Angel with a Lariat

Infobox Album |
Name = Angel with a Lariat
Type = Album
Artist = k.d. lang and the Reclines


Released = 1987
Recorded = May 26-June 27, 1986 in London
Genre = Country
Length = 30:52
Label = Sire, Warner Bros.
Producer = Dave Edmunds
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:e7fozfahehpk~T1 link]
Last album = "A Truly Western Experience"
(1984)
This album = "Angel with a Lariat"
(1987)
Next album = "Shadowland"
(1988)

"Angel with a Lariat" is the second album by k.d. lang and the Reclines, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). This was the first release outside of Canada. "Angel with a Lariat" is a country recording, influenced by rock and rockabilly and possibly even new waveFact|date=May 2008. The album was recorded in London England in 1986, though k.d. was based in Vancouver Canada at the time.Fact|date=May 2008

Track listing

#"Turn Me Round" (Mink) – 3:13
#"High Time for a Detour" (lang, Mink) – 4:09
#"Diet of Strange Places" (lang) – 3:53
#"Got the Bull by the Horns" (Boyd, Jones) – 3:03
#"Watch Your Step Polka" (Borowiecki, lang, Marcenko, Matthews) – 2:01
#"Rose Garden" (South) – 3:19
#"Tune into My Wave" (Mink) – 3:32
#"Angel with a Lariat" (lang) – 3:08
#"Pay Dirt" (lang) – 2:09
#"Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray" (Miller, Stevenson) – 2:25

Personnel

*k.d. lang - Vocals, background vocals

The Reclines
*Teddy Borowiecki - accordion, keyboard, background vocals
*Dennis Marcenko - bass, background vocals
*Gordie Matthews - guitar, background vocals
*Ben Mink - guitar, mandolin, violin, background vocals
*Michel Pouliot - drums, background vocals

Additional personnel
*B.J. Cole - steel guitar
*Roy Dodds - drums
*Dave Edmunds - guitar, background vocals
*Keith Nelson - banjo

Production

*Producer: Dave Edmunds
*Engineer: Carey Taylor

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)