 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Poses forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 06/27/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5356): By marco17
Rug 02/23/2022 06:08 in What album are you listening to right now?
Romanelli 03/11/2021 01:10 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayPoses comments
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Wainwright is very underrated... he has a beautiful voice, he writes incredible music, and he's slowly becoming one of my favorites.
Rufus wainwright's second album is another stunning record from a giant talent. Poses, has a more alternative feel to it than his self titled debut, and is no worse for that. Cigarettes and chocolate milk, opens the album, but the version of the song that ends the CD is far superior than this one. Greek song, is brilliant, as is the title track. Other standouts are, the consort, rebel Prince, and, one man guy, a superb cover of a song written by his father, Loudon, it's excellent. All in all, another amazing record from Wainwright.
TheDude85 05/27/2019 14:31 | #236786 | TOP COMMENT
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Wainwright delivers another wonderful album of neo-classic pop. He closes out this collection with a moving re-imagining of The Beatles "Across The Universe" supported by John Lennon's son, Sean, on acoustic guitar. No sophomore slump is evident here.
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/30/2011 12:06 | #22452 | TOP COMMENT
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"Cigarettes and chocolate" and "one man guy" are really good.
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