Drag (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Drag
Type = Cover album
Artist = k.d. lang


Released = June 10, 1997
Recorded = ???
Genre = Adult Contemporary
Length = 52:26
Label = Warner Bros.
Producer = k.d. lang,
Craig Street
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ecj9kemtkq79~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kdlang/albums/album/115697/review/5941823/drag link]
Last album = "All You Can Eat"
(1995)
This album = "Drag"
(1997)
Next album = "Invincible Summer"
(2000)

"Drag" is a cover album by k.d. lang, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). The cover is only a visual pun; the album actually features a smoking motif.

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 - keyboard
*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

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)