k.d. lang's First-Ever Career Retrospective, "Recollection," to Be Released on Nonesuch February 9

Four-time Grammy Award winner and eight-time Juno Award winner k.d. lang releases her first-ever career retrospective, Recollection, 25 years after the release of her debut recording. The two-disc set will be available February 2 [now February 9] on Nonesuch Records. Recollection features 22 of lang’s most beloved recordings including an all-new interpretation of the Leonard Cohen classic "Hallelujah", which has become a moving highlight of her live performances; the Guardian calls her rendition "mesmerising: she reaches into the air, plucking the tiniest note from within her huge range, bends double, before throwing her head back and unleashing her pitch-perfect roar." The deluxe Recollection package includes a third disc of previously unreleased recordings, many performed live, as well as a bonus DVD of music videos and rarely seen live performance footage.

Recollection comes on the heels of lang’s critically acclaimed 2008 Nonesuch release, Watershed, hailed by Rolling Stone as "first-rate singer-songwriter music" and Interview magazine as lang’s "biggest album yet." The record debuted in Billboard’s Top Ten upon its release and marked lang’s first time assuming the role of producer in addition to writer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist.

Referred to as "the greatest female singer in the whole world" by fellow Canadian Michael Bublé, lang has had a distinguished 25-year career. In addition to a fruitful collaboration with Tony Bennett, she has performed alongside musical luminaries including Roy Orbison, Bonnie Raitt, Elton John, and Loretta Lynn. She sang at the closing ceremonies of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and has contributed music to the soundtracks of several films including Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, and Happy Feet. In addition to her music career, lang has also appeared in a number of films including Salmonberries, The Black Dahlia, and Eye of the Beholder. In 1996, lang received Canada’s highest civilian honor, the Order of Canada.

Below is a track list for the forthcoming k.d. lang album, Recollection:

Disc 1: the best of k.d. lang, vol. 1
1. Trail of Broken Hearts (Originally released on Absolute Torch and Twang, 1989)
2. Constant Craving (Originally released on Ingénue, 1992)
3. Air That I Breathe (Originally released on Drag, 1997)
4. Helpless (Originally released on Hymns of the 49th Parallel, 2004)
5. You’re OK (Originally released on All You Can Eat, 1995)
6. Western Stars (Originally released on Shadowland, 1988)
7. The Valley (Originally released on Hymns of the 49th Parallel, 2004)
8. Summerfling (Originally released on Invincible Summer, 2000)
9. Miss Chatelaine (Originally released on Ingénue, 1992)
10. I Dream of Spring (Originally released on Watershed, 2008)
11. Hallelujah (Originally released on Hymns of the 49th Parallel, 2004)

Disc 2: the best of k.d. lang, vol. 2
1. Help Me (Originally released on A Tribute to Joni Mitchell, 2007)
2. Hush Sweet Lover (Originally released on Even Cowgirls Get the Blues: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1993)
3. Beautifully Combined
4. Crying (with Roy Orbison) (Originally released on Hiding Out: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1987)
5. Love for Sale (From the film The Black Dahlia, 2006)
6. Golden Slumbers / The End (Originally released on Happy Feet: Music from the Motion Picture, 2006)
7. Barefoot (From the film Salmonberries, 1991)
8. Moonglow (with Tony Bennett) (Originally released on Tony Bennett: MTV Unplugged, 1994)
9. So in Love (Originally released on Red, Hot & Blue, 1990)
10. Calling All Angels (with Jane Siberry) (Originally released on Until the End of the World: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1991)
11. Hallelujah (Previously unreleased)

Disc 3 [Deluxe Edition]: k.d. lang rarities
1. I’m Sitting on Top of the World (Originally released on The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: Music from the Motion Picture, 2005)
2. Sexuality (Originally released on All You Can Eat, 1995)
3. Skylark (Originally released on Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture, 1997)
4. Helpless (Live from KCRW, October 12, 2008)
5. Western Stars (Live from KCRW, October 12, 2008)
6. Wash Me Clean (Live from KCRW, October 12, 2008)
7. Thread (Live from KCRW, October 12, 2008)
8. Once in a While (Live from KCRW, October 12, 2008)
9. I Dream of Spring (Live from KCRW, October 12, 2008)
10. Smoke Rings (Live from KCRW, October 12, 2008)
11. The Right to Love (Live from KCRW, October 12, 2008)

Disc 4 [Deluxe Edition, DVD]: k.d. lang videos
1. Constant Craving (From Ingénue, 1992)
2. Just Keep Me Moving (From Even Cowgirls Get the Blues: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1993)
3. Hush Sweet Lover (From Even Cowgirls Get the Blues: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1993)
4. Miss Chatelaine (From Ingénue, 1992)
5. The Mind of Love (From Ingénue, 1992)
6. Crying (with Roy Orbison) (From Hiding Out: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1987)
7. You’re OK (From All You Can Eat, 1995)
8. Summerfling (From Invincible Summer, 2000)
9. Love Is Everything (From Hymns of the 49th Parallel, 2004)
10. Hallelujah (Live at the 2005 Juno Awards)
11. Helpless (Live at the 2005 Juno Awards)

saw an article on this about a month or 2 ago. looking forward to it.


wait. today is the 9th isn't it?


i wonder what the chances are that the sub-par Best Buy and Borders here have even heard of it.

errant said:

I ordered it directly from the Nonesuch website, cuz I ain't fuckin' around.

You get the 4 disc deluxe set, a signed print and downloads in 320 immediately for $35. The remastered sound quality is really crisp and noticeably better, even on computer speakers. Of course, I wish they had crammed the discs to capacity, but I think it's a really nice set. Disc 2 is especially cool.

just picked up the 2-disc edition (along w/ the new Sade) today. Looking forward to hearing it. KD Lang's voice is simply amazing.

NoVideo said:

those 2 are ruling my world right now.

how is Miss Hawkins?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

who dat?

TRON said:

Sade. I always pronounce it Sadie as in Sadie Hawkins

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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

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hoo-eee! that's funny

Sade is beautiful and heartbreaking. I don't buy much music anymore, but she'll be a 1st day purchase for me.