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Music CD - k.d. lang: Shadowland
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Music CD: Shadowland
Artist: k.d. lang
List Price: $11.98
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Manufacturer: Sire / London/Rhino
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Tracks:
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1. Western Stars
2. Lock, Stock And Teardrops
3. Sugar Moon
4. I Wish I Didn't Love You So
5. (Waltz Me) Once Again Around The Dance Floor
6. Black Coffee
7. Shadowland
8. Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
9. Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them
10. I'm Down To My Last Cigarette
11. Busy Being Blue
12. Honky Tonk Angels' Medley: In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)/You Nearly Lose Your Mind...
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075992572422
Label: Sire / London/Rhino
Manufacturer: Sire / London/Rhino
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sire / London/Rhino
Release Date: 1990-10-25
Studio: Sire / London/Rhino
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: She can sing!!
Comment: I like very much the voice of KD LANG so I like this CD. Best song: Lock, Stock And Teardrops!!! It is awesome!!
If you like country music you will enjoy it. Even when I like the whole CD maybe some songs can be weird for other people. No matter what I just love it. She have a great great voice!!!
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Summary: THE VOICE...THE VOICE
Comment: i don't remember the exact date i heard this record..i just know it was a CASSETTE TAPE ..and i still own it..i had heard of KDLang through tapes from Canada but nothing prepared me for SHADOWLAND....nevermind that she's gay....nevermind anything ...seriously...listen to this VOICE...and don;t wonder why Owen Bradley wanted to produce this /these sessions...god bless them all..and i'm going to pull that old tape out of its nest and play her all night...it's the Voice..folks..she has a gift...
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Summary: We're Justifiably Proud of k.d. Here In Her Native Canada
Comment: What a magnificent voice. One which alternates between taking a pure Country song to new heights, delivering pop like no other [who can forget her duets with Tony Bennett and Roy Orbison], and even taking charge of hard-core Soul and R&B. You simply cannot pigeon-hole k.d. lang.
The other reviewers have more than adequately covered the selections presented in this album, produced by the legendary Own Bradley who passed away ten years after its release at age 82. But I would just like to add that the last track, featuring k.d., Loretta Lynn, Kitty Wells, and Brenda Lee as The Honky Tonk Angels, pulls together in one of the most memorable performances three classic songs from the past.
The opening bars present In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down) which was a 1949 R&B hit for both Jimmy Witherspoon and The Charles Brown Trio. From there they break into the Ernest Tubb 1948 classic, You Nearly Lose Your Mind, and then smoothly transfer to Blues Stay Away From Me, first done by Eddie Crosby in 1949, and then a year later by The Delmore Brothers and, for my money anyway, the best version of them all by The Owen Bradley Quintet with vocals by Jack Shook and Dottie Dillard.
In the insert you get a full page written by Mr. Bradley, a number of photographs, including one with him and the Hockey Tonk Angels, and a track-by-track listing of the musicians involved on each cut.
An album that will one day rival Carole King's Tapestry in the legends of recorded music.
Customer Rating:
Summary: One of k.d.'s best!
Comment: I am a huge k.d. lang fan, and I consider Shadowland a real masterpiece of music. I love it when it first came out, and I love it still. If you're a fan and you don't have Shadowland in your collection, you're missing out!
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Summary: k. d. Lang at her best
Comment: This is my "go to" album when the mood requires gentle music with a bit of "twang". k. d. is in great voice in this early recording. That was when you could hear the star quality just resonating through every word. While I think highly of all of her early country recordings, I maintain that this is the best (some would argue for Absolute torch and Twang). Her later efforts become a bit too relevant and forlorn for me. It's difficult to single out any one song as the best...it really depends on what mood you're in. Certainly Shadowland stands out and I love the medley with the "old timers' at the end. Interestingly, I'm not a country music fan. Just a fan of great singing. K.d. is one of the best. I highly recommend this recording
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Editorial Reviews:
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Pulling out all the Nashville stops, k.d. lang's 1988 album is a meticulously crafted work, her bid for mainstream country acceptance, and an homage to her idol Patsy Cline. Surrounded by the brilliance of Owen Bradley's string-laced production and a host of legendary pickers (Buddy Emmons and Pete Wade) and singers (Kitty Wells, Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn), lang's voice soars and moans like a dove. After the lush Chris Isaak-penned opener "Western Stars," lang follows with more-familiar country writers, from Roger Miller ("Lock, Stock and Teardrops") to Harlan Howard ("I'm Down to My Last Cigarette"). Both a commercial (the album went gold) and artistic success, Shadowland ranks as one of the best country records of the 1980s. --Roy Francis Kasten
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