Absolute Torch and Twang

Infobox Album |
Name = Absolute Torch and Twang
Type = Album
Artist = k.d. lang and the Reclines


Released = 1989
Recorded = ???
Genre = Country
Length = 41:31
Label = Sire, Warner Bros.
Producer = k.d. lang,
Ben Mink,
Greg Penny
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:f85g8qntbt04~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kdlang/albums/album/248970/review/5941436/absolute_torch_and_twang link]
Last album = "Shadowland"
(1988)
This album = "Absolute Torch and Twang"
(1989)
Next album = "Ingénue"
(1992)

"Absolute Torch and Twang" is the third album by k.d. lang and the Reclines, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music).

Track listing

#"Luck in My Eyes" (lang, Mink) – 4:10
#"Three Days" (Nelson) – 3:17
#"Trail of Broken Hearts" (lang, Mink) – 3:24
#"Big Boned Gal" (lang, Mink) – 3:08
#"Didn't I" (lang, Mink) – 3:39
#"Wallflower Waltz" (lang, Mink) – 4:22
#"Full Moon Full of Love" (Preston, Smith) – 2:49
#"Pullin' Back the Reins" (lang, Mink) – 4:23
#"Big Big Love" (Carroll, Stewart) – 2:29
#"It's Me" (lang, Mink) – 2:20
#"Walkin' in and Out of Your Arms" (lang, Mink) – 3:03
#"Nowhere to Stand" (lang) – 4:27

Personnel

*k.d. lang - acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals
*Graham Boyle - percussion, tambourine, claves, spoons
*Michael Creber - piano
*John Dymond - bass
*The Five Blind Boys of Alabama - background vocals, voices
*Greg Leisz - steel guitar, slide guitar
*Gordie Matthews - acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar
*Ben Mink - organ, acoustic guitar, guitar, mandolin, strings, violin, electric guitar, mandola, bowed bass
*David Piltch - fretless bass, bowed bass
*Michel Pouliot - drums
*Ed Thigpen - drums

Production

*Producers: k.d. lang, Ben Mink, Greg Penny

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

References