Watershed (K.D. Lang album)

Infobox Album
Name = Watershed
Type = studio
Artist = K.D. Lang


Released = Start date|2008|2|5
Recorded =
Genre = Folk, jazz, pop, rock
Length = 38:51
Label = Nonesuch
Producer = K.D. Lang, David Piltch
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gjfrxz9hld0e link]
* "Paste Magazine" Rating|3|5 [http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/6429/review/music/watershed link]
* PopMatters rating|8|10 [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/53790/kd- _wa. 2008|2|5. It is her first collection of original material since 2000's "Invincible Summer". [cite web
last = Hasty
first = Katie
title = "K.D. Lang Eyeing February for Next Album"
publisher = "Billboard"
date = 2007-10-10
url = http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003656384
accessdate = 2007-10-11] In the US, it debuted at #8 on the "Billboard" 200, with approximately 41,000 copies sold. [cite web
last = Hasty
first = Katie
title = "Digital Sales Propel Johnson to Second No. 1"
publisher = "Billboard"
date = 2008-02-13
url = http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003710309
accessdate = 2008-02-16] In Australia it debuted at #3 on the ARIA Albums Chart [cite web
title = "K.D. Lang - Watershed"
work = australian-charts.com
url = http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=k%2Ed%2E+Lang&titel=Watershed&cat=a
accessdate = 2008-04-13] and in its ninth week moved to the #1 spot, up from the #38 position one week earlier.cite web
title = "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart"
publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association
url = http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1G50
accessdate = 2008-04-13] In the UK, it debuted and peaked at #35.Fact|date=June 2008

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 Start date|2007|11|18.

Track listing

tracklist
all_writing = K.D. Lang and David Piltch, except where noted
title1 = I Dream of Spring
length1 = 4:00
title2 = Je fais la planche
note2 = Lang, Ben Mink
length2 = 2:51
title3 = Coming Home
length3 = 3:26
title4 = Once in a While
note4 = Lang
length4 = 3:27
title5 = Thread
length5 = 3:38
title6 = Close Your Eyes
note6 = Teddy Borowieski, Lang, Greg Leisz, Piltch
length6 = 4:26
title7 = Sunday
note7 = Borowieski, Lang
length7 = 4:17
title8 = Flame of the Uninspired
note8 = Lang, Mink
length8 = 3:30
title9 = Upstream
length9 = 3:37
title10 = Shadow and the Frame
note10 = Borowiecki, Lang, Meredith
length10 = 3:07
title11 = Jealous Dog
length11 = 2:32

tracklist
headline = Bonus live tracks
title1 = I Dream of Spring
length1 = 3:45
title2 = Wash Me Clean
note2 = Lang
length2 = 4:11
title3 = The Valley
note3 = Jane Siberry
length3 = 6:20
title4 = Hallelujah
note4 = Leonard Cohen
length4 = 5:22

Charts

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

References