Shadowland is the debut solo album by k.d. lang, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music). The album included her collaboration with Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn and Brenda Lee on "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley" and was produced by Owen Bradley, who produced Patsy Cline's best-known work.
Critical reception
The Toronto Star determined that "Shadowland is a self-conscious anachronism, haunted by vague, 25-year-old memories... It's as purely retrogressive and deferential as the Dave Edmunds-produced Angel with a Lariat, which came mighty close to re-defining country music, was radical and innovative."
Track listing
Side one "Western Stars" (Chris Isaak) – 3:12 "Lock, Stock and Teardrops" (Roger Miller) – 3:28 "Sugar Moon" (Cindy Walker, Bob Wills) – 2:26 "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" (Frank Loesser) – 3:07 "(Waltz Me) Once Again Around the Dance Floor" (Don Goodman, Sara Johns, Jack Rowland) – 2:35 "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:17
Side two "Shadowland" (Dick Hyman, Charles Tobias) – 2:28 "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" (Slim Willet) – 2:20 "Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them" (Fred Tobias, Charles Tobias) – 3:03 "I'm Down to My Last Cigarette" (Harlan Howard, Billy Walker) – 2:46 "Busy Being Blue" (Stewart MacDougall) – 3:40 "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley" – 2:55 "In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)" (Leroy Carr, Don Raye) "You Nearly Lose Your Mind" (Ernest Tubb) "Blues Stay Away from Me" (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore, Wayne Raney, Henry Glover)
Personnel k.d. lang - vocals Harold Bradley - banjo, bass, ukulele, gut string guitar Jimmy Capps - rhythm guitar Buddy Emmons - pedal steel guitar Greg Leisz - lap steel guitar Tony Migliore - piano, accordion Roger Morris - piano Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano Hal Rugg - pedal steel guitar Buddy Spicher - fiddle Henry Strzelecki - bass Pete Wade - electric guitar Rob Hajacos - fiddle Buddy Harman - drums Jim Horn - saxophone The Nashville String Machine Bill McElhiney - arrangements David Angell - violin Roy Christensen - cello Connie Ellisor - violin Ted Madsen - violin Bob Mason - cello Pamela Sixfin - violin Carl Gorodetzky - violin Dennis Molchan - violin George Binkley III - violin John Borg - viola Gary VanOsdale - viola Anthony LaMarchina - cello Lee Larrison - violin The Jordanaires - vocals on "Western Stars", "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" & "Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them" Gordon Stoker Louis Dean Nunley Neal Matthews, Jr. Duane West Tennessee - vocals on "Lock, Stock and Teardrops", "Sugar Moon", "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" & "I'm Down to My Last Cigarette" Hurshel Wiginton Doug Clements Louis Dean Nunley Jim Ferguson The Honky Tonk Angels - vocals on "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley" Brenda Lee Loretta Lynn Kitty Wells
Production Producer: Owen Bradley Engineer: Bobby Bradley
Chart performance
Weekly charts Chart (1988) Peak position Canadian Country Albums (RPM) 23 Canadian Albums (RPM) 9 Chart (1994) Peak position Australian Album (ARIA) N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart. 164
Year-end charts Chart (1988) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 32 Chart (1990) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 67
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