Angel with a Lariat is the second album by k.d. lang and the Reclines, released on April 11, 1987. This was the first release outside of Canada.
Track listing "Turn Me Round" (Ben 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" (Amos Boyd, Billy Jones) – 3:03 "Watch Your Step Polka" (Teddy Borowiecki, lang, Dennis Marcenko, Gordie Matthews) – 2:01 "Rose Garden" (Joe 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" (Eddie Miller, W. S. Stevenson) – 2:25
Personnel k.d. lang – vocals, backing vocals
The Reclines Teddy Borowiecki – accordion, keyboard, backing vocals Dennis Marcenko – bass, backing vocals Gordie Matthews – guitar, backing vocals Ben Mink – guitar, electric mandolin, violin, backing vocals Michel Pouliot – drums, backing vocals
Additional personnel B.J. Cole – steel guitar on "Diet of Strange Places" Roy Dodds – drums on "Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray" Dave Edmunds – additional acoustic guitar on "Turn Into My Wave", backing vocals Keith Nelson – banjo on "Turn Me Round" and "High Time For a Detour" Anne Dudley – string arrangement on "Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray"
Production Dave Edmunds – producer Carey Taylor – engineer Jeri McManus Heiden, Kim Champagne, k.d. lang – art direction Amy Vangsgard – 3-D cover illustration
Chart performance Chart (1987) Peakposition
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