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Shadowland
Studio album by
k.d. lang
Released1988 (1988)
RecordedBradley's Barn, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
GenreCountry, pop
Length35:17
LabelSire, Warner Bros.
ProducerOwen Bradley
k.d. lang chronology
Angel with a Lariat
(1987) 		Shadowland
(1988) 		Absolute Torch and Twang
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Los Angeles Times[2]
Record Mirror4+1⁄2/5[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
The Village VoiceB[6]

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

Personnel

Production

  • Producer: Owen Bradley
  • Engineer: Bobby Bradley

Chart performance

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[11] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[12] Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[13] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Deming, Mark. "Shadowland – k.d. lang / k.d. lang and the Reclines". AllMusic. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  2. ^ McKenna, Kristine (May 29, 1988). "Lang Clones Cline". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  3. ^ Zeppelin, Geoff (July 9, 1988). "K D Lang: Shadowland". Record Mirror. London. p. 32.
  4. ^ Guterman, Jimmy (June 16, 1988). "k.d. lang: Shadowland". Rolling Stone. New York. Archived from the original on January 16, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  5. ^ Considine, J. D. (2004). "k.d. lang". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 474–475. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  6. ^ Christgau, Robert (March 14, 1989). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  7. ^ "k.d. lang Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  8. ^ "k.d. lang Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  9. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  10. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1990". Billboard. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  11. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1996 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  12. ^ "Canadian album certifications – k.d. lang – Shadowland". Music Canada. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  13. ^ "American album certifications – k.d. lang – Shadowland". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
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