ARTiST: k. d. Lang
ALBUM: Watershed
BiTRATE: 173kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: Nonesuch
GENRE: Rock
SiZE: 51.09 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 38min 51sec total
RiP DATE: 2008-01-27
STORE DATE: 2008-01-28
Track List:
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01. I Dream Of Spring 4:00
02. Je Fais La Planche 2:51
03. Coming Home 3:26
04. Once In A While 3:27
05. Thread 3:38
06. Close Your Eyes 4:26
07. Sunday 4:17
08. Flame Of The Uninspired 3:30
09. Upstream 3:37
10. Shadow And The Frame 3:07
11. Jealous Dog 2:32
Release Notes:
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ItÆs a quirk of the music industry that one of the sexiest, most sensual voices
in all of pop music comes not from some raven-tressed siren in a glitter-dress
but a middle-aged woman with a utility haircut and a penchant for male
tailoring.
Fifteen years have passed since IngΘnue launched Kathryn Dawn Lang as an
international star and CanadaÆs leading lady of lesbianism. Her clear, pure
tones, unadorned with vibrato, melodrama and other Mariah Carey-isms have
floated through country, pop and swoonsome balladry. However, recent studio
albums have collated tasteful cover versions and lang talked of writerÆs block.
All that ends with Watershed, a seductive restatement of her talents. As the
title implies, this first self-penned set for eight years is all about lang, 46,
taking stock. ôMy very nature is to criticise, to cut myself down to size,ö she
sings in Flame of the Uninspired. ôDoes the taste for truth disappear with
youth?ö she wonders on the similarly introspective Shadow and the Frame, while
Je fais la planche touches on her newfound interest in Buddhism as she muses on
what reality means.
But this is not mid-life crisis territory. The overall mood reflects a hard-won
contentment. Career-wise, Lang says that she has resolved to mature into a grand
old trouper like Ella Fitzgerald or Peggy Lee.
Domestically, after several doomed affairs, the singer is living happily with
the woman she calls ôthe wifeö. I Dream of Spring is about the sudden thrill of
love, and Coming Home tells of discovering a soulmate and finding your own true
nature.
Lang weaves her tales over pared-down arrangements û acoustic guitars, muted
keyboards and discreet percussion augmented now and then by silky strings. This
is her first self-produced album, with some tracks recorded at home, often in
one take. There is nothing slipshod about the results, simply the sound of a
woman who knows what she wants to convey. Stylistically, every era of LangÆs
career û from cowpoke to torch singer û informs Watershed, a set that marks the
return of a singular talent to the top of her game.