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Song of the Day #4,020: ‘What Would I Ever Do With a Rose?’ – Rufus Wainwright

Here’s a beautiful song from Rufus Wainwright’s 2010 collecton All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu, an album of piano ballads written in the months leading up to his mother’s death.

This very personal and classically-influenced album followed five baroque pop albums and hinted at Wainwright’s future direction. Though he did release another pop album, Out of the Game, in 2012, he then shifted his focus to recording and releasing an opera, 2015’s Prima Donna.

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Song of the Day #4,019: ‘On the Road to Find Out’ – Cat Stevens

1970’s Tea For the Tillerman was the first of two back-to-back albums that made Cat Stevens a worldwide star. Its follow-up, Teaser and the Firecat, joined this album in going triple platinum in the U.S. while also charting in Europe and beyond.

Those are also the only two Cat Stevens albums I own, and for a minor fan, probably the only two you need.

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