Ingenue

Honestly, a lot more fun than I was led to believe. 3.5/5

I had forgotten all about k.d. lang. That was a mistake.

Only complaint too short! I want more Lang!

Before today, the only thing I know about k.d. lang was her androgynous style. The short hair and white suits are properly associated with her. But I'd never listened to any of her stuff. I found “Ingenue” a tough one to rate. It's not aligned with my tastes, but it's also not a bad album in any way. I did find it a bit of a slog to get through, but to give it a two star rating seems overly harsh. I wouldn't say it's bad at all. But equally, three stars feels overly generous, mostly because it's just not really my thing. K.d. has a fantastic voice. You can hear all of the strengths of the country vocals working really well in a different genre. I particularly enjoyed “Miss Chatelaine” for its upbeat Parisian vibes. “Save Me” is a great opener, and weirdly really reminds me of a Turin Brakes song that shares the name in parentheses, “Underdog (Save Me)”, even though there's no other connection between the two. Everything else was enjoyable enough overall, but if I didn't force myself to concentrate fully, it would fade into background muzak way too easily. Still, there's substance here, and while it feels like it's still fully rooted in the nineties, it's not bad at all. It's a three star album.

Gran voz, buena grabación pero muy estandar.

3.5

1,5

Enjoyed!! The description on qobuz was funny lesbian was the first word to describe her - some points were a bit cheesy but I was in the mood for it yesterday! Probs won't revisit much though

Not bad. She has a good voice. Just not my thing.

Really unexpected! Some great tracks on here

Great voice, but it's not my thing. Boring

Good one, good voice! Chill album.

Forgive me lord but I can't listen to another second

2.5

Mid at best

me gusta este tipo de música "singer/songwriter" pero es bastante normalito este, no siento que destaque demasiado pero ni loco es malo tampoco, podría escucharlo de nuevo

unexpectedly good voice

Baustelle, Gerstetten, Deutschland. Brutal langweilig.

It’s completely inoffensive, but it’s also nothing that makes you say you gotta add that to the rotation either. Probably great for Subaru Drivers, for me it’s just middling.

Unique, poetic and and smoldering.

lang is such a technically strong vocalist and it's impressive to hear. I enjoyed this! "Miss Chatelaine" and "Constant Craving" were highlights.

(3/7) not really my vibe

::drools::

Great voice - not really captivating songwriting for me beyond the one big single

One of those albums which I hear more than I listen to. This didn't make any impression on me whatsoever, I cannot remember a single thing about any of the tracks beyond a vague impression of love songs. Even Constant Craving just seems like a melange of other 90's songs and sounds, the accordion is the only notable thing about it. Other reviewers saying she has an amazing singing voice. For me, it's OK but has an air of jazz lounge singer about it, show-offy. I prefer a more understated, apparently low-effort singing style, k.d. lang's singing seems like someone demanding attention.

2:5

Not unlistenable and that's all I will say.

An undeniably beautiful album. k.d. lang is a talented vocalist with a beautiful voice. I didn't connect with this album deeply but it was still an enjoyable listen with a lot going for it.

Mid.

Beautiful.

Solid music, beautiful voice. 3.5 rounded up.

Lovely, not necessarily memorable, may be the moroseness in the air this week

It’s well recorded. But musically, it's like a beige sofa that is SO soft and un-engaging that it makes your whole body hurt.

This album is beautiful, every song was heavenly. 10 out of 10

I mean she can sing, but its just incredibly bland and boring.

I'm not really into ballads but the instrumentation was decent

A punishment

Music for lonely English majors.

Miss Chatelaine is wonderful. And there's other great stuff on here too. But on the whole I wasn't blown away.

what a fuckin album!

This all just felt a bit too safe, pristine and one-paced really. Nothing particularly offensive about it, and she clearly has a great voice, but the music quickly grew tiresome.

Loved it. I hadn't eve heard her name before, I wasn't expecting much but it was a pleasant surprise. Not every song is a master piece but it has enough great moments and the album as a whole is cohesive enough to be called a great album.

An absolutely incredible singer with command of her vocalization like few others, backed by a band that's tight and varied and nails the whole adult contemporary thing. But those drums...why does this whole album sound like shitty bossa-nova informed lounge music? Why isn't this better? I don't know. In awe at the range between the capability of the artists and the execution. I want this to go somewhere, but it doesn't.

Pretty good sounding but a little repetitive

Another wonderful discovery!

Decent

Better than her debut album, but this cabaret style had a pretty limited audience at release time, so it’s not like she’s doing anything innovative, even if she’s doing it well.

Ei ollut tuttu, suurinta hittiä lukuunottamatta. Pidin k. d. langin äänestä.

K.d.Lang's music always sounds so heartfelt and personal. She has a beautiful voice that is perfectly showcased in this album. This album is an interesting mix of country, folk, pop and cabaret. With k.d. Lang sounding alternately like a country music star in the more blues end of the spectrum or cabaret singer in a smokey blues-y theatre. The big hits are "Constant Craving" and "Miss Chatelaine". Both of which fir perfectly into this album and also shine on their own. The overwhelming feeling from this album is that the party is winding down and we all need to have a reflect on what the nights revelries mean for our sober lives. (3.750)

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I really dig it and the flavor it brings sometimes it can be a little too much with what it’s trying to do but in some songs they are perfect. KD Lang is a great vocalist. Enjoyed this one quite a bit. Fav tracks: save me, the mind of love, miss chatelaine, season of hollow soul, and outside myself

have to be in a mood to listen to, but not bad

#411 This surprised me somewhat, I remember Constant Craving very well and there were a couple of others that seem familiar. Her voice and the arrangements on display were very pleasant to the ear. I remember my mum liking this so it’s very possible I’ve heard before. Heard before?❓ Would I revisit? ❌ Listen before you die? ✅ Fave track(s): Miss Chatelaine Rating: 6/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Very nice, super easy to listen to. Lang's vocals are excellent and the music is smooth. Obviously this isn't generally a style I gravitate towards, but I'm pretty thoroughly enjoying it. Gorgeous strings, soothing guitars, just a really nice experience. Not much stands out specifically, but that doesn't really knock it down too much for me. A very solid pop album.

6/10… country / singer-songwriter / *1992

Aight

Maybe I’ve never listened to K.D. Lang before? There was a lot more jazz and even bossa nova on this album than I expected. I’m still not sure it’s my thing, on the whole, but it was a lot more eclectic than I expected it to be.

Starts are with lovely crooning on “Save Me.” KD has a great voice. It’s very much an album when one needs quiet, soothing music. I was concerned it might be too quiet for me, but a great voice and some musical variety goes a long way for me. Not every song sounds the same.

fantastic voice. pleasant tunes. very talented musician too. enjoyable. ultimately not my bag. 2 & 1/2

3.8 out of 5 stars for k.d. lang. This album is far different than her earlier material which was much more honky tonk, traditional country. This ventures into the adult contemporary side, some jazzy rhythms, and just beautiful singing. I like having her biggest hit off this album, Constant Craving, at the very end and the song that maybe should have been at the end, Save Me, the opening track. Interesting tracking selection, but I think it's excellent. Definitely worth listening to many times.

Lovely voice, boring songs.

Not my style. Relaxing, chill background music. It kinda grew on me. A retro-feel, whilst released in 1992, it has a 1940's feel at times.... is it just me or is that intentional?

She reminds me of another Canadian singer-songwriter that does improv.

Soft

A well-constructed, touching album. A bit of a surprise.

Without this project, I doubt I would have ever listened to this album and probably never will again. However, I’ll have to admit that I found myself singing “Outside Myself” in my head later in the day.

I've never really understood the hype around KD Lang.

Country takes cabaret by the hand, and the two waltz through this album. It took me a little while to settle into the album’s soft, unhurried sound, but once I did, I really enjoyed it. k.d. lang deliberately draws on Marlene Dietrich’s image and old-Hollywood mystique here, bringing that smoky, sophisticated style into the 1990s. The accordions, clarinets, and gentle arrangements conjure up a dimly lit cabaret room where everyone is dressed far better than I am. Personally, I preferred the songs that leaned further into cabaret than country. That’s where the album felt the most distinctive and atmospheric to me. It’s also interesting that, despite drawing from sounds associated with the ’30s, ’40s, and ’50s, parts of it still feel connected to the adult-alternative music that became popular later in the ’90s. Sixpence None the Richer occasionally came to mind—not necessarily as a direct influence, but as part of that same soft, polished musical world. Overall, this was a really nice album. Quiet, elegant, and easy to sink into once I found its rhythm.

Was not prepared for something this good

I liked it for yhe most part

Okay to begin, but got a little irritating by the end

7,50/10 Buen album, empieza muy tranquilo y se va manteniendo en ese mood. Me gusto, no se hace aburrido

Keech

Meh

I was putting this off for a long time because I was sure I wouldn’t like it. Whoops! Big fan of most of this. Love the lean into the theatrical. There are times where I really want a song to go somewhere and instead it just kind of meanders, but songs like Season of Hollow Soul and Outside Myself really did it for me.

Great Sunday type of album without being overly moody. Sort of feels like a female Lyle Lovett with the country and cabaret crossover.

All the credit in the world to K.D. Lang the singer, she is a truly special talent. But sadly, her voice is like a few gold flakes scattered across a massive turd of an album.

Love the voice. But for some reason, I just couldn’t connect to these songs.

Lang does world music, but, except for the radio hit in the last song, there is nothing here to awe.

really enjoyed the mix of genres here. her voice is really distinct and serves as a unifying element across the different songs while maintaining the variety in instrumentals. i particularly liked the mix of soft rock and Indian instrumentals on “So Shall It Be”…she’s kinda coming for george harrison’s gig… and then the flamenco sound of “Still Thrives This Love” was really unexpected but gorgeous. And “Constant Craving” in the context here as the album closer was a really perfect emotional gutpunch at the end. Fav tracks: Save Me; So It Shall Be; Constant Craving

4. avgust 2026. 13.19h its nice, mogu da vidim kao ovaj album being everythiiiiing nekoj lezbejki 90ih best: season of hollow soul

I’m a straight white male, this music isn’t for me.

Adult contemporary from the 90s isn’t really my thing, Just too smooth for my taste. Just to laid back adult. But it kind of grows on you in the background and slowly moves its way forward. Nice voice and wasn’t too bad and quite enjoyed in the end 3 Star

It's an album.

Not much I liked about this one. High 2.

Bland Pop

‘Tis good but just a bit samey, which feels worse cause the albums like an hour long

The very definition of background music. Nothing offensive. Nothing exciting. A very smooth listen from start to finish, with Constant Craving the obvious star of the show. I wish there had been a few more standouts. Kind of boring.

Easy 2.5 star listening.

She has a wonderful voice and excellent way of conveying emotions. These songs aren’t it for though. I should say though that Constant Craving was one of the more stomachable songs they used to play at ShopRite.

It's a mellow listen, and also mostly bland I must say. K.d. Lang has a great pleasant voice. The instrumentation is pretty solid aswell. But it all has a corny feeling about it that doesn't really connects with me. Most of the songs are not very memorable. Nothing offensive but highly doubt I will listen to this again. 1 3 and 8 are probably my favorites here. It'll be a respectful 2.5

Very well done and skillful but a little bit too downbeat for my tastes. Constant Craving is an awesome track.

There was a row of songs in the middle (6-8) that if the whole album had been like that, it could easily be four stars. Otherwise it was a bit too adult contemporary for me.

I knew 'Constant Craving' but hadn't heard the rest. It's nice but not really my thing - the other songs all felt a bit similar to me, thematically at least.

Nice little album. Constant Craving is something I always heard faintly playing in malls growing up, but never something I never sat down and listened to. Miss Chatelaine has some nice energy as well. I was expecting just acoustic guitar and singing for most of this, but there was a nice blend of adult contemporary production involved that kept me interested.

I was surprised to see Lang's city of origin and be in a position where I had never heard of her. Great vocal talent that matched well with the instrumentals!

I liked her more with the twang..but I see why she did this and she is an incredible singer.

It's difficult to find words that adequately describe a voice like k. d. lang. It has power. Not like Led Zeppelin's music has power. It's quiet. It really is beauty, the power that beauty has to occupy the mind and land, lightly, on your heart. 25 years ago I would have rejected this whole album. It's so light. So standard, so mature. But my taste has evolved. I'm really impressed by the orchestration, the dynamics, and the compositional perfection that every song seems to have. And the sophistication of the poetry matches that of the music. It's a feat. And k. d. lang has one of the best voices in recorded music. It doesn't seem real.

I wasn't that familiar with K.D. Lang and was impressed by her voice. Favorite tracks: Save Me, Constant Craving

What a pleasant surprise. What a cool start to the album Save Me is. But then some tunes were much of a muchness.

Despite having electric, acoustic, steel, pedal steel and lap steel guitars, mandolin, viola, violin, pizzicato violin, cello, acoustic, electric and fretless basses, santur, tma, tamboura, tambourine, drums, tympani, percussion, marimba, vibraphone, keyboards, piano, accordion, clarinet and beatboxing, three producers, 11 assorted engineers, two programmers, an art director and two designers on this album, somehow this comes across as bloated, overproduced, bland and with almost every instrument distracting from the singer. Not the biggest singer-songwriter fan, but even I can't help but feel I'd rather listen to just kd in a room with a single mic and guitar.

Just didn’t get on with this one really

I admire the full on reinvention from country weirdo to cabaret chanteuse. k.d. can sing the pain off the walls, but I wouldn't mind a bit more torch in the torch songs and balls in the ballads.

“Constant Craving” is (ironically, given its title) a satisfying song. There are a couple of other winners here. But not enough—the album seriously flags in places, the songs becoming understated to the point of blah.

This was OK and pleasant enough, she has a nice voice but I found it slightly forgettable.

This is just horrible, really. Great voice, but such insipid song choices. There are a couple of tracks that are ok (Season of Hollow Soul and Outside Myself), but otherwise it’s just bad.

A pleasant singer-songwriter album that did little more than make me think, "That was nice." I liked k.d. lang enough, but I don't think this album compares to other great solo albums from women artists in the 90s, like Liz Phair, Tracy Chapman, or Alanis Morissette. There was never a clear moment that made me feel like it was really a "must listen."

Música de Starbucks. Voz e violão bem estéril e desinteressante. Não sou lésbica o suficiente pra tirar algum proveito daqui. 2/5

Wouldn't think of a lesbian from Canada as a first thing when thinking of a female country singer but this album is fantastic.

Fairly inoffensive, easy listening, if not a tad waily at times

Love it, love her. Her voice is just perfect

cute

I liked this much more than Shadowland

Right from the get-go I expected this to be one of those albums that are quite okay when I listen to them and then forgot everything about completely the very next day. And it definitely seems that my prediction was correct. It's lukewarmly good, as in there's absolutely nothing to remember or go back to afterwards.

she's got a good voice but the album is boring

i don't like the album that much, but she's a legend!

Wasn’t enjoying this to start with but just about won me over in the end. She’s got a hell of a voice!

No my thing

short and sweet

I was predicting this to be another 3, but there's some pretty alright stuff on here that's just interesting enough that I might return to this in the future and check it out more Standouts Season of Hollow Soul Outside Myself 4/5

k.d. sure can sing. I’m not sure if she and Brandi Carlisle have ever collaborated, but their voices are similar in range and power and I’d love to hear it. This is an extremely well crafted and performed album, and while it’s not something I’d personally return to often it’s hard to deny the talent on display here. Miss Chatelaine and Constant Craving are particularly good.

- Wow it’s a lady - She got a nice voice - I wish there was half stars

She can sing, it’s just really boring

I never would have believed I would have connected with this album back when it came out in the early 90s, it seemed so grown up and tasteful. Times change though and I enjoyed this more than I expected. I knew two of the singles, but the third single (The Mind of Love) was a real highlight, along with Wash Me Clean, and although there wasn't much stylistic variety, the little touches of quality were everywhere.

Not at all my thing. This is way too boring.

Great voice on k.d and a few songs here that I liked. But it got very repetitive very quickly

꽤 괜 낫 배드

3.5 rounded up

A truly lovely voice, but it gets tiring after awhile. Still, some nice stuff here.

Was a little boring.

It was a good album but just not really anything I’m into. That makes it a bit hard to rate and review

Pleasant

k.d. is a really talented singer, but my god, these songs were mind-numbingly boring and dragged on forever. The only exceptions for me are "Season of Hollow Soul", "Outside Myself", and "Constant Craving". I heard "Constant Craving" on the radio a ton growing up and it's still a really good song today. Those three tracks were genuinely well-written, but that is about the only good thing I can say about the album. The production style across the rest of the record is just way too sleepy and uniform to keep things interesting. Everything settles into this incredibly slow, adult-contemporary/adult pop crawl that just puts me right to sleep. The vocals are flawless but the lack of energetic tempos, strong hooks, or distinct musical shifts makes the deep cuts completely blend together into one massive, monotonous blur. It feels like she has all the talent in the world but chose the blandest possible arrangements to showcase it.

I liked this waaay more than I thought I would. Complex songs, great voice. Not to slow or boring. I'll probably never listen to it again but I enjoyed it

Crap. One extra point awarded for constant craving

Wash Me Clean is lovely. Still Thrives This Love. Season of Hollow Soul is quite incredible. Overall this is a really good album, varied enough to keep you interested.

Me dormí

Unexpectedly enjoyable. Constant Craving is not the best, but it's the only one I was familiar with. She has a rather nice voice, the arrangements were very good. 3.4/5

This album sounds like the '90s, but a specific corner of the '90s that I don't normally listen to. I had never heard of this artist before, and not even the top single sounded familiar. Honestly, it's just not for me.

There are some good moments on this album, especially "Constant Craving," but that comes at the very end, and most of it just feels like easy-to-dismiss cabaret style baroque pop that doesn't really rise up enough for me to give it more than 3 stars.

Ingenue was quite a solid album. Even though i wasn't familiar with k.d. lang's name prior to doing this project. I definitely have heard her song Constant Craving many times on the radio at the grocery store i work at because i definitely remember that vocal melody. As for the album itself, it's enjoyable. Lang's voice is very good here and i enjoy the cabaret elements this album has especially in comparison to her more country style in Shadowland. There were admittedly some points where this album felt like it was dragging itself out a bit but i never thought it made the album that painful to listen to. This is a pretty solid album but nothing more than that. Best Song: Constant Craving Worst Song: Wash Me Clean

suave y melodico 4.5

She has a beautiful voice and wonderful style. Constant Craving will last forever!!

Might need to Save Me from this album next time.

Dreadful... there's nothing that can make me listen to this in full. 'Constant Craving'? Don't think so. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Some (not much in fairness) Revisit ❌️ ★☆☆☆☆(2/10) Total reviewed : 357 Already owned : 79 Purchased : 16 To buy : 4 Nope : 258

What a delicious surprise. I thought kd would be twangy country, instead this is surprising and sensual torch singing. It evokes a late night, naughty cabaret. Her magnificent voice seduces, the original songs pleasingly slide by. A four

It's okay...a little sleepy and bland for me, but nice voice.

Pride day in my town! I have this album. It's great.

Like: the laid-back vibe, her voice, the ethereal vocal harmonies, the accordion. Just read on her Wikipedia that she is also an animal rights activist, so that's one extra point for being an activist and NOT making the most terrible music (looking at you, Moby).

Not at all what I expected, though I don't know what exactly I expected. An artist whose name I've definitely heard before but I guess never actually explored. I've definitely heard Constant Craving on radio play but I guess for whatever reason it never connected to k.d. lang as the artist. This had a laid back almost lounge like feel to it. I imagine a smokey basement tapas restaurant (shout out to Jazz'D Tapas in Savannah). It was pleasant to listen to. I doubt I'd revisit it. Nothing stood out to me other than the fact that I had very little idea of what k.d. lang sounded like.

This album is a little bit out of time...smooth, lush productions of songs that would fit just as well coming from Marlene Dietrich. And what a fantastic voice! This isn't an album I would have picked off a shelf, but I love it.

One of the most lowkey albums I've had so far with 1001, could be the first country album I've had as it tows the line between folk and country consistently

Kind of whiny. But not in a bad way. Just very 90s mom music.

Excellent album country tinged, well crafted, great voice

Lovely. This remains k.d.’s best album.

Comfort wrapped in a blanket.

This album is absolutely beautiful, with some great arrangements and a very warm sound. Lang's voice is also very beautiful, and it performs fantastically with the songs in this album, which is actually a mixture of different genres that blend into each other with such taste and delicacy that it feels very cohesive and really, really interesting and such a sweet to the ear. There are many folky elements, and a great variety of instruments that build many layers into the songs, creating very subtile yet amazing atmospheres. Such a pleasure of a musical album.

6.5 / 10

I thought I liked k.d. lang's music until listening to this. Must have mixed her up with another artist cause this was boring af

alright....

Beautiful Album!!!

4 - beautiful but not very engaging

Aburrido.

#152/1001 🇨🇦 Constant Craving was a massive song back in the day but i don't remember hearing this album back then. I've given it a couple of spins today and whilst there weren't many other songs that grabbed me straight away its one that i feel the need to revisit to fully appreciate it. Best Tracks: Constant Craving, Outside Myself.

No es mi estilo pero la banco.

Not sure we need two k.d. lang albums on a list of nearly 1100 albums that includes ZERO Warren Zevon works. But her voice is in fine form here, and this is different enough from Shadowland in its "crooner" vibes that at least it's not like listening to the same record twice. Well, not completely like that anyway.

I like this album. Great vocals, plus weird string instruments, which is automatically a plus for me. It's in the realm of a high three; definitely worth it to listen to and solidly good.

I normally love sad female singer-songwriters but I found quite a lot of this a bit dreary.

Overall: 8/10 I wasn't aware that K.D. Lang did anything but country music, so this was a pleasant surprise! There's so many instruments here used in interesting ways and nothing ever felt out of place. She also has a gorgeous voice that I found very soothing. I might be coming back to this one a lot. Fav Song: Still Thrives This Love

Fantastic! What a beautiful voice.

A great album from a great singer

Not something I’d listen to again

Not my style but she can sing.

I thought this was gonna be some country bullshit that I would have to suffer through, but this is actually quite pleasant!! I don't wanna listen to this album in full again, but I enjoyed it for sureski.

I'd recently had Shadowland come up and was fearing the worst. That album just wasn't for me at all. This is markedly better. It's a bit too easy listening for my liking, but nowhere near as cheesy. Not for me, but I'm sure someone will really rate this.

I would like to thank this website for helping me discover kd lang and her angelic voice. I could listen to her sing all the known digits of pi and stream the hell out of it. Anyways this album is great, except I understand how it can feel a little repetitive and drags on a bit bcs all these songs feels very similar. But it’s still great and it was very pleasant for the ears so I still like it a lot

Very not good. Very good haircut.

Nice voice. This isn’t for me.

This is the reason you sign up for something like this. I had forgot how great this album is until I listened to it again

It was beautiful it felt like a life have lived before somber hazy Save me made an impression on me

K.D. Lang always brings to mind the inbred little boy from the start of Deliverance for some reason. She has the same, slightly autistic look, but her voice doesn't match the look. This is music that's never going to feature on my playlist. At times it sounds like a collection of Eurovision Song Contest entries, at other times it's shopping mall beige. The only question for me is one or two stars. She seems to put a lot into each song, so maybe two stars is fair. But it's also so insipid and boring that I also feel one star is the right score. It ended up actually improving a little bit by the end, so two it is.

3.5/5

Средненько

A Canadian queer singer in pride month?? (Even though this was generated for me in May and I'm behind SHHHH) It was just alright. I do enjoy her voice but this wasn't a standout album.

I might be a terrible Canadian but I found this kind of boring. Beautiful voice, pleasant songs but a bit meh.

idk not for me, nice singing tho

Nice easy listening album. My parents used to listen to this when I was young. 3

It's quite pleasant to listen to but I don't think it will go on my playlist.

Not sure what to make of this album, very different to what I thought it would be, sounds like something from the 1960s

I find myself sitting back in a leather chair in a hazy, dimly lit room, sipping brandy while the whole room stares, transfixed at the spotlit performer. I'm enchanted by this album. The music is positioned in a strange place, with hints of showtune, western, pop, and everything in between, but always feels intentional, controlled, and beautiful. It playfully toes the lines of many genres, never fully crossing further than it can reel itself back. k.d.'s voice grounds the experience, rising and falling to match the musical performance. This is the type of stuff we should have been getting from the 90s, not most of the beige dad rock, and I can hear the influences on modern artists like Weyes Blood and Laufey. This is a balanced, restrained amount of genre blending and showtune influence that albums like Meat Loaf's Bat out of Hell lacked.

A bit shit

Pent og pyntelig og kjedelig.

Fine…

constant craving is one of the greatest songs in the world

There are a couple of songs that have potential and then seem to fall in the opposite direction. Others are just straight up boring. Constant Craving is the best song in there and there are parts of The Mind of Love I enjoyed. K D Lang has a great voice but this album just does not hit for me whatsoever.

A very good emotional ride on light pop sound with some country influences coming through. Her singing really shines and brings the songs to life or holds them together. I find a lot of the compositions pleasant to listen to and would be glad to have this album play on easy afternoons.

De reden dat ik gisteren niet twee albums heb beoordeeld (ik heb nog een kleine backlog) is dat dit album zo oer en oer saai is. Gisteren aangezet, na een liedje of twee afgezet en gedacht: Dit komt morgen wel. Inmiddels is het morgen en de tyfus het is nog steeds oersaai. Ik zal de één op zak houden maar verder kan ik hier echt niks mee.

5 Beautiful album, she has such a great voice and the whole thing flows so nicely

No va

An unexpected 5, but I thought this was excellent. Great singer, good tunes. Somewhat easy listening but also well written songs with enough complexity / interesting things going on to overcome it.

Glad that I've listened to this, but it's not really for me. Her voice is great, but some wise I like something with a bit of grit. Particularly liked Save Me, So it Shall Be, and obviously Constant Craving, but the rest of it was just fine

Another album that I just could not connect with. I liked the country twangs to start but then it just kinda went downhill from there

a pretty good country singer. songs aren't for every mood, but she has a beautiful voice.

Cool jazz like album, I saved a few songs. Like it feels like they could be in a movie.

It was fine, nice song writing but not super memorable.

Really not sure why this is on here. It’s not awful, but I’m still confused

Heard of KD Lang but never listened to her music. Not really sure what it is. It’s very soft folk pop. Easy listening style with some folky notes. It’s not bad, seems a bit repetitive after a while. Not the most interesting, but it’s all fine. There’s not anything that I really think elevates it, despite how great her voice is. Feels like a solid 2. Just doesn’t do much for me.

Pretty dull

snoozefest

I mean I don’t think is a bad album, it’s just way too boring for me. I skipped it after first half

Unfortunately, not spellbinding like ‘Shadowland’. Production is immediately more dated, smothered in that early-90s soupy percussion and reverb. lang’s voice is still beautiful, but I wasn’t swept away this time around. More organic songs like “Wash Me Clean” still work for me, but I can’t help but feel that this would be stronger if it was less firmly rooted in the sonic trends of its time.

This is actually a pretty good album. It has a more minimalistic approach, with gentle guitar work and some orchestral arrangements that gives it a sophisticated chamber pop vibe. Not to mention she is genuinely a very good name to know when looking into prominent lesbian musicians, someone who let her sexuality be public at a time where it resulted in protests at award shows that had her nominated. Overall I really love her voice on this.

Decent but not my thing

Nice melodies, a pleasant listening. Not the most interesting stuff I've heard in my life, but good regardless.

Slowly

was not expecting to like this at all as someone who doesn’t ever listen singer-songwriter junk, but this album is actually extremely pretty. the floaty, soft vocals somehow never become grating, and the album is by far at its best when the “cabaret” flavors are allowed to be more prominent (e.g. the accordion in Miss Chatelaine). as a matter of fact, that’s one of my only complaints with this album; the basic ballad stuff is fine, but I wish the more unique instruments were featured more. pretty good overall though Favorite tracks: Miss Chatelaine, Wash Me Clean

Thoroughly enjoyable

Ça va mais bon

on ronfle

Je m’attendais à une voix de mec, c’était mid et pourtant le fait que ça soit une meuf aidait

Jazzy, pop country? Not a combination I would have expected to work, but it does. Still Thrives This Love and Constant Craving are great. And k.d. Lang has a great voice.

Although clearly quality and got skills felt like trudging through treacle. Not sure. 2

3.5

Très bon album !

need some wine for this one. in the feels

Not bad.

More than one kd Lang album is wild. 3 for the agenda.

Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5

Saturday, 9 May, 2026 Great production. Silky smooth tunes. She sounds like a lounge singer. “Constant Craving” was a hit for a reason! The rest is good.

Pleasant easy listening music! I enjoyed this album.

Really cool instrumentation and sound texture but again just kinda tired old love songs from a country gal.

Joj isto loše, dosadno za popizdit. Baš ne znam otkud izvučete ovakve albume. Nije ni čudo da mi je average projekta 2.4 🫠 2/5, 3/10

Not something that I would come back to often but Lang obviously has a lovely voice and some of the songs really take advantage. Constant Craving is the obvious standout but not an unpleasant listen to if you give it a chance.

k.d. lang's second solo album diverged pretty strongly from the country sound she had forged with her previous output (her first solo LP Shadowland and her work with the Reclines), reaching towards a more general pop sound with the Nashville playing more of a background role. I've yet to really dive into her earlier work, but what I will say for Ingénue is that there are quite a few numbers here where a major whiff of jazz peeks through (including multiple songs with legendary mallet percussionist Gary Burton!), which I certainly appreciated. I guess I can see why her fans might have felt betrayed by this, but surely this album has enough merit on its own to merit against being seen as a sellout record, right? "The Mind of Love" might be one of the only examples I can think of where country music crosses over with bossa nova, and it goes over way better than you'd expect from that description. the singles, "Miss Chatelaine" and "Constant Craving", are tremendous as well. lang's vocal phrasing across these ten tracks is really something to behold, and the arrangements by producer Ben Mink put her in such pristine musical surroundings. decent 7/10.

kd lang has a lovely soothing voice, but everything sounds the same.

hmm no this isn't very good, idk why this is special

Cabaret music was terrible when it was fashionable: mindless paste completely without interest, fun or merit. Why, why, WHY would you attempt to resurrect it?

Nope

It's a fine album, but what stuck with me was how well-produced it was, without being tied to a specific point in time. And how sort of unexcitingly pleasant it was to listen to. But I don't remember a single song.

not for me!

Vildt smukt album! Jeg har desværre ikke haft tid til at høre det så meget som jeg gerne ville før jeg bedømte det. Vidunderlig vokal og backing tracks der lejer med dissonans. Kan også godt lide mixen og de østlige inspirationer. Vil absolut høre denne igen! Standouts: Save Me, Miss Chatelaine, Wash Me Clean, So It Shall Be

Great album. There's a few songs that aren't quite as good as the others but overall it's well put together. Great voice for easy listening

Im not saying its bad, I just don’t like it

While this album is pleasant to listen to eventually all the songs sounded the same subdued way.

1. "Miss Chatelaine" 2. "So It Shall Be" 3. "Constant Craving"

muy buen album con líricas increíbles

Far more jazz influence than I knew about. A little bossa nova thrown in too. Based on the single, the only track I knew, I expected a little more folk/country and rock influence. The overall tone hit me as yearning for that true love. I suppose that's fitting as this album came out the same time the artist did. Constant Craving

There is a lot to like here. Lang’s voice is gorgeous and she's at her peak here. The production and the arrangements are top notch. Constant Craving is a great song and a total ear worm. The rest? Meh, pretty tepid set of songs. She really deserved better material than this. Still, I enjoyed it, if nothing else for her incredible voice

Slow. Boring. Many of the songs sound the same.

Finally. A good redeeming album this week. Lang's vocals are absolutely top notch. Music is just quirky enough to be super interesting, and she does a great job of blending styles throughout this whole album. A fantastic addition.

I know it’s an important album but I’ve just never loved her stuff

Definitely she has a great voice and the music is pretty and easy to listen to. Doesn't really resonate with me though unfortunately but I can at least appreciate it.

Pretty enjoyable actually. 3.5, close to 4

All hard edges removed.

When I saw that Constant Craving, a song I knew and loved, was the last track on this album, I figured it would be a nice reward for the previous nine. What I found was that I thoroughly enjoyed the others, as well. The richness and smooth delivery of k.d. lang's voice, with a folksy, almost spiritual, approach to the songs, made for a pleasurable listen. And just like that, I'm a fan.

Alright album, just not my cup of tea

Not for me.

A very pretty album, but isn't 100% my thing. Still a very pleasant listen overall. Mid 4.

I can tell you as a kid, I wasn’t into K.D. Lang. In fact, I’m not even sure what kind of music she makes. Is it country? Is it adult contempo? I’m not sure, but in 1992, when this album came out, I was not into her at all. This was my hair metal/Metallica years. With that being said, I’m really curious to hear what she sounds like. I have only a vague memory of Constant Craving in the back of my head, which is on this album. Track 1 is Save Me and it's giving me a Hawaiian vibe. It’s the steel guitar. Our good pal, Wikipedia, said Lang was hugely influenced by singer/actor Marlene Dietrich at the time of recording this album. Oh wow, Lang can sing. I guess I knew that, but this song is very good. Save Me Save me from you But pave me A way to you That explains the song right there, I think. One of those I’m drowning in love and need to be saved, but at the same time, I’d rather drown and see if it’s heaven. I really liked that song. Fun fact, Madeline Kahn in Blazing Saddles was spoofing Dietrich, and the song she sang in the movie, I’m Tired, was a spoof of Dietrich’s Falling in Love Again. At least I think it’s Falling In Love Again. Dietrich was a hell of a dame. Hawaiian Track 2 is The Mind of Love which was the third single off the album. This song sounds very much like a song from the 70s from a singer/songwriter type. But not a folk artist, a pop artist like Carole King. This song doesn’t sound Hawaiin. It has a great string section, and to me, it adds the 70s pop vibe to it. I know it’s weird, and maybe it’s not, but this sounds like a Queens of the Stone Age song to me. There’s something about it. It’s the same chords or maybe the same singing style as Josh Homme. Another great song. Track 3 is Miss Chatelaine, and it was the second single off the album. Again, strings or violins are playing, notice I didn’t say fiddles. I kind of thought K.D. Lang was a country artist, and maybe she was on her first album, as this was her second album. She uses a lot of the instruments you’d have heard in country music in 1992, but she is more of a classical artist? I mean, that in the sense that Laufey, who you need to get into, isn’t a pop artist in the traditional sense. When I think of Lafey and K.D. Lang I think of Cole Porter or the Great American Songbook. I wouldn’t be surprised to see either performing at a black-tie event with dancing. I’m not sure what I’m talking about, but K.D. Lang, if she truly was inspired by Dietrich in the recording of this album, she is reaching back into the 1930s with some of these songs. Track 4 is Wash Me Clean and it’s beautiful. The most pronounced instrument is an acoustic guitar that is kind of played over a bed of ethereal instruments that blend so well together, you aren’t sure what they are. I hear a steel guitar, a chorus of voices, maybe some synths, or a set of strings. I hate to keep pounding it, but no one outside of Laufey makes music like this today.... though I wouldn’t know, I guess. I just watched Laufey’s performance at Coachella Sunday night, hence my effusive love. Track 5 is So It Shall Be and it’s a bigger sound, but all the songs have the same instruments, really. The arrangements are so good, you don’t notice. I really like this album. I was not prepared for this. Track 6 is Still Thrives This Love and it’s another great song. I hear a clarinet in this one, and I’m not sure I’ve clocked one in earlier songs. Lang’s voice is so good. I have no idea what she’s doing these days, but I think, if she wanted, she could do what Rod Stewart has done recently and tour the Great American Songbook. I bet that would be a great show. Track 7 is Season of Hollow Soul, and I feel like I’ve heard this song before. Not sure where, it wasn’t a single. I must also point out that, besides being a great singer, Lang wrote or co-wrote all the songs on the album, and both musically and lyrically, they are incredible. Her lyrics are like poetry. And I know all lyrics are essentially poetry, but there's a huge difference between the poetry of K.D. Lang and the poetry of Buck Cherry. We now move on to the last song, it’s Constant Craving, which was the big single off the album. It also inspired the Rolling Stones’ song, Anybody Seen My Baby. In fact, the Stones' gave both her and her producer Ben Mink writing credits for their song. whether To me, this feels like the most country song on the album. While at the same time, the musical breakdown in the middle makes me think of R.E.M. Lang sings beautifully as always. The song sounds like it’s a constant craving for sex or love, but some believe it’s deeper than that. That it’s a constant craving in a spiritual sense, whether it be from God or the “universe.” The need for reason in an ever-changing world. I was blown away by this album. Truthfully, I dreaded having to listen to it when I got it. I wasn’t sure what I was getting, but it’s a brilliant album. I recommend checking it out. Maybe the next time you want to relax, maybe get yourself three fingers of some good Kentucky bourbon and ease back in your favorite chair, pop your earbuds in, and check out Ingenue.

Fairly nice album. Beautiful voice. Makes for nice background music.

K.D. Lang’s “Ingénue” shows that singer-songwriters can create great music with simple means, as long as a few essential ingredients are in place. For example: * Catchy song ideas * Arrangements with a good mix of familiar and fresh ideas * An experienced voice with plenty of depth * Professional production The result is usually still not an album I absolutely have to have, but at least one I enjoy listening to. This is actually off-topic, but: Why doesn’t everyone do at least this much? Back to the topic: This is the minimum I expect for an album to make it onto this list—that earns it 3 stars. It gets better, for example, with a song I recognize immediately. So I’m giving a 4th star for the last song on this album, “Constant Craving.” It gets even better, for example, with a dynamic start to the album—well, you can’t always have everything.

I really do wonder what laufey thinks about this album….

Ingénue — K.D. lang favorite songs: Save Me (4:33) "is the opening track with a meditative mood and tambourine playing. The lyrics are based around a plea for salvation through love." Season of Hollow Soul (4:58) "Is a melancholic and mysterious song about finding meaning in moments of spiritual emptiness and loneliness." Summary: the album's genres are pop, cabaret, folk, jazz. there are 10 tracks in total. I really liked it, in the end I forgot that I was listening to the album for the first time, it feels like I'm not. from the Internet: The album is included in the book "1001 albums you need to hear before you die." The record brought lang worldwide fame and a Grammy Award. Lang by the way is a Canadian singer

This a weird album for me in that overall it really isn’t my jam, BUT there are a few songs that I do really like. Her voice is fine, the writing is fine, it’s just a little slow and groove-less for me.

Its fine. Good actually, but nothing amazing. 3/5.

Dreary dreary me

Loved this album when it came out and love it now. Can’t pick out a favourite song - they are all as good as each other.

Przez większość czasu dobrze się słucha, ładny ma głos. Momentami brzmi jakby śpiewała w teatrze. Akompaniament to takie przygrywki jak z paryża, a czasami z prerii, sama nie wiem czy to dobrze. W niektórych piosenkach, na końcówkach w kółko powtarzane te same słowa, które zamiast brzmieć jak przyjemna mantra to wyrywają człowieka z zasłuchania tzn. saaaaaaaaveee meee saaaave meee saaaaveeee meee; constant carving haaaaaaas always been, haaaaaas always been, haaaaaas always been…. Mogłaby wymyslec jakis inny sposób na zakończenie utworów to by było przyjemniej

That's the album with "Constant Craving", an actually good song. I don't know why it's at the end of "Ingenue"; I would've put "Constant Craving" in the middle of the album. The other nine songs on "Ingenue" are fine as well. I'm impressed by the consistent quality of the songs. However, I don't think they're worth playing on repeat. 3 stars for "Ingenue".

Not for me. Felt extremely dramatic, but maybe fabricated? I quickly turned around and listened to De Todas las Flores, which absolutely should be here, but I don't believe it is.

vibes

Got some Sade vibes

great voice mid music with the exception of constant craving

Hermoso!!

I liked this a lot, maybe more than I expected. kd has a really powerful, and unpretentious, voice. Shout out to all the gay cowgirls out there.

nice sound but songs kind of repetitive but i did enjoy

I liked it

leuk!

ja zeker een kd lang album. prachtige stem, natuurlijk, maar het is erg niksige café muziek

Nice enough background music but nothing to write home about...

Elevator music, not inspiring.

It sounds like parents' music to me. I feel like I, as a full on adult, am not mature enough to like this.

Easy listening is a plague on society. I fear this album would consider vanilla to be too spicy

When I first started the 1001 album I got this in my first couple weeks. It fit the vibe of where I was at the beach, and I gave it a 3/5. I gave it another listen now and I find it quite plain and not very interesting

I do like the song "Constant Craving". I didn't expect it to be the most upbeat song on the album. By the point halfway through when she was singing that her feelings had gone numb, I literally said out loud, "Me too, k.d., me too." It is good, at least. Any given song is probably very good, but ten of them in a row is, you know: a lot.

why do people hate this

# Album Name: Ingenue # Artist: KD Lang # Rating: 3/5 # Comments: Not bad. Nice vocals. Quite chilled and relaxed. Some would probably consider it boring though. One stand out track # Top Tunes: Constant craving # Would I listen to it again? Unsure

Not my vibe at all

What a beautiful album, oh my word. k.d. killing it on every track.

I'm sorry but I found this boring. The understated vocals are nice and it's all solidly, skillfully constructed - but the overall musical picture feels like pure adult contemporary schmaltz. Like a less exciting Sade or something. With French-Canadian accordion. 'Constant Craving' is something of a classic but for me even that is of a genre that I can't really get into.

Fine, eh

I had this on CD in the early 90's but, honestly, hadn't remembered a single song except "Constant Craving." Stellar voice, nice torch song arrangements, but too monotone at the same tempo. When she tries to speed it up, like with "Miss Chateline," it kind of falls flat. For me, it's a boring album and "Constant Craving," while a great song, was massively overplayed.

Really great voice. A few of the songs here remind me of Harvest Moon-era Neil Young, very easy to listen to. But man, a lot of what's here just bored me. All sounds fine to be but very little caught my ear

Yep very smooth lounge style

This was such a pleasant surprise, great record and loved the sound even if it is very smooth / adult contemporary it felt like it really worked well for her

As an adult contemporary album this is, it has everything that can be expected from the genre: soothing and passionate vocals, lush instrumentation, romantic topics and mid to slow tempo. Apart from maybe some very catchy and high moments, that's really it. All the songs follow the same general tone without any of them doing anything specially different, and for me it is a problem since they are a bit too slow for my taste and I don't find them to be dramatic or emotive enough to justify its slow pace. Regardless of being at bit tedious at times, I did like some aspects, specially the passion of the voice and the clear and quite ambitious instrumentation with a little touch of folk. And when I mean ambitious, I truly mean it. as there is about 30 instruments listed in the personnel section in the wikipedia article of the album. In summary, not really my thing, but still a bit enjoyable.

A really lovely album, very enjoyable.

Embracing my lesbian roots today, I see.

This is just a really excellent record by a really excellent voice.

Ingénue There are some songs and some moments when this is either very good or very pleasant, i.e. the low key and rather lovely country shuffle of Save Me, Outside Myself, or the undeniably excellent Constant Craving, or when it leans closer to country, but they are too often outweighed by the overwhelming sense of ho hum musical theatre jazziness that pervades much of the rest of it, a result of the Marlene Dietrich inspiration I suppose. Musically it’s all very skilfully and tastefully performed, but that extreme competency only adds to that lacklustre ambiance, and although she clearly has a very, very good voice I do find it a bit characterless, and I struggle to engage with it fully, again adding to the slightly bland experience and the sense that it just drifts by between the very good opening and closing songs. It’s between a 2 and 3 on relistenability - for competency and execution it’s easily 3, but I just can’t imagine listening again, so I’ll go 2. 🧒🧒 Playlist submission: Save Me