- Drag (k.d. lang album)
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Drag Studio album by k.d. lang Released June 10, 1997 Genre Adult contemporary Length 52:26 Label Warner Bros. Producer k.d. lang
Craig Streetk.d. lang chronology All You Can Eat
(1995)Drag
(1997)Invincible Summer
(2000)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly (B+)[2]
Los Angeles Times [3]
The New York Times (Positive)[4] Rolling Stone [5]
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Drag is a cover album by k.d. lang, released in 1997; it mostly features a smoking motif, although some tracks address broader issues of dependence and/or addiction.
Contents
Track listing
- "Don't Smoke in Bed" (Willard Robison) – 3:22
- "The Air That I Breathe" (Albert Hammond, Mike Hazelwood) – 5:58
- "Smoke Dreams" (John Klenner, Lloyd Shaffer, Ted Steele) – 3:49
- "My Last Cigarette" (Gary Clark, Boo Hewerdine, Neill MacColl) – 4:09
- "The Joker" (Eddie Curtis, Ahmet Ertegün, Steve Miller) – 4:44
- "Theme from the Valley of the Dolls" (Dory Langdon, Andre Previn) – 3:02
- "Your Smoke Screen" (David Barbe) – 2:29
- "My Old Addiction" (David Wilcox) – 6:39
- "Till the Heart Caves In" (T-Bone Burnett, Bob Neuwirth, Roy Orbison) – 3:30
- "Smoke Rings" (Gene Gifford, Ned Washington) – 3:36
- "Hain't It Funny" (Jane Siberry) – 6:23
- "Love Is Like a Cigarette" (Jerome Jerome, Walter Kent, Richard Byron) – 4:45
Personnel
- k.d. lang - vocals
- Teddy Borowieckl - piano, accordion, keyboard
- Kevin Breit - banjo, guitar
- Kimberly Brewer - background vocals
- Lisa Coleman - keyboards
- Anthony Cooke - cello
- Larry Corbett - cello
- Suzi Datayama - cello
- Bruce Dukov - violin
- Henry Ferber - violin
- Ron Folsom - violin
- Benji Gavabedian - violin
- Connie Grauer - piano
- Portia Griffin - background vocals
- Jimmie Haskell - conductor
- Jon Hassell - trumpet
- Pat Johnson - violin
- Karen Jones - violin
- Dennis Karmazyn - cello
- Ray Kelley - cello
- Jerry Kessler - cello
- Marva King - background vocals
- Abe Laboriel Jr. - drums
- Greg Leisz - pedal steel
- Gayle Levant - harp
- Joe Lovano - saxophone
- Joy Lyle - violin
- Wendy Melvoin - guitar
- Sid Page - violin
- David Piltch - bass
- Barbara Porter - cello
- Jay Rosen - violin
- David Torn - guitar, kotar
- Kim Zick - drums
Production
- Producers: k.d. lang, Craig Street
- Engineer: Danny Kopelson
- Assistant engineer: Doug Boehm
- Mixing: Patrick McCarthy
- Mixing assistant: Mike Scotella
- Mastering: Greg Calbi
- Orchestration: Jimmie Haskell
- Art direction: Linda Cobb, k.d. lang
- Design: Linda Cobb
- Photography: Albert Sanchez
Charts
Chart positions
Chart (1997) Position Australian ARIA Albums Chart[6] 4 New Zealand Albums Chart [7] 16 UK Albums Chart [8] 19 United States Billboard 200[9] 29 Year-end charts
Chart (1997) Position Australian Albums Chart[10] 46 Certifications
Region Certification Sales/shipments Australia (ARIA)[11] Platinum 70,000^ United States (RIAA)[12] Gold 500,000^ ^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification aloneReferences
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Drag (k.d. lang album) at Allmusic
- ^ Browne, David (1997-07-13). "Drag Review". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,288294,00.html. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
- ^ Hilburn, Robert (1997-07-10). "ALBUM REVIEW / POP : lang's 'Drag' Could Become Addictive". articles.latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1997-06-10/entertainment/ca-1788_1_lang. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (1997-07-08). "A Torch-Song Anthology About Dangerous Pleasures". nytimes.com. The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/08/arts/a-torch-song-anthology-about-dangerous-pleasures.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ Rolling Stone
- ^ "australian-charts.com k.d. lang - Drag". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=k%2Ed%2E+lang&titel=Drag&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ "charts.org.nz - k.d. lang - Drag". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=k%2Ed%2E+lang&titel=Drag&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ "Chart Stats - kd lang - Drag". UK Albums Chart. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=46824. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
- ^ Allmusic - Drag > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
- ^ ARIA Charts "End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 1997". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-1997.htm ARIA Charts. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-1997.htm.
- ^ "American album certifications – k.d. lang – Drag". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Drag%22. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
k.d. lang Studio albums with The ReclinesSolowith The Siss Boom BangSing It LoudCoversDrag • Hymns of the 49th ParallelSoundtrackswith Tony BennettLive and compilation albums Singles "Hanky Panky" • "Rose Garden" • "Tune into My Wave" • "Crying" • "Honky Tonk Angels Medley" (w/ Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, and Kitty Wells) • "I'm Down to My Last Cigarette" • "Lock, Stock, and Teardrops" • "Full Moon Full of Love" • "Three Days" • "Luck in My Eyes" • "Big Boned Gal" • "Pulling Back the Reins" • "Trail of Broken Hearts" • "Ridin' the Rails" • "Constant Craving" • "Calling All Angels" (w/ Jane Siberry) • "Miss Chatelaine" • "The Mind of Love" • "Just Keep Me Moving" • "Hush Sweet Lover" • "Lifted by Love" • "If I Were You" • "You're Okay" • "Sexuality" • "The Joker" • "Theme from the Valley of the Dolls" • "Fado Hilario" • "Anywhere But Here" • "Summerfling" • "The Consequences of Falling" • "Helpless" • "I Dream of Spring" • "I Confess"Featured songs "So in Love" • "Summerfling" • "Helpless" • "Hallelujah" • "Constant Craving" • "You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch (with Matthew Morrision)"Related Categories:- Albums certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association
- Albums certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
- 1997 albums
- Covers albums
- K.d. lang albums
- Albums produced by Craig Street
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