Watershed (k.d. lang album)

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Watershed
File:Watershedalbumcover.jpg
Studio album by k.d. lang
Released February 5, 2008 (2008-02-05)
Genre Folk, jazz, pop, rock
Length 38:51
Label Nonesuch
Producer k.d. lang, David Piltch
k.d. lang chronology
Reintarnation
(2006)Reintarnation2006		 Watershed
(2008)		 Sing It Loud
(2011)Sing It Loud2011
Alternative cover
Limited edition
Limited edition
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (76/100)[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[2]
Billboard (positive)[3]
The Boston Globe (favorable)[4]
Hot Press (positive)[5]
Now 4/5 stars[6]
The Observer 3/5 stars[7]
Paste (6/10)[1][8]
PopMatters 8/10 stars[9]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[10]
Uncut 4/5 stars[1]

Watershed is the fifth solo studio album by k.d. lang and was released on February 5, 2008 (2008-02-05). It is her first collection of original material since 2000's Invincible Summer.[11] In the US, it debuted at #8 on the Billboard 200, with approximately 41,000 copies sold.[12] In Australia it debuted at #3 on the ARIA Albums Chart[13] and in its ninth week moved to the #1 spot, up from the #38 position one week earlier.[14] In the UK, it debuted and peaked at #35.[15]

A limited edition of the album was released in deluxe packaging which contained a bonus disc with four live tracks and an interview. "I Dream of Spring" was the album's first single, released on November 18, 2007 (2007-11-18).

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "I Dream of Spring"   k.d. lang, David Piltch 4:00
2. "Je fais la planche"   lang, Ben Mink 2:51
3. "Coming Home"   lang, Piltch 3:26
4. "Once in a While"   lang 3:27
5. "Thread"   lang, Piltch 3:38
6. "Close Your Eyes"   Teddy Borowiecki, lang, Greg Leisz, Piltch 4:26
7. "Sunday"   Borowieski, lang 4:17
8. "Flame of the Uninspired"   lang, Mink 3:30
9. "Upstream"   lang, Piltch 3:37
10. "Shadow and the Frame"   Borowiecki, lang, Meredith 3:07
11. "Jealous Dog"   lang, Piltch 2:32
Bonus live tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "I Dream of Spring"   lang, Piltch 3:45
2. "Wash Me Clean"   lang 4:11
3. "The Valley"   Jane Siberry 6:20
4. "Hallelujah"   Leonard Cohen 5:22

Personnel

  • K.D. Lang – banjo, guitar, percussion, piano, harp, keyboards, vocals, drum programming, production
  • Teddy Borowiecki – organ, guitar, piano, keyboards, programming, vibraphone, string conductor, photography
  • Grecco Buratto – guitar
  • Danny Frankel – percussion, drums
  • Jon Hassell – trumpet
  • Greg Leisz – guitar, guitar (electric), guitar (steel)
  • Ben Mink – guitar (acoustic), guitar
  • Noam Pikelny – banjo
  • David Piltch – bass, guitar, percussion, bass (electric), drums, bass (acoustic), production
  • Bryan Sutton – guitar
  • Lynne Earls – engineering, programming, editing
  • David Leonard – mixing, string engineering, string mixing
  • Steve Jensen, Martin Kirkup – management
  • Glen Nakasako, Jeri Heiden – photography
  • John Heiden, Nick Steinhardt – design

Charts

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Billboard review at the Wayback Machine (archived February 3, 2008)
  4. ↑ The Boston Globe review
  5. ↑ Hot Press review
  6. ↑ Now review
  7. ↑ The Observer review
  8. ↑ Paste review
  9. ↑ PopMatters review
  10. ↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived July 25, 2008)
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External links

Preceded by Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
April 14, 2008 - April 21, 2008		 Succeeded by
Apocalypso by The Presets
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