Recollection

k.d. lang

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Recollection Review

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Trail of Broken Hearts Ben Mink / k.d. lang	k.d. lang	03:25	Spotify Amazon
2	Constant Craving Ben Mink / k.d. lang	k.d. lang	04:37	Spotify Amazon
3	The Air That I Breathe Albert Hammond / Michael Hazlewood	k.d. lang	06:14	Spotify Amazon
4	Helpless Neil Young	k.d. lang	04:15	Spotify Amazon
5	You're OK Ben Mink / k.d. lang	k.d. lang	03:03	Spotify Amazon
6	Western Stars Chris Isaak	k.d. lang feat: The Jordanaires / The Nashville String Machine	03:14	Spotify Amazon
7	The Valley Jane Siberry	k.d. lang	05:30	Spotify Amazon
8	Summerfling David Piltch / k.d. lang	k.d. lang	03:52
9	Miss Chatelaine Ben Mink / k.d. lang	k.d. lang	03:49	Spotify Amazon
10	I Dream of Spring David Piltch / k.d. lang	k.d. lang	04:02	Spotify Amazon
11	Hallelujah Leonard Cohen	k.d. lang	05:08	Spotify Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Help Me Joni Mitchell	k.d. lang	04:00	Spotify Amazon
2	Hush Sweet Lover Ben Mink / k.d. lang	k.d. lang	04:06	Spotify Amazon
3	Beautifully Combined Joshua Grange / k.d. lang	k.d. lang	02:43	Spotify Amazon
4	Crying Joe Melson / Roy Orbison	k.d. lang	03:48	Spotify Amazon
5	Love for Sale Cole Porter	k.d. lang	05:26	Spotify Amazon
6	Golden Slumbers/The End John Lennon / Paul McCartney	k.d. lang	04:17	Spotify Amazon
7	Barefoot Bob Telson / k.d. lang	k.d. lang	04:17	Spotify Amazon
8	Moonglow Eddie DeLange / Will Hudson / Irving Mills	k.d. lang	04:34	Spotify Amazon
9	So in Love Cole Porter	k.d. lang	04:35	Spotify Amazon
10	Calling All Angels Jane Siberry	k.d. lang	05:19	Spotify Amazon
11	Hallelujah [New Version] Leonard Cohen	k.d. lang	05:36	Spotify Amazon