family history to do it... The wounds engendered from a fractious father-son relationship often run deep... Rufus Wainwright suggests that maybe the only way to truly set about healing those wounds is to pick at the scab." The Advocate Michael Giltz called the song "wrenching", and in his review of Want One, said "Dinner at Eight" was one of three tracks on the album that made Wainwright's music "more convincingly personal and sincere than ever". In 2015, Wainwright selected "Dinner at Eight" as one of eight "songs that defined him". References External links 2000s ballads 2003 songs Rufus Wainwright songs Songs written by Rufus Wainwright