Track Listing

1. I Dream Of Spring
2. Je Fais La Planche
3. Coming Home
4. Once In A While
5. Thread
6. Close Yours Eyes
7. Sunday
8. Flame of the Uninspired
9. Upstream
10. Shadow and the Frame
11. Jealous Dog

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #252 in Music
• Released on: 2008-02-05
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
In her first quarter-century in the music business, Canadian k.d. lang has gone from straight-up country artist to iconic pop songstress, with many side-steps into pop, jazz, and show tunes along the way. An eight-year break since her last record of originals (2000's Invincible Summer) has re-channeled and recharged both the songwriter and that brightly toned voice that lies within. In assembling this intimate 11-song album, which features many of her enduring collaborators but is defined by her powerhouse vocals, lang drew inspiration from all her favorite musical styles. The bass- and string-driven "Coming Home" and "I Dream of Spring"--a Spanish-style pop dream accented with Greg Leisz's signature steel guitar--are easy picks for "Constant Craving"-like success, yet Watershed's magnetism is captured in the expansion of lang's songwriting palette: the hushed jazz of "Flame of the Uninspired," the Brazilian jolts of "Upstream," and the absolute rawness of "Jealous Dog," which strips away any studio veneer, leaving that voice as pure and bewitching as ever. --Scott Holter

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."

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Customer Reviews

gorgeous voice
I became a kd lang fan about 20 years ago when she was recording jazzy country western (I thought, stupid me, that she was from Austin TX...). This cd is like her 48th Parallel released about 5 years ago is not much at all like her twangy CW days. Instead, Watershed and 48th, really showcase her amazing vocal range--sultry, smooth, strong, soaring. This cd is well-worth the ticket price. That's she not from Austin really doesn't matter....

Drip, Drip
KD Lang's hypnotic, elegant voice feels squandered by uninspiring lyrics. Best used as a cure for insomnia.

Watershed Review
Another great offering from K.D.Lang. I enjoy her musical expertise although this CD did not meet my expectations.