Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too (2008)

Martha Wainwright (born May 8, 1976) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She has released seven critically-acclaimed studio albums.

Wainwright is the daughter of musicians Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III and the younger sister of singer–composer Rufus Wainwright.

Martha Wainwright's live performances have received critical praise, with The Telegraph writing that her concerts "leave in no doubt that she is a singular star." Apart from music, she has appeared in several film projects, including Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator and the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge alongside Frances McDormand. Wainwright owns and operates Ursa, a café, concert-hall, bar, and recording space in Montreal.

I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too is her second full-length album. It was released in Australia on May 10, 2008, with other countries to follow. The 14-track album features 12 original tracks and cover versions of Pink Floyd's "See Emily Play" and, as a bonus track in some countries, the Eurythmics' "Love Is a Stranger". 

As strong as Martha Wainwright's self-titled debut album was, her second full-length effort, I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too, feels like a dazzling surprise, surpassing the first record in artistry and ambition and offering an even more striking picture of her talents. 

Wainwright's songwriting is every bit as strong on this collection as on her first album (no small achievement), and her skill at defining a character in words is impressive indeed, with uneven relationships dominating but not entirely defining the many people Wainwright brings to life here. 

As a singer, she's gone from strength to strength on I Know You're Married; sounding like some remarkable fusion of Kate Bush, Patti Smith, and Kate McGarrigle (the latter happens to be her mom), Wainwright has learned how to draw out the drama from songs like "Comin' Tonight," "Bleeding All Over You," and "The George Song," though she's intelligent enough to do so without sinking into melodrama. 

And while several different producers worked on this album (most notably Brad Alberta and Martin Terefe), the results have a rich, unified sound and feeling, with Wainwright's powerhouse vocals luring the spotlight from a talented team of studio collaborators (including Pete Townshend, Donald Fagen, Garth Hudson, and Martha's brother Rufus) and meshing with arrangements that gracefully go from the spare to the grandiose. 

While much has been made of Martha Wainwright's place in a family of very talented musicians, I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too is the work of a singer and songwriter who stands in no one's shadow and has fashioned a striking voice of her own, and that voice is in full and fascinating flight here. 

Track listing

1. "Bleeding All Over You" – 3:45
2. "You Cheated Me" – 3:14
3. "Jesus & Mary" – 3:40
4. "Comin' Tonight" – 3:17
5. "Tower Song" – 3:27
6. "Hearts Club Band" – 4:21
7. "So Many Friends" – 3:24
8. "In the Middle of the Night" – 4:44
9. "The George Song" – 3:35
10. "Niger River" – 3:52
11. "Jimi" – 5:24
12. "See Emily Play"  (Syd Barrett) – 2:18
13. "I Wish I Were" – 4:18
14. "Love Is a Stranger"  (Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart) – 3:40

iTunes bonus track

15. "Car Song" – 3:06 

All songs were written by Wainwright, except where noted.

Musicians

• Martha Wainwright – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, hand claps
• Brad Albetta – electric bass, piano, drum programming, background vocals, hand claps
• Claes Björklund – keyboards
• Jim Campilongo – electric guitar
• Marius de Vries – drum programming
• Bill Dobrow – drums and percussion
• Donald Fagen – synthesizer 
• Martin Gerstad – string arrangement
• Cameron Grieder – nylon strings guitar, electric guitar
• Smokey Hormel – electric guitar 
• Garth Hudson – keyboards, piano
• Tore Johansson – guitar, vocals
• Matt Johnson – drums
• Julia Kent – cello
• Lily Lanken – vocals, background vocals 
• Jens Lindgard – bass
• Anna McGarrigle – keyboard synths and background vocals 
• Kate McGarrigle – hand claps, Wurlitzer, backing vocals 
• Joe McGinty – synths
• Mark McGowan – trumpet
• Max Mosten – violin
• Rich Pagano – drums
• Dan Reiser – drums
• Flip Runesson – strings
• Chaim Tannenbaum – mandolin
• Martin Terefe – bass, guitar
• Kamila Thompson – background vocals
• Alex Toff – drums
• Pete Townshend – electric guitar 
• Jeff Trott – bass, electric guitar
• Rufus Wainwright – vocals 
• Doug Wieselman – tenor sax, bass clarinet, Indian flute

Production

• Produced by Brad Albetta, Tore Johansson, Kate McGarrigle, Martin Terefe, Jeff Trott
• Mixed by Michael Brauer, Mike Hedges, Tore Johansson, Ger McDonnell
• Engineered by Brad Albetta, David Carlsson, Brian Fulk, Dyre Gormsen, Tim Hatfield, Don Murnaghan, Michel Pepin, Tom Schick, George Tandero
• Additional engineering by Brad Albetta, Brian Fulk, Borza Gomeshi
• Engineering assisted by Iain Hill.
• Recorded at Allaire Studios, The Bubble (Denmark), GULA Studios (Sweden), Kensaltown Recording Studios (London), Mayk Music (Quebec), MonkeyBoy Studios (New York City), Querbes Service (Montreal).
• Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York City

Notes

Released: May 10, 2008 

Recording Location:

   Allaire Studios, Shokan, NY 

   Gula Studio, Malmo, Sweden 

   Kensaltown Recording Studio, London, England 

   Mayk Music Studios, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada 

   MonkeyBoy Studios, Brooklyn, NY 

   Querbes Service, Montreal, Canada 

   Studio Frisson, MTL 

   The Bubble, Copenhagen, Denmark

Genre: Folk, pop

Length: 52:59 

Label - MapleMusic / Zoë