Artist:  k.d. lang

Title:  Shadowland – The Owen Bradley Sessions

Date:  1988

Label:  Sire Records   9 25724-1

Art Drestion:  Jeri Heiden

Design:  Jeri Heiden and Maura P. McLaughlin

Cover Photography:  Dean Dixon

Photo of Honky Tonk Angels: Jerry Williams

Notes:  Stunning, that's all I can think of to describe k.d.'s voice in any setting. She is able to draw feeling beyond her years from a simple set of words and music. She also seems to be enjoying herself instead of trying to impress anybody. The choice of an aging and ailing Owen Bradley to produce this record was a perfect fit for both the art and the artist. I'm not one for heavy string backgrounds, but the use of strings here seem just right. To be k.d. and to be able to do a number with the likes of the Honky Tonk Angels must be close to heaven. A very nice black & white portrait on the front cover, sporting a Robert Gordon-like hair style and some intimate shots on both the back cover and inner sleeve are choice touches for a class project.

Line Up:

k.d. lang: vocals
Harold Bradley: bass guitar
Jimmy Capps: rhythm guitar
Buddy Emmons, Hal Rugg: steel
Buddy Harman: drums
Tony Migliore: piano
Henry Strzelecki: bass
Pete Wade: electric guitar
Rob Hajacos: bass
Hargus "Pig" Robbins: piano
Jim Horn: sax

Vocals on Honky Tonk Angel Medley: k.d. lang, Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, Kitty Wells

The Nashville String Machine

Track Listing

Side 1

Western Stars
Lock, Stock and Teardrops
Sugar Moon
I Wish I Didn't Love You So
(Waltz Me) Once Again Around the Dance...
Black Coffee

Side 2

Shadowland
Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them
I'm Down to My Last Cigarette
Busy Being Blue
Honky Tonk Angel's Medley: In the Evening...