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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0075597999082 Label: Nonesuch Manufacturer: Nonesuch MPN: 110460 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Nonesuch Release Date: February 05, 2008 Studio: Nonesuch Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk: Watershed is the first major project from celebrated Canadian chanteuse k.d. lang since 2004's Hymns of the 49th Parallel. Where Hymns explored the music of fellow Canadians such as Ron Sexsmith, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, Watershed represents the first set of original songs from lang in around eight years. Self-produced and arranged by musicians she has worked with a lot in the past, the most striking aspect of the album is its intimate, homely feel. Adding to the cozy ambience is the fact that Watershed brings most of lang's musical passions and influences--jazz, country, folk, bossa nova--under one roof, lending the project a dreamy, mellifluous coherence. But if the musical landscape is mellow and easy to traverse, Lang's lyrics can be less comfortable. Using her laid-back, often ethereal arrangements as sugar-candied coating for thornier topics, the singer serenades with stories of broken love, occasionally harsh self-analysis and the obligatory forays into existential angst. These contrastive elements only serve to make the album stronger, adding emotional weight to the airless arrangements of "Once in a While," and the delicate "Close Your Eyes," and conjuring up images of beauty on the string-laden "I Dream of Spring," and the wonderfully lazy "Sunday". Intelligent, mature and sophisticated, Watershed is the kind of perfect pop album it's difficult not to fall in love with immediately and forever. --Paul Sullivan Amazon.com: Watershed, K.D. Lang's second Nonesuch album, indeed represents a significant juncture in her 25-year career as a recording artist-a collection of eleven new original songs produced, for the first time, by Lang herself. As with any challenge she's met in her unparalleled career, lang is a natural behind the boards in the studio. Watershed has an intimate feel and a sophisticated sound that highlights the warmth in Lang's voice, the maturity of her songwriting and the simple beauty of her arrangements. The Grammy Award-winning artist draws on her wealth of experience with an impressively wide range of genres to fashion a revealing portrait of the artist as she is right now. As Lang explains, "Watershed is like a culmination of everything I've done — there's a little bit of jazz, a little country, a little of the Ingénue sound, a little Brazilian touch. It really feels like the way I hear music, this mash-up of genres, and I think it reflects all the styles that have preceded this in my catalogue." K.D. Lang Photos
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 Rating:  - still great!fans of kd lang know by now what they are getting when she puts out a new cd. This is no exception: great songs, great production, sweet harmonies, and that awesome voice. Buy this!! Rating:  - k.d. LangShe has a wonderful voice but I do not like her songs. They seem outdated to me. Rating: - KD Lang's illumination shinesI have been a long time follower and collector of KD's music, Watershed is the album I find reaching for more than most cds in my collection. I remember seeing KD sing live in San Diego at an old ornate acoustical opera house. The range and quality of this soothing voice live was even more smooth, sharp and resonate then on the album recordings. Watershed's content is mature, one of zenness, of a higher purpose, but still youthful with feminine and haunting ... Read More Rating: - Another wonderful offeringNot much that this woman does is mediocre. This is another great album and she makes you think she's singing all about you. Rating:  - Pouring it all outFor her first album of originals since 2000's Invincible Summer, kd lang hearkens back to all the music she's made in the last 25 years. There are touches of her Absolute Torch and Twang country brilliance, the snazzy chanteuse who blossomed on Ingénue and the lush, smokey voice that has carried across all her work from the beginning. It also marks her transition to a mature singer/songwriter. "Watershed" may be comprised mostly of love songs, but they are subtle takes on the gift. "Coming ... Read More |
