Sep 10 2021
View Author
4
great music for when I’m a sad dyke but want to be country about it. This album definitely dips into being cheesy and maudlin at times, but Lang’s vocal performance is so fantastic that she sells it well enough. weirdly, this album felt a lot longer than 35 minutes. 7/10
👍
Jan 11 2022
View Author
2
Imagine this being your first album. A bunch of cabaret-style country cover songs. This is hotel lobby fodder if I've ever heard it. Has no place on this list. 2/5.
👍
Sep 26 2021
View Author
4
i'd forgotten how sweet and how powerful her voice is. this was a joy to hear, even thought i don't really love the music - it was a definite throwback to a time that's pretty much lost, when country music could be lonely and soulful, and not just cheap beer and cheap flags.
👍
Dec 10 2021
View Author
5
The album is good K.D Lang has a beautiful voice I want to get into more of his music
👍
Oct 15 2021
View Author
5
Fabulous. Just fabulous.
One reason for doing this is to 'discover' prominent artists who despite attaining global prominence have somehow stayed off my radar.
I'm now a fully certified kd fan.
Thank you
👍
Mar 17 2021
View Author
4
This type of country is squarely my shit. Not every song is perfect but what a lovely listen.
👍
Sep 30 2021
View Author
1
I thought "oh, nice voice, but in the 50s music wasn't really to my taste". Then I saw it was made in 1988! What the fuck? How is it on this list? As a significant throwback karaoke album?
Nope.
👍
Apr 10 2024
View Author
5
I had never seriously listened to KD Lang before this, and I need to reconsider some life choices. This album is a warm cup of tea and a blanket. All warm, soft edges, flowing. It's intimate and comforting. You can feel the intention and the craft behind every voice accent and every instrumentation choice. This record enveloped me.
It is tightly connected to the tradition from which it flowed. There is an obvious reverence and love for these songs: as if KD Lang was inviting us to her house and introducing these songs as her friends, stopping for a bit of conversation with each one, sharing what makes them special without telling us but by showing us what they are made of, what they mean for her, where they come from and where they might be going next. This love from the material never turns into sterile imitation. In that she is supported by a flawless production, completely in the service of the songs.
She is never crushed by the excellence of the songs, but instead shows what is possible when this excellence can free you to find your own voice. In a way this makes this record a wonderful example for how constraints can lead to outstanding creativity. Nothing is superfluous here.
The result is a record that manages the rare feat of feeling lush and humble at the same time. And completely timeless. I will come back here.
👍
Aug 11 2022
View Author
5
Right on. This is why this is a fun project. Best find so far. I mean, what's not to like? Old-school country, produced perfectly. (I just read that she convinced Owen Bradley, who produced Patsy Cline, to come out retirement.) Lang has an amazing voice. Also that opening track is pure bliss. Why did it take me so long to listen to this?
👍
Jun 30 2021
View Author
4
My life has been rather stressful recently, I needed this, lovely listen.
👍
Mar 11 2021
View Author
4
I thought I knew who k.d. lang was, but I did not. Very cool, very country/western.
👍
Feb 24 2021
View Author
1
This album confirms I'm not a huge kd lang fan, which is something I always suspected.
👍
Apr 07 2024
View Author
5
Look I’m not a fan of country music, but this is AMAZING. Probably one of my top albums of all time noe
👍
Jul 18 2024
View Author
2
It’s been really hot and ridiculously humid here in the northeast the last few weeks, so it wasn’t really surprising that when I put this on during my drive home, I started feeling sleepy. Humidity is a fucking burden, constantly weighing you down.
So, I listened to about half and then put on something to get the blood pumping: “Too Hot Too Sleep” by Daniel Romano’s Outfit.
Best decision I made all day.
👍
Dec 23 2021
View Author
2
This isn't country... I've been tricked. It's jazzy lounge music reminiscent of 40s and 50s clubs. It's the very definition of easy listening, with a soulful voice and cozy sound, utilizing techniques from jazz, blues, and country. It's fine to listen to, but some songs suck, and I don't think there's anything to write outstanding about any of the tracks.
Favorites: Western Stars, I Wish I Didn't Love You So, Black Coffee, Busy Being Blue
👍
Nov 22 2024
View Author
1
I agree with a lot of the reviews. Cabaret / Christmas songs that are perfect for a hotel or restaurant. There is nothing on here that grabs you or is worth listening too. I have no idea how it made the list.
👍
Dec 11 2024
View Author
5
It’s been a while since I listened to this album, although I used to play it a lot. I enjoyed getting to know it again. kd lang’s voice is excellent and really suited to the material, essentially country jazz torch songs. I first heard her on her duet with Roy Orbison and her voice sits somewhere between his and Patsy Cline’s. Black Coffee and I’m Down To My Last Cigarette are particularly good. Really well produced and played, with a lovely pedal steel snaking through many of the tracks.
👍
Dec 06 2024
View Author
5
245 days in, I've discovered 3 albums I've never heard before that get 5 stars. This is one of them. I wish someone would have made me listen back in 1988 or even 1992 after Constant Craving hit big.
I love this album for all it is. Stylized, well produced, thought out, blend of styles, familiar and original at the same time.
👍
Dec 06 2024
View Author
5
Day335 - i guess this is mostly a covers album but what a voice she has.
👍
Nov 13 2024
View Author
5
UNIRONICALLY i fwt shit's soulful af
👍
Nov 03 2024
View Author
5
Aye now THIS is an ALBUM! I can’t stand country music or so I thought! But this was so good, her voice, the lyrics, the guitar. Whew! The last four songs are fucking incredible, shoutout to my girl K.D.!
👍
Oct 22 2024
View Author
5
This was a wonderful surprise. It was as much blues/R&B as it was country. Avery nice mix of all styles that integrated very well with each other.
She has a really nice voice. This album was a good introduction to K.D.
👍
Sep 18 2024
View Author
5
Finally an album I really like that I haven’t heard of. Lang has a beautiful voice and a good mix of songs and instrumental arrangements!
👍
Sep 13 2024
View Author
5
Relaxing asf
👍
Sep 12 2024
View Author
5
Such a beautiful voice!!!
👍
Aug 22 2024
View Author
5
Country is not really my thing but she sounds great
👍
Aug 11 2024
View Author
5
I did not want this album to end. This is pure country perfection. I don't know what happened during this 3rd listen, but let's just say I became a superfan. So much emotion and heart packed into the delivery of every line, and the perfect arrangements. My god I don't know what else to say about this album. Best 35 minutes of my life
👍
Jul 05 2024
View Author
5
I don’t k ow any merging about KD Lang, but I love this album!
👍
Jun 27 2024
View Author
5
Really interesting cowboy-esque. Woman old Willie Nelson? 8/10
👍
Jun 19 2024
View Author
5
I think my favourite we’ve listened to so far. So so good.
👍
Jun 01 2024
View Author
5
Jesus motherfucking Christ this woman has an absolutely exquisite voice. I don’t care wtf she’s singing. I don’t care that this is a million miles away from what I usually like. This voice is crazy perfect. I’m along for the ride and loving it. Recording quality, tight band, traditional arrangements - there are no flaws. She’s Peggy Lee, Roy Orbison and Patsy Cline. Timeless and effortless. I hate how much I love this.
👍
May 17 2024
View Author
5
Gorgeous voice. I don't think lang sings any of her own stuff here, but as a work of interpretation it's masterful.
Just well arranged music, with a lovely, slightly spooky production, a nice amount of variety whilst remaining cohesive...
...and did I mention lang's voice? Mightily impressive.
👍
Apr 12 2024
View Author
5
I can hear this being played on a crackly record in a saloon.
👍
Apr 06 2024
View Author
5
Sublime. 5 stars.
👍
Mar 29 2024
View Author
5
Her voice is so good!
👍
Mar 27 2024
View Author
5
If more country music singers sounded like this instead of super Southern or redneck twang BS, I'd listen more often. Loved it
👍
Mar 25 2024
View Author
5
Relaxed slow Country
👍
Mar 11 2024
View Author
5
Was exactly what I wanted to be hearing yesterday morning 9/10
👍
Mar 08 2024
View Author
5
A raucous prime rib party must be going on somewhere
👍
Mar 08 2024
View Author
5
Great album, brings back nights around the Frederick fire.
👍
Mar 08 2024
View Author
5
KD Lang's voice is so good it got Owen Bradley off the retirement couch and back in the studio with all his old pals. I love this. Some might not vibe with this, but you have to recognize that this is a pure, honest, representation of an original American art form (even if KD is from Alberta).
👍
Mar 03 2024
View Author
5
A lesbian!!! Admito que country não me pega tanto. Mesmo assim, ela não deixa a peteca cair!!! O álbum é bom do início ao fim. Algumas músicas tem um som mais estereotipado do gênero, mas os vocais e a interpretação são divinos! Outros momentos são mais jazzy e dão um balanço legal ao álbum. Gostei muito e passou voando.
👍
Feb 29 2024
View Author
5
I remember K.D. Lang being kind of a big deal in the 80s, but I was a kid & wasn't paying attention. As a fully fledged adult, I'm glad this challenge has introduced me to her music. Holy smokes, this is fantastic. I'm a fan of country music, and I love her particular style of country. It's got soul, melody, and depth. I feel nourished after listening to this. I don't normally give 5 stars to something so brand new to my ears, but this is excellent.
👍
Jan 31 2024
View Author
5
Loveeee it
👍
Jan 28 2024
View Author
5
What a great album! A tribute to some amazing songwriting, coupled with k.d. lang’s gorgeous vocals. You totally hear the influence of Patsy Cline.
👍
Jan 25 2024
View Author
5
I hear some country and western, but the style is more lounge. I felt like I entered a small bar in the 1950s ...
I think the slide guitar is what makes the sound so C & W.
K. D. is a great singer.
A treat to hear the full album.
👍
Jan 11 2024
View Author
5
Am I really going to rate a country album I’ve never heard of a five stars? Yes I am. Country has many sub genres, and although I don’t know what to call this one, I love it. Lang’s voice is just phenomenal.
👍
Dec 20 2023
View Author
5
Interesting, great orchestration, surprisingly delightful. Genre bending excellence.
👍
Dec 08 2023
View Author
5
100% great!
👍
Dec 04 2023
View Author
5
RIYL Patsy Cline etc. which I do
👍
Nov 15 2023
View Author
5
Great 👍
👍
Nov 03 2023
View Author
5
Wish I had found this album sooner
👍
Oct 30 2023
View Author
5
Makee laulaja
👍
Oct 27 2023
View Author
5
Turns out I love k.d. lang.
👍
Oct 05 2023
View Author
5
Listened to this in the car and fell asleep. Pretty chill
👍
Sep 10 2023
View Author
5
Yay! Gorgeous voice, marvelous songs, I sure needed this today.
"Black Coffee" has been a favorite from back in the day, and "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley" is a goddamn world treasure with Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn, and Brenda Lee!
More amazing women like all of these, please!
👍
Sep 10 2023
View Author
5
This is a k.d. lang album with which I was not familiar. It was quite twangy, but I have no complaint, especially as the music is backing such a beautiful voice.
👍
Sep 10 2023
View Author
5
This is exquisite.
I have no notes.
👍
Sep 10 2023
View Author
5
I’ve heard this album before but it has been a long time. Good lord this is a great album! k.d. lang’s voice is perfection! Back when this came out I was in love with “Black Coffee.” It’s perfect - impressive that it can still stand out on an album filled with stand outs! How k.d. lang slipped out of the rotation I don’t know, but I’m glad to have her back!
THAT VOICE! Gliding effortlessly around these melodies so smoothly. Truly the pinnacle of torch-song country!
👍
Aug 11 2023
View Author
5
upon re-listen i love it!
👍
Jul 07 2023
View Author
5
Well dang, did not expect that sound to go with that album cover. How have I never heard of her, she's got a phenomenal voice! most angelic yeehaw music I've ever heard.
👍
May 01 2023
View Author
5
28th April 2023
Was in Albania for Barnett's stag so listened on the Tuesday in the new kitchen with Jen having been at Denise's for drinks.
Gorgeous stuff, absolutely loved it. As did Jen.
👍
Apr 19 2023
View Author
5
Great album, great voice, great songs. Reminds me of marfa
👍
Mar 29 2023
View Author
5
I really liked the voice she has, it's so beautiful. Waltz Me (Once Again Around the Dance Floor was amazing, I mean all the songs were but that I especially liked that one.
👍
Mar 27 2023
View Author
5
cool
👍
Dec 26 2022
View Author
5
Growing up in Canada, I always heard k.d. lang's name but I never listened to her solo. I've listened to her on the amazing case/lang/veirs album so I knew her voice. I loved it. Definitely regret not listening to her earlier in my life. She has such a great voice for country and it hits me in the right spot.
👍
Dec 02 2022
View Author
5
очень приятный альбомчик, so sexy местами
👍
Oct 12 2022
View Author
5
I wish all music sounded like this
👍
Sep 29 2022
View Author
5
Lovely country tones with a genuine voice
👍
Sep 22 2022
View Author
5
just absolutely great ear sex🥰
👍
Sep 15 2022
View Author
5
So rich with emotion, and she has such a raw, talented voice. This album has become a favorite.
👍
Aug 25 2022
View Author
5
Being pretty young throughout the 90s, and growing up in a rather conservative area, the only context I *ever* had for k.d. land was "DiD yOu KnOw ShE's A lEsBiAn?!?!?"
I'm sad to say that that was still basically all I still knew about her before listening to this. Imagine my surprise (and delight!) to learn that she is essentially a slightly more baritone, updated version of Patsy Cline!
I adored this album. Catchy tunes interspersed with wistful ballads. This is my favorite kind of country music.
I'm somewhere between a 4 and a 5 on this, but writing out my feelings has (temporarily, at least) boosted me to a 5.
👍
Jun 29 2022
View Author
5
Hmmmm, 5?
I fucking love this
👍
May 13 2022
View Author
5
Loved it. Great country.
👍
Apr 24 2022
View Author
5
Я удивлён. Думал, что это будет кантри, но если кантри и есть, то крайне в крайне необычном виде. Джаз и блюз великолепен. Голос исполнительницы шикарен. Красивый. Даже буду переслушивать.
👍
Jan 19 2022
View Author
5
Love this, wasn't expecting it to have such a country vibe.
👍
Jul 16 2021
View Author
5
Loved it!
👍
Mar 11 2021
View Author
5
Awesome
👍
May 23 2021
View Author
5
It’s excellent. Deserved of many many repeat listens.
👍
Dec 11 2024
View Author
4
You knoe country by the instruments used and playing style but this is more than that.
I can hear blues, jazz and rock influences that keep the interest and variety up.
Along with a great voice this makes this an excellent album that I thoroughly enjoyed. I will listen to more of her.
👍
Dec 04 2024
View Author
4
I like the bluesy sound.
👍
Nov 07 2024
View Author
4
Lesbian country lorddd 😩 😩 Jokes aside she has such a beautiful voice and its like Spanish influence and everything is so smooth, straight fire.
Fav Songs: Western Stars, I Wish I Didn't Love You So, Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them
👍
Oct 31 2024
View Author
4
k d Lang's voice is so beautiful, lighting up this collection of country songs. Nothing to dislike here
👍
Oct 10 2024
View Author
4
Very pleasant, and TDCWCT is one of my all time faves. Thanks kd!
👍
Oct 08 2024
View Author
4
"Shadowland" is the debut solo album by Canadian pop and country singer-singwriter k.d. Lang. Lang brought in Owen Bradley to produce as he had produced Patsy Cline. The album is essentially Lang's reinterpretation of and homage to country songs of the 50's and 60's. Commercially, the album hit #73 on US Billboard Top 200 and #9 on the US Country Charts.
The album actually starts with the relatively modern song in Chris Isaak's "Western Stars." Acoustic and steel pedal guitars. A lovely voice, yes, Patsy Cline comes to mind. Her heart is bound to break tonight. The band goes more electric in Roger Miller's "Lock, Stock and Teardrop" with electric guitar and more steel pedal. Bass, piano and background doo-wop singers. She throws a fun song in with "(Waltz Me) Once Again Around the Dance Floor." A violin solo. Prominent bass. Piano driven. And, of course, a waltz.
A mexican-sounding guitar starts "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes." A country beat. An orchestral background highlights "Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them." Langs' voice just magical. Great background vocals. Lang collaborates with Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn and Brenda Lee in the closing song "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley." A country guitar and beat. All women singing together and then get their solo turns. The girls ramble though medleys of three songs in three minutes. This had to be the high point of the recording for Lang.
Lang shows a tremendous range with her voice - gentle, soaring, emotional and sultry. Great varied musical production. This album sounds both modern and retro. There's really not a bad interpretation of any song. A great debut album giving every indication of the superstar to come. High recommendation.
👍
Oct 04 2024
View Author
4
The old-timey C&W swing might not be your thing, but her voice is always sublime. Why did she make this record in 1988? Because that's what she knew and loved out on the prairie in the middle of nowhere.
👍
Sep 28 2024
View Author
4
k.d. lang does straight country music? I had no idea that's where she got her start. I think of her as the Constant Craving singer, more folk pop. She has a real Patsy Cline vibe. Which makes sense because I just now learned it was produced by the same guy who produced Cline's best known works. This is a revelation. k.d lang is awesome! I love this album and I would never have expected that. This has a Dwight Yoakam kind of feeling. She should have stuck with this, I'd rather listen to this album than almost any other \"country\" music produced since 1988.
👍
Sep 24 2024
View Author
4
Incredible voice, well crafted country, just not my thing.
👍
Sep 09 2024
View Author
4
Chill background countryfied music, good voice. I had another album by her like 2 weeks ago so that's a weird coincidence?
👍
Sep 05 2024
View Author
4
I don’t like country. I don’t typically like singer-songwriters. I like this album though, it’s so lovely. I’ve heard the criticism that it’s just a bunch of covers performed cabaret style and.. that’s pretty reductive and a misunderstanding of the type of person k.d. lang is. She’s exactly the type of person to want to perform covers in a smoky nightclub.
lang’s voice is soulful and emotional with an incredible tone and range. The musical performances are all clean and professional, and the guest singers add a real lively touch.
The first time I saw k.d. lang was on Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special in 1988 and she’s always been a Canadian icon as far as I can recall. That bias aside, she deserves every bit of love and respect for her contributions to music, art, and her support of gay, animal, and human rights.
👍
Aug 15 2024
View Author
4
Great late-night country atmosphere
👍
Aug 12 2024
View Author
4
p598. 1988. 4 stars.
Strangely alluring country/jazz hybrid, matched with a fabulous voice. Terrific production, and it rarely strays into yee-haw. Perfect late evening music.
👍
Aug 11 2024
View Author
4
3.5☆/5
08.10.2024
👍
Aug 11 2024
View Author
4
Phenomenal. Her voice made me like this style of music. 4.5, loved it.
👍
Aug 11 2024
View Author
4
i am unsure who i was mixing up KD Lang with, but this was a pleasant surprise for a first thing in the morning listen. I've been developing a soft spot for older & femme-fronted country recently. songs didnt feel particularly distinct but i liked the vibe. 3.5
👍
Aug 02 2024
View Author
4
Enjoyed it a lot
👍
Jul 31 2024
View Author
4
8/10. Amazing voice. Good mix of music. Loved the country western vibe songs. Some of the “jazzy” ones with the sax were also good. But there were some boring ones in the mix as well.
👍
Jul 25 2024
View Author
4
First time listening to K.D. Great voice, fine album of country swing songs
👍
Jul 20 2024
View Author
4
Fun and easy and oh so inviting.
👍
Jul 18 2024
View Author
4
This kind of music is hit or miss for me, and I have to be in a specific mood to voluntarily put it on. But the vocals are absolutely insane. Ethereal and dreamy.
👍