Rufus and Ronson team for 'Out of the Game'

Rufus Wainwright will release the CD Out of the Game May 1 on Decca, according to a press release. Produced by the celebrated Mark Ronson, this will be Wainwright’s seventh studio album.

Wainwright calls Out of the Game “the most pop album I’ve ever made,” while Ronson recently stated, “It’s the best work of my career.”

Musicians on the album include the Dap-Kings, who Ronson used for the Amy Winehouse album Back To Black; Wilco’s Nels Cline; Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs; Andrew Wyatt from Miike Snow; Sean Lennon; and Martha Wainwright.

See www.RufusWainwright.com or www.DeccaRecords.com.