K.D. Lang - Reintarnation (Dig)
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Artist: K.D. LangEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2006-04-25
Music Label: Rhino
Product features:
- LANG K. D. REINTARNATION
- Pay Dirt
- Don't Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes
- Big Boned Gal
- Don't Be A Lemming Polka
- Curious Soul Astray
- It's Me
- Luck In My Eyes
- Diet of Strange Places
- Big Big Love
- Trail of Broken Hearts
- Nowhere to Stand
- Friday Dance Promenade
- Got the Bull By the Horns
- Angel With A Lariat
- Pine and Stew
- Hanky Panky
- Pullin' Back the Reins
- Cowgirl Pride
- Changed My Mind
- Turn Me Round
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Free Music Review: ABSOLUTE Torch & Twang!
Hit: 5 Stars
How many times did you hear Jed Clampett exclaim "What in tarnation is that?" Or for that matter, how many times did you hear that word outside a country setting? If you have, you're one step ahead of me. k.d. lang has released an album with the title Reintarnation because it features her first decade of recording which consists of her well-known groundbreaking material of country fare. This collection contains some of her best tracks as well as rare singles from 1983 through 1989. As a bonus, there's one previously unreleased song, "Changed My Mind," that she and longtime collaborator Ben Mink wrote over twenty years ago and finally completed just in time for this release. In this collection, there are rarities such as the first single lang released, titled "Friday Dance Promenade," which was sold exclusively at her concerts when she had only a cult following. Her first album, A Truly Western Experience, arrived in 1984, and from that collection we receive two splendid tracks, "Pine And Stew" and "Hanky Panky." Later tracks from the 80's include "Diet of Strange Places" as well as "Turn Me Around." In 1988, lang recorded the album, Shadowland, and lifted the superb track "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" for this set. 1989 was the year that would bring lang international attention and fame with her stunning album, Absolute Torch And Twang. The album also brought k.d. her first Grammy for Best Female Country Vocalist, and was so good that she decided to include seven of its tracks on this latest collection, including "Trail Of Broken Hearts," "Pullin' Back The Reins," and Big Big Love." The Gus Van Sant film Even Cowgirls Get The Blues hasn't been ignored - three of the soundtrack's songs made the cut; "Curious Soul Astray," Don't Be A Lemming Polka," and "Cowgirl Pride." All in all, there are twenty tracks that will easily explain to younger fans why k.d. lang mattered so much from the beginning of her career, as well as remind longtime fans of the love for this gal who "Got The Bull By The Horns" and never let go. By the way, I love the album cover homage to Elvis! Anybody else notice this discreet nod to the King?
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In 23 years as a celebrated singer and songwriter, K.D. Lang has navigated a diversity of material to consistent acclaim. Produced by Lang and her longtime collaborator Ben Mink, Reintarnation-named after a neologism defined by The Washington Post as "coming back to life as a hillbilly"- focuses on the first decade of her recording career, when she broke ground as a singular kind of country singer who channeled the genre's canon while subverting a number of its conventions. The early Lang catalogue was dubbed "cowpunk" and arguably paved the way for artists who in more recent years have appropriated country music, garnering a mix of support and the suspicion of Nashville's Music Row, and reaching a much broader audience. As befitting such a prestigious album, it is packaged in a beautiful 4-panel digipack.Some k.d. lang fans argue that the Alberta-born crooner released her best work during the first 10 years of her career. Dressed in layers of thrift store finery, with stage moves that recalled the Tasmanian Devil, lang's quirky 'cow-punk' style made an unforgettable first impression. Sassy antics aside, her appeal was cross-generational, blowing audiences away night after night with an incredible voice and commanding presence. Lang's new release Reintarnationis a best-of anthology of her independent music from this period--from her self-released single, 1983's "Friday Dance Promenade" to material from 1989's Absolute Torch and Twang--as well as a smattering of lesser-known numbers from the Even Cowgirls Get The Blues soundtrack. The 20-song collection does a great job of mixing some of lang's hoe-down favourites ("Turn Me Round," "Hanky Panky," "Big Boned Gal") with gorgeous, open-throated ballads that showcase her singing and songwriting skills (with the help of co-producer/co-writer Ben Mink). Her performances in late '80s songs like "Diet of Strange Places," "Trail of Broken Hearts" and "Pullin' Back the Reins" were a preview of the vocal deftness that later launched her into superstardom, most notably via her moving cover of Roy Orbison's "Crying" years later.
While one would hope for a handful of previously-unreleased tracks on this retrospective, alas, there's just one: a pleasant but harmless track called "Change My Mind" which was dropped 20 years ago, but later completed and recorded for this collection. The shortage of as-yet-unheard material is the only disappointment from this worthwhile collection. --Denise Sheppard
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