Sire/Rhino's 2006 Reintarnation, k.d.
lang's first-ever compilation, chronicles her time as a country singer, which occupies not quite as much space in her career as you might think.
She made her mark in the late '80s as a maverick country singer, not quite part of the West Coast cowpunk movement, but certainly not part of the Nashville establishment, which always treated her coldly, even before she publicly came out of the closet in 1992.
Listening to Reintarnation, it's not hard to see why she was not revered by the Music City: lang never strayed from camp, or as she calls it in the liner notes, "performance art," which meant that there was a certain amount of ironic distance in her music even when it sounded on the surface like pure country.
That stylized detachment, delivered with a wink and a nod and a nudge, certainly helped her build an audience among '80s college rock fans, who had already embraced cowpunk, roots rock, and several of the edgy new traditionalists who emerged halfway through the decade.
Lang was the closest to the latter group: musically, she wasn't all that far removed from the likes of Dwight Yoakam, and lang's tweaking of country conventions also seemed to be a kindred spirit to Lyle Lovett's dry wit.
Nashville has always been a conservative town, so they naturally didn't welcome her with open arms, even when she teamed up with legendary Patsy Cline producer Owen Bradley for her 1988 album Shadowland.
And when she eased away from her country cabaret routine and toward a modern-day torch singer sound on 1992's Ingénue, the transition felt natural: not only was it clear that she would never be welcomed by the country music establishment, but she had exhausted the possibilities of her country persona, so the time was ripe for something new, which the adult pop of Ingénue did provide.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Changed My MindBen Mink, k.d. lang | k.d. lang | Play | 02:45 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Pay Dirt (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 02:10 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 02:19 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Big Boned Gal (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 03:08 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Don't Be a Lemming Polka (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 02:17 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Curious Soul Astray (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 03:39 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | It's Me (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 02:20 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Luck in My Eyes (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Diet of Strange Places (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 03:53 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Big Big Love (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 02:30 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Trail of Broken Hearts (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 03:21 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Nowhere to Stand (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | Friday Dance Promenade (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 02:20 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 14 | Got the Bull by the Horns (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 03:02 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 15 | Angel with a Lariat (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 03:10 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 16 | Pine And Stew (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 03:14 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 17 | Hanky Panky (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 01:59 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 18 | Pullin' Back the Reins (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 04:26 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 19 | Cowgirl Pride (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 01:46 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 20 | Turn Me Around (Remixed Version) | k.d. lang | Play | 03:16 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 60 mins | 138 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karen Ahmed | Project Supervisor |
| 2 | Vanessa Atkins | Editorial Supervision |
| 3 | Amos Boyd | Composer |
| 4 | Bobby Bradley | Engineer |
| 5 | Owen Bradley | Producer |
| 6 | Delwyn Brooks | Engineer |
| 7 | Kenneth Carroll | Composer |
| 8 | Stephanie Chernikowski | Photography |
| 9 | Lester Cohen | Cover Photo |
| 10 | Gaye DeLorme | Producer |
| 11 | Ginger Dettman | Project Assistant |
| 12 | Dave Edmunds | Producer |
| 13 | Mike Engstrom | Product Manager |
| 14 | Eric Flickinger | Engineer |
| 15 | Danny Frankel | Drums, Tambourine |
| 16 | Jeri Heiden | Art Direction, Design |
| 17 | John Heiden | Art Direction, Design |
| 18 | Gilbert Kaufman | Liner Notes |
| 19 | Jamie Kidd | Engineer, Producer |
| 20 | k.d. lang | Compilation Producer, Composer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 21 | Karen LeBlanc | Project Assistant |
| 22 | Brian Lynch | Cover Photo |
| 23 | Stewart MacDougall | Composer |
| 24 | Lee Manning | Engineer |
| 25 | Stephen Marcussen | Mastering |
| 26 | Ben Mink | Compilation Producer, Composer, Producer |
| 27 | Scott Newton | Photography |
| 28 | Greg Penny | Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 29 | Marc Ramaer | Engineer |
| 30 | Femande Savard | Photography |
| 31 | Joe Gruvtek Seta | Engineer, Mixing |
| 32 | Wynn Stewart | Composer |
| 33 | Carey Taylor | Engineer |
| 34 | Andrew Warwick | Engineer |
| 35 | Stewart Whitmore | Digital Editing |
| 36 | Slim Willet | Composer |
| 37 | Steve Woolard | Research |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |