Invincible Summer

Invincible Summer
Studio album by k.d. lang
Released	June 20, 2000
Length	42:08
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	David Kahne, Damian LeGassick
k.d. lang chronology
Drag (1997) Invincible Summer (2000) Live by Request (2001)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(61/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	(unfavorable)[3]
Billboard	(favorable)[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B-[5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
Mojo	[1]
Q	[1]
Robert Christgau	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Wall of Sound	(41/100)[9]

Invincible Summer is the ninth solo album by k.d. lang, released by Warner Bros. Records in 2000.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Consequences of Falling"	Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo, Rick Nowels, Billy Steinberg	3:52
2.	"Summerfling"	k.d. lang, David Piltch	4:15
3.	"Suddenly"	Lang, Piltch	3:32
4.	"It's Happening With You"	Lang, Piltch	2:48
5.	"Extraordinary Thing"	Abe Laboriel, Jr., Abraham Laboriel, Lang	3:35
6.	"Love's Great Ocean"	Lang, Ben Mink	5:40
7.	"Simple"	Lang, Piltch	2:44
8.	"What Better Said"	Laboriel, Laboriel, Lang	3:47
9.	"When We Collide"	Laboriel, Laboriel, Lang	4:22
10.	"Curiosity"	Lang	3:41
11.	"Only Love"	Lang	3:52

Personnel

• k.d. lang - vocals
• Rusty Anderson - guitar
• Wendy Melvoin - guitar
• Smokey Hormel - guitar
• Jon Stewart - guitar
• Rick Baptist - trumpet
• Teddy Borowiecki - accordion, keyboard
• Denyse Buffum - viola
• Larry Corbett - cello
• Mario de Leon - violin
• Joel Derouin - violin
• John Friesen - cello
• John Fumo - trumpet
• Armen Garabedian - violin
• Berj Garabedian - violin
• Jon Hassell - trumpet
• Suzie Katayama - cello
• Peter Kent - violin
• Abe Laboriel Jr. - drums, vocals
• Abraham Laboriel - bass, guitar, vocals
• Damian LeGassick - guitar, keyboard
• Greg Leisz - pedal steel
• Gayle Levant - harp
• Jon Lewis - trumpet
• Ben Mink - violin, keyboard, viola
• Vicki Miskolczy - viola
• Bob Peterson - violin
• David Piltch - bass, guitar, mandolin, cornet, keyboard, human whistle, loop, Moog bass, baritone guitar
• Daniel Smith - cello
• David Stenske - viola
• John Wittenberg - violin

Production

• Producers: David Kahne, Damian LeGassick
• Engineers: Jason Mauza, John Smith
• Assistant engineers: Andy Ackland, Tony Flores, James Stone
• Mixing: Rob Brill, David Kahne, Johnny "Hammond" Smith
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig
• Digital editing: Eric White
• Drum programming: Eric White
• Brass arrangement: Damian LeGassick
• String arrangements: Damian LeGassick, Ben Mink
• Vocal arrangement: Alex Gifford
• Art direction: Jeri Heiden, John Heiden
• Design: Jeri Heiden, John Heiden
• Photography: Just Loomis

Charts

Chart positions Chart (1997) Position Australian ARIA Albums Chart[10] 12 New Zealand Albums Chart [11] 45 UK Albums Chart [12] 17 United States Billboard 200[13]^[A] 58

Certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments Australia (ARIA)[14] Gold 35,000 ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

• A^ In the United States, Invincible Summer also entered the Top Internet Albums chart, peaking at #9 there.

References

1. "Critic Reviews for Invincible Summer". metacritic.com. Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
2. Proefrock, Stacia. Invincible Summer at AllMusic
3. Thompson, Stephen (2000-06-20). "k.d. lang: Invincible Summer". avclub.com. The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
4. "k.d. lang: Invincible Summer". billboard.com. Billboard. June 24, 2000. Archived from the original on 2001-04-22. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
5. Tucker, Ken (2000-07-23). "Invincible Summer Review". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
6. Hilburn, Robert (2000-06-11). "ALBUM REVIEW An Adventurous Balance". articles.latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
7. Christgau, Robert. "CG: k.d. lang". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
8. Hunter, James (2000-07-06). "k.d. lang: Invincible Summer : Music Reviews". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-07-26. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
9. Penn, Roberta. "Invincible Summer". wallofsound.go.com. Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on 2000-08-15. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
10. "australian-charts.com k.d. lang - Invincible Summer". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
11. "charts.org.nz - k.d. lang - Invincible Summer". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
12. "Chart Stats - kd lang - Invincible Summer". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
13. Allmusic - Invincible Summer > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
14. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.

External links

• Invincible Summer at Metacritic