Since 2006’s Reintarnation chronicled k.d. lang’s alt-country beginnings, there was a need for a compilation that focused on her smoky prime, the recordings from Ingénue on, the recordings that turned her into a crossover star. Recollection, available as either a double-disc or a deluxe set that expands that pair with a disc of live recordings and a DVD of music videos, does just that, painting a portrait of lang the modern-day torch singer. In doing so, it repeats a little of Reintarnation, but even those tunes don’t quite possess the wild, almost campy retro-swing of lang’s early years. Nothing about Recollection is camp: this is all smooth and assured, accentuating lang’s nuance if not her range, and if this winds up being a little too streamlined, at least it offers a better overall introduction to lang’s music than her previous compilation.
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Recollection Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Track Listing - Disc 1
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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1 | k.d. lang | 03:25 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | k.d. lang | 04:37 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | k.d. lang | 06:14 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
4 | k.d. lang | 04:15 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | k.d. lang | 03:03 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | k.d. lang feat: The Jordanaires / The Nashville String Machine | 03:14 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
7 | k.d. lang | 05:30 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
8 | k.d. lang | 03:52 | ||||
9 | k.d. lang | 03:49 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
10 | k.d. lang | 04:02 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
11 | k.d. lang | 05:08 | SpotifyAmazon |
Track Listing - Disc 2
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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1 | k.d. lang | 04:00 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
2 | k.d. lang | 04:06 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
3 | k.d. lang | 02:43 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
4 | k.d. lang | 03:48 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
5 | k.d. lang | 05:26 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
6 | k.d. lang | 04:17 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
7 | k.d. lang | 04:17 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
8 | k.d. lang | 04:34 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
9 | k.d. lang | 04:35 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
10 | k.d. lang | 05:19 | SpotifyAmazon | |||
11 | k.d. lang | 05:36 | SpotifyAmazon |