Drag (k.d. lang album)

Drag
Studio album by k.d. lang
Released June 10, 1997 (1997-06-10)
Length 52:26
Label Warner Bros.
Producer k.d. lang
Craig Street
k.d. lang chronology
All You Can Eat
(1995)
Drag
(1997)
Invincible Summer
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
The New York Times(Positive)[5]
Rolling Stone[6]

Drag is a cover album by k.d. lang, released in 1997; most of its songs feature a smoking motif, although some address broader issues of dependence and/or addiction.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Don't Smoke in Bed"  Willard Robison 3:22
2. "The Air That I Breathe"  Albert Hammond, Mike Hazelwood 5:58
3. "Smoke Dreams"  John Klenner, Lloyd Shaffer, Ted Steele 3:49
4. "My Last Cigarette"  Gary Clark, Boo Hewerdine, Neill MacColl 4:09
5. "The Joker"  Eddie Curtis, Ahmet Ertegün, Steve Miller 4:44
6. "Theme from the Valley of the Dolls"  Dory Langdon, André Previn 3:02
7. "Your Smoke Screen"  David Barbe 2:29
8. "My Old Addiction"  David Wilcox 6:39
9. "Till the Heart Caves In"  T-Bone Burnett, Bob Neuwirth, Roy Orbison 3:30
10. "Smoke Rings"  Gene Gifford, Ned Washington 3:36
11. "Hain't It Funny"  Jane Siberry 6:23
12. "Love Is Like a Cigarette"  Jerome Jerome, Walter Kent, Richard Byron 4:45

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (1997) Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[7] 4
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[8] 39
New Zealand Albums Chart [9] 16
UK Albums Chart [10] 19
United States Billboard 200[11] 29

Year-end charts

Chart (1997) Position
Australian Albums Chart[12] 46

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[13] Platinum 70,000^
United States (RIAA)[14] Gold 500,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Talk to Her

Lang's cover of "Hain't It Funny" was part of the soundtrack for the 2002 film Talk to Her,[15]

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Drag (k.d. lang album) at AllMusic
  2. Kot, Greg (1997-06-13). "K.D. Lang Drag (Warner)". articles.chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
  3. Browne, David (1997-07-13). "Drag Review". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  4. Hilburn, Robert (1997-07-10). "ALBUM REVIEW / POP: Lang's 'Drag' Could Become Addictive". articles.latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  5. Holden, Stephen (1997-07-08). "A Torch-Song Anthology About Dangerous Pleasures". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  6. Vincentelli, Elisabeth (1997-06-11). "K.D. Lang: Drag: Music Reviews". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
  7. "australian-charts.com k.d. lang - Drag". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  8. "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 65, No. 16" (PHP). RPM. June 23, 1997. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  9. "charts.org.nz - k.d. lang - Drag". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  10. "k.d. lang > Artists > Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  11. Allmusic - Drag > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
  12. ARIA Charts "End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 1997" Check |url= value (help). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  13. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  14. "American album certifications – K.D. Lang – Drag". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  15. "Talk to Her (2002) Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
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