I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too is the second full-length album of Canadian-American singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright. 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".

The Australian release included a limited edition digipak with additional images and the bonus track. "Comin' Tonight" was released as an iTunes exclusive download in Australia in April 2008.

Personnel

*Martha Wainwright – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, hand claps

*Bill Dobrow – drums and percussion

*Brad Albetta – electric bass, piano, drum programming, background vocals, hand claps

*Pete Townshend – electric guitar (tracks 2, 4)

*Max Mosten – violin

*Dan Reiser – drums

*Joe McGinty – synths

*Martin Terefe – bass, guitar

*Alex Toff – drums

*Claes Bjorklund – keyboards

*Kamila Thompson – background vocals

*Martin Gerstad – string arrangement

*Flip Runesson – strings

*Rich Pagano – drums

*Smokey Hormel – electric guitars (tracks 6, 8)

*Mark McGowan – trumpet

*Matt Johnson – drums

*Jeff Trott – bass, electric guitar

*Cameron Grieder – nylon strings guitar, electric guitar

*Donald Fagen – synths (track 7)

*Doug Wieselman – tenor sax, bass clarinet, Indian flute

*Marius Devries – drum programming

*Julia Kent – cello

*Jens Lindgard – bass

*Garth Hudson – keyboards, piano

*Chaim Tannenbaum – mandolin

*Jim Campilongo – electric guitars

*Tore Johansson – guitar and vocals

*Kate McGarrigle – hand claps (track 2), Wurlitzer and backing vocals (track 12)

*Rufus Wainwright – vocals (track 9)

*Lily Lanken – vocals (tracks 9, 11), background vocals (tracks 12–13)

*Anna McGarrigle – keyboard synths and background vocals (track 12)

Production

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

Chart performance

The album debuted at #19 on the Australian charts. In the United States, it debuted at #10 on the Heatseekers Chart, a much better showing than her debut album, which peaked at #43 in 2005.

Release history

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Artist/Band Information

Martha Wainwright (born May 8, 1976) is a Canadian-American folk-rock singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of American folk singer and actor Loudon Wainwright III and Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle. With her older brother, Rufus Wainwright, she was raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in a musical family.

Early musical development

Wainwright released an independent cassette, Ground Floor, in 1997. The following year, her song "Year of the Dragon" appeared on The McGarrigle Hour, an album released by Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Shortly after this recording, Martha began singing backup vocals for her brother, and released the six-song EP Martha Wainwright in 1999.

Following her drama classes at Montreal's Concordia University, she moved to New York City, where she established herself as singer and songwriter. She made contacts within the industry, one of whom was producer Brad Albetta, who worked with Wainwright to produce her self-titled debut album, Martha Wainwright (released April 12, 2005 by MapleMusic Recordings).

Albetta worked again with Wainwright to produce her second album, I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too, released in Canada on June 10, 2008. Artists contributing to the album include Pete Townshend (The Who), Donald Fagen (Steely Dan), Garth Hudson (The Band), as well as her mother, brother and aunt.

Wainwright is signed with the independent record labels Rounder Records in the United States, DiS in the United Kingdom, MapleMusic Recordings in Canada, V2 Records in Europe and Shock Records in Australia.

She performed "Tower of Song" and "The Traitor" at the Cohen tribute concert which became the film and album Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man.

Performance and media attention

In 2001, Wainwright recorded "Star Crossed Lovers" with Propellerheads for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album Red Hot + Indigo, a tribute to Duke Ellington, which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease

Since the release of her album, I Know You're Married..., Wainwright toured in Europe, Canada, the United States and Australia. She has positive reviews; Tricia Summers, of Spin.com, describes Wainwright's stage presence, of July 23/08, as: "Slowly strumming her guitar and along on stage with a powerful voice, she knew she had the crowd wrapped around her finger".

Wainwright has received positive reviews for her performances. She appeared at the 2007 Bonnaroo and at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Inverness-shire in August 2007. She duetted with Snow Patrol at the V Festival and Lollapalooza, and performed with her brother at the Hollywood Bowl in September 2007.

Annie Lennox joined Wainwright and 22 female artists to raise awareness of the transmission of HIV to unborn children in Africa. The single "Sing" was released on World Aids Day on December 1, 2007, when Lennox appeared at the Nelson Mandela 46664 concert in South Africa.

On November 18, 2009 she appeared on the BBC Two TV music show Never Mind the Buzzcocks where she was confused with Cerys Matthews by Dappy of N-Dubz.

In 2009 she appeared in episodes 2 and 3 of the BBC series Transatlantic Sessions 4.

She recorded the song "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" with Snow Patrol in 2007. The song reached the top 100 on iTunes.

In 2010, Martha contributed background vocals on Hole's album "Nobody's Daughter".

Personal life

She married her producer Brad Albetta in September 2007. They have a son, Arcangelo, born at University College Hospital, London on 16 November 2009.

Discography

*Martha Wainwright (2005)

*I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too (2008)

*Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, à Paris: Martha Wainwright's Piaf Record (2009)

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