Shadowland

Spectacular. Now I need to know if she has a Christmas album.

3 okay songs…. I dont think i like her voice

Too country-y for me

Not unpleasant lounge/country. She has a nice voice but there’s nothing really special about the music.

Absolute bollocks

Fun take on country, but also has a samey quality to many of the songs. Very much an "alright already, I get it" album.

Listened before? No Familiar with the artist? Yes Thoughts: - I know of a couple of K.D. Lang's songs, but haven't listened to an album before, so I didn't expect this would be country! - I love her voice and delivery, but the songs themselves feel like pretty generic "classic country." That's still better than current country, but not really something I'll listen to much.

Country album with some jazz sprinkled in. I really enjoyed a lot of the tracks and she has a fantastic voice, but it's a bit disappointing to get another album of cover songs.

Good voice, but boring album Standout songs: Black Coffee Busy Being Blue

I mean it’s aight

This is pleasant sophisto pop.

Didn’t expect this to be a sort of traditional pop-country standards album where a cool lesbian croons beautifully at you for 35 minutes, but here we are, the wonders of music never cease. It’s lacking some sort of energy or flair to really endear me, but for what it is, it’s pretty well done.

It is OK. If you like slow average country music sung by a great singer then this is for you. However that is not for me 4.5/10 Top song... I wish I didn't love you so

Definitely an okay 2.5 of an album. Going on my old time country & western vibes playlist though.

aburrido

Better than I expected. Solid jazzy country album. Low 4 but still a 4

Overall pretty inoffensive country with a good vocalist. Nothing huge to write home about but was a pleasant enough drive with it on.

Been on a real Music for Adults stretch lately. Reading the reviews, I sincerely wonder how many women are going through this project -- because dudes, if you can't appreciate kd lang absolutely crushing the Patsy Cline vibe, I pray for the state of your immortal souls.

Très belle voix.

"C'est fabuleux, elle a fait sortir Owen Bradley de sa retraite pour produire l'album." Oui et ça sonne comme quelqu'un qui chante ben, dans un bar karaoke. Joyeusement insignifiant.

Another swing, another miss.

First listen Saved 4/12

I don't particularly like country. But there are exceptions and k.d. lang is one of them. Plus, who doesn't like a little lap steel guitar? Okay, maybe I'm alone on that... 4 "great country song" stars.

Sorry KD. Linda Ronstadt was able to pull something similar off. Unfortunately this did not work for me. Not your voice, just the genre and song choices.

Skulle absolut kunna vara något speciellt live vid rätt tillfälle, men såhär var det väldigt ointressant.

Det svänger ju!

I was introduced to k.d. lang via a Sire records sampler CD. It has a broad range of artists on it. Her song Black Coffee was on it. It certainly had me intrigued. Not enough to buy her CD, but I appreciated her sound. She has a ovely voice but there are only so many torch songs you can listen to at once.

Albumi kaanepilt näeb välja, nagu ma hakkaks jälle kuulama mingit halba 80-ndate The Smiths britpopi imitatsiooni. Aga tegelikult oli siin naislaulja, kes tegi plaaditäis kantrit ja siis viimase loona libeda James Bondiliku estraadilaulu... põnev tükk. Kantrilauludest kahjuks midagi väga meelde ei jäänud. Aga ta oli meeldiv kuulamine küll. 3/5

A sound much older than 1988 I thought, really great voice. It was applied to some songs with varying amounts of country in them, and I'd say the songs had a lot of character but weren't really my thing. Still, an improvement on what I said about k. d.'s last album. So very impressive, rightly deserves it's plaudits and id enjoy a couple of songs if they came on by chance but I won't seek this out.

Sorry K D, not for me, although I feel like I recognise the name.... Just checked and this is our second album of hers, had completely forgotten the first. Suspect this one will be going the same way too... 1.5

Country jazz even with some latino influence, it's pretty cool

Reminds me a of female Chris Isaak.

I've heard of K.D. Lang but never listened to anything shes done. This was really not what I expected, but I can't articulate why.

Just put a real classic country album here, not this poor, overproduced facsimile

What a fine album! She has such an emotive voice. The current country music out of Nashville has, generally, lost its way in my opinion. This is like the great Frank Sinatra/Nelson Riddle albums of the 1950's except for country. Just a beautiful album!

Uninspiring

Very schmaltzy to my ears

In the late 90s this is what middle class, white, middle aged people thought was classy, refined, cool, understated. Like a saxophone during a sex scene in an action movie. Like watching an episode of Frasier on a tan leather couch. Like a single white spotlight on a cabaret singer wearing a fedora and one of those suits the end in a bikini bottom. 1s are rare for me, but this is so ick.

lang’s voice is lovely, but other than that, didn’t do much for me. Surprised at how “traditional” country this is, when I think on later albums, lang experiments a bit more with structure and style. Dated production, no real stand out tracks.

Almost sounds like this is from the 50s, definitely doesn't sound like it's from the 80s. Not my typical type of music, but she definitely has an amazing voice.

I’ve got a friend who toured with KD Lang for a while and that’s as close to doxing myself as I’ll get on the list. I have a soft spot for her from them. Even if I’m not vibing, her vocals really carry everything else.

1. "Sugar Moon" 2. "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" 3. "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes"

An absolute talent, but I don't think the songs here do much for me, save maybe Busy Being Blue.

Beautiful voice, tasteful country ballads. Not something I'd listen to often, but I have to respect it. Faves: Sugar Moon, I Wish I Didn't Love You So, I'm Down to My Last Cigarette

Great voice. The country arrangements are less my thing but it's nice.

I get what was trying to be done, I liked a couple tracks. But I found Lang to be, not flat, but unenthusiastic. She’s talented but it didn’t quite pop for me

It’s no ingenue, but still enjoyable

This shit is buns!

very old timey country no surprise she came up in a patsy cline tribute band also no surprise she became such a big deal also reminded of all the news nonsense and backlash she almost certainly didn't deserve

a nota dele nesse site é baixa, mas o álbum é muito vibes, a voz da k.d.lang é lindíssima e achei, inclusive, melhor que o álbum anterior do U2

Ugh. Terrible

I struggled to get through this album and then I saw it’s only 36 minutes long! I really don’t like country, and this is very traditional country complete with titles like “Tears Don’t Care Who Cries Them” and “I’m Down to My Last Cigarette.” I would usually give an album that I almost didn’t get through 1 star but her voice is actually quite good. The music is just boring

Snoozer. Seemed much longer than the 36 minute run time. L = (1.0*s) Cheesy country western musical soundtrack. Pfffttt! She does have a good voice, but that was thumbs down. J = (1.2*s) This one puzzles me as to why it’s on The 1001 Must Hear List. It’s dated, twangy country covers, she didn’t write a single one of these songs. What am I missing? Please explain.

Shadowland is a medley of music. We got a country gal singing swing and mixing in some flamenco. It's actually not half bad. I was not expecting what I heard and k.d. sounds pretty good. Is the album one I will play again? No but I can see why it made the list. Not gonna speculate but pretty sure lang likes the ladies so this probably shook up the south in the late 80s. 2.02 western stars in your eyes.

Shadowland starts as a pretty light flowery take on the country folk genre. I like it a little more than some of the traditional classic country with its use of strings and additional backup instruments to give it a little more depths. It's a little more jaunty and approachable at the top but overall features some similar tropes. Later in the album parts of it felt linked to some personal romance rather than odes to overall life in the south and had the flair of a late night lounge act. k.d. lang has a pretty smooth voice which puts its weight above the country honkytonk twang we've seen otherwise. Not bad but also not something I will listen to again. Throw it near the top of the pile of other country folk stuff and move on. 1.95 stars

5/10 – Mediocre

she's hella cool

So young, so new, and yet the music sounds just like the usual country crap. I'm not listening to that again. 2/5

It was fairly standard country. I would've thought it was a little older, which I guess is a good thing based on my opinions of country from this list.

I was more familiar with here 90s material. I am preferring this country blues feel with a bit of trad jazz vocal crooning more. High 3 and if I was more into country I'm sure I'd lift it to 4.

Its fine, not my cup of tea.

Owen Bradley produced Patsy Cline's definitive recordings in the late 50s and early 60s, and the decision to pair him with k.d. lang in 1988 was either an act of considerable confidence or considerable audacity depending on how you look at it. The result justifies both — a classic country record that sounds nothing like 1988, no synthesizers or pop crossover concessions, just lang's extraordinary voice over lush orchestral arrangements that could have been made in 1961 and would have been just as good. Lang's mezzo-soprano is the central fact throughout — a range and emotional expressiveness that Nashville wasn't quite sure what to do with, for reasons that had everything and nothing to do with the music simultaneously. What's undeniable is that she could sing anything and make it sound written specifically for her, which is the definition of a voice operating at the highest level. The honest ceiling is that extraordinary and transcendent are different things, and the record stays in the first category throughout without quite reaching the second. Patsy Cline herself had that additional quality that makes you reach for the record by necessity rather than choice — lang's tribute is impeccable without being irreplaceable on its own terms. A strong four for a voice that deserves every bit of the attention and a production that serves it completely.

Smooth, smokey, soulful and a little bit boring

okay

ruim! meu deus

mostra que LGBTs também podem ocupar o country meia boca!!! o que não significa que vai transformar o gênero em algo bom. eh bem xoxo esse hein

Great album. I must admit all of K D Langs output gets overlooked a bit by me other than Ingénue because that is a 11 out of 10 beautiful classic. Whenever I hear other stuff it is still great musically and vocally but it’s just not Ingénue. On the right day you just can’t beat a good torch song

Standouts Black Coffee

I don't think this is exactly my vibe but I'm glad it exists.

Tämän haasteen alkutaipaleella kuuntelin K.D. Langilta Ingenue-nimisen levyn, joka oli ihan hyvä. Shadowland kuitenkin on aivan umpitylsää hissimusaa.

Great voice. Great album

Someone online described this as a long 35 minutes, and I can't help but agree. Some brilliant singing here and lovely tunes, but it's hard to get into.

Pretty

Okay. Fine.

Good music for a restaurant and for vocal studio students' recitals (the voice really is beautiful).

While I don't understand why K.d Lang needed two entries on this list, I did quite enjoy her other entry earlier on. This one, on the other hand, felt like it lacked any sort of unique personality. It has an old-school vocal jazz feel that was pleasant, but something about it felt plain and uninspired, even though the execution itself was fine. Obviously, K.d Lang is an incredible vocalist, and I liked a few songs here, especially 'I Wish I Didn't Love You So' with its gorgeous strings and backing harmonies, and the more upbeat vocal gymnastics of 'Once Again Around the Dance Floor'. But the album isn't doing enough interesting or unique things for me to really care beyond surface-level enjoyment. Again, her follow-up was much better.

Sounds kinda generic and boring to me. Didn't enjoy the instrumentation but vocal was fine. Not my cup of tea but not unlistenable like glam rock. Boring

Music wasn't due me but I have nothing negative to say about it

A cover album that's mostly a collection of sleepy country music with some jazz covers thrown in, languorously crooned by lang. She sounds fine, and the production is nice, so I didn't hate the time spent listening to it, but there was nothing particularly exciting about it either.

She has a great voice and I generally love country music, however this album just didn’t do much for me. Didn’t love it, didn’t hate it.

POV: it’s 2004, you’re in one of those Starbucks’ that’s inside a Barnes & Noble, and a 31yo woman with a crew cut is running that place like the navy.

Yet again, I dig country music. k.d. lang has a really nice voice and songwriting is very well done, very charming. The melodies and production backing her is very nice and easy on the ears. This is a solid record.

not my cup of tea.

Boring but calming. I liked 2 or 3 songs. It was nice. Gave a early Christmas vibes to yk

2.5/5

I saw this on the list, and thought "oh no, it's k.d. lang..." - then i put it on and about 20 seconds in went "oh no, it's COUNTRY". It did not have the best start, and also not the best middle or end either. This is clearly just a genre i can't vibe with, so sorry but it's got to be at the bottom for me.

Lang is an icon. This album is so good I had to listen to it five times yesterday.

This album was honky tonk country, heavy on the honky. Not my vibe musically. Glad she’s out there doing her thing though.

If I were rewriting this list, the ones which are all covers would be among the first to go. Not awful but also not necessary

good. great voice

KD Lang’s voice + pedal steel = sex. Is it weird for a “straight” guy to say that?

Very solid. As a kid growing up in the late-80's and 90's, I knew Lang most for two things, "Constant Craving" and the Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special. Here, the Patsy Cline worship is front and center, and it is great. Lang has an incredible voice, and the songwriting is thoughtful.

I certainly prefer the jazzier numbers to the country ones, but it all comes off sounding like cover songs being competently performed at an open-mic night. VERY obviously inspired by Patsy Cline. In fact, it's so close it sounds more like unimaginative imitation. In no way do I consider this essential listening.

Good, but not great - kd not yet on the majestic form of her later records. She sounds rather contained on this, not yet spreading her wings to soar

She is an excellent singer but these are all old songs and she intentionally did nothing new with them. That makes this the most inessential album I have yet heard on the list. It is quality karaoke

expected not to mess with this, but then i was transported to a smokey jazz club/burlesque show that i really jelled with. Busy Being Blue was my fav

either i felt like I was on an island, or i was in a classy speakeasy and the singer was slow walking thru the seats. great voice

put me to sleep twice

It's all the same song, but sometimes it's more country, sometimes it's more traditional pop. I was burnt out on the country by the time we got to the Medley at the end.

I felt this got stronger as it went on. Some songs didn't stick with me, others had that mopey country twang I quite enjoy. Overall this is in the 2.5/3 star range - I much preferred Ingenue! - but gosh dang it do I love k.d. lang's voice.