Recollection

• LANG K.D.
• R&P INTERNATIONAL
• INTERNATIONAL
• MUSIC

This two-disc retrospective--which includes favorites like "Constant Craving" and "Smoke Rings", as well as ten tracks that never appeared on K.D. Lang albums; and interpretations of classic songs like Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and The Hollies "The Air That I Breathe"--illustrates how Lang got to this significant point in her career, 25 years after the independent release of her debut, A Truly Western Experience. As Lang moved from the subversively whimsical cow-punk sound of her early career in Western Canada to a broader pop palette, she has shown an ever-increasing sophistication, both as songwriter and interpreter. Dramatic, country-meets-lounge opener "Trail of Broken Hearts," from her 1989 Grammy Award-winning Absolute Torch and Twang album, encapsulates where she came from and where she was heading. The luxurious adult pop of "Constant Craving," from the platinum-selling 1992 Ingenue, garnered her a Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female Grammy and remains her best known and most successful single. The effervescent "Miss Chatelaine," also from Ingenue, remains a concert favorite and "I Dream of Spring," is a particularly lush example of what she so artfully created for the acclaimed Watershed.