Shadowland (k.d. lang album)

Shadowland
Studio album by k.d. lang
Released	1988
Recorded	Bradley's Barn, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
Genre	Country, pop
Length	35:17
Label	Sire, Warner Bros.
Producer	Owen Bradley
k.d. lang chronology
Angel with a Lariat (1987) Shadowland (1988) Absolute Torch and Twang (1989)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Los Angeles Times	[2]
Robert Christgau	B[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

Shadowland is the debut solo album by k.d. lang, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music). The album included her collaboration with Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn and Brenda Lee on "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley" and was produced by Owen Bradley, who produced Patsy Cline's best-known work.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Western Stars" (Chris Isaak) – 3:12
2. "Lock, Stock and Teardrops" (Roger Miller) – 3:28
3. "Sugar Moon" (Cindy Walker, Bob Wills) – 2:26
4. "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" (Frank Loesser) – 3:07
5. "(Waltz Me) Once Again Around the Dance Floor" (Don Goodman, Sara Johns, Jack Rowland) – 2:35
6. "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:17

Side two

1. "Shadowland" (Dick Hyman, Charles Tobias) – 2:28
2. "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" (Slim Willet) – 2:20
3. "Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them" (Fred Tobias, Charles Tobias) – 3:03
4. "I'm Down to My Last Cigarette" (Harlan Howard, Billy Walker) – 2:46
5. "Busy Being Blue" (Stewart MacDougall) – 3:40
6. "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley" – 2:55
   • "In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)" (Leroy Carr, Don Raye)
   • "You Nearly Lose Your Mind" (Ernest Tubb)
   • "Blues Stay Away from Me" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore, Wayne Raney, Henry Glover)

Personnel

• K.D. Lang - vocals
• Harold Bradley - banjo, bass, ukulele, gut string guitar
• Jimmy Capps - rhythm guitar
• Buddy Emmons - steel guitar
• Tony Migliore - piano, accordion
• Roger Morris - piano
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
• Hal Rugg - steel guitar
• Buddy Spicher - fiddle
• Henry Strzelecki - bass
• Pete Wade - electric guitar
• Rob Hajacos - fiddle
• Buddy Harman - drums
• Jim Horn - saxophone
• The Nashville String Machine
  • Bill McElhiney - arrangements
  • David Angell - violin
  • Roy Christensen - cello
  • Connie Ellisor - violin
  • Ted Madsen - violin
  • Bob Mason - cello
  • Pamela Sixfin - violin
  • Carl Gorodetzky - violin
  • Dennis Molchan - violin
  • George Binkley III - violin
  • John Borg - viola
  • Gary VanOsdale - viola
  • Anthony LaMarchina - cello
  • Lee Larrison - violin
• The Jordanaires - vocals on "Western Stars", "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" & "Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them"
  • Gordon Stoker
  • Louis Dean Nunley
  • Neal Matthews, Jr.
  • Duane West
• Tennessee - vocals on "Lock, Stock and Teardrops", "Sugar Moon", "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" & "I'm Down to My Last Cigarette"
  • Hurshel Wiginton
  • Doug Clements
  • Louis Dean Nunley
  • Jim Ferguson
• The Honky Tonk Angels - vocals on "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley"
  • Brenda Lee
  • Loretta Lynn
  • Kitty Wells

Production

• Producer: Owen Bradley
• Engineer: Bobby Bradley

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Albums	23
Canadian RPM Top Albums	9
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	9
U.S. Billboard 200	73

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		CAN Country	US Country
1988	"Busy Being Blue"	—	—
	"Honky Tonk Angels Medley"	—	—
	"I'm Down to My Last Cigarette"	7	21
	"Lock, Stock, and Teardrops"	*	53

References

1. Shadowland (k.d. lang album) at AllMusic
2. Los Angeles Times review
3. Christgau, Robert (March 14, 1989). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice (New York). Retrieved April 29, 2013.
4. Rolling Stone review