Drag (k.d. lang album)

Drag
Studio album by k.d. lang
Released June 10, 1997 (1997-06-10)
Length 52:26
Label Warner Bros.
Producer k.d. lang
Craig Street
k.d. lang chronology
All You Can Eat
(1995)		 Drag
(1997)		 Invincible Summer
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
The New York Times(Positive)[5]
Rolling Stone[6]

Drag is a cover album by k.d. lang, released in 1997; most of its songs feature a smoking motif, although some address broader issues of dependence and/or addiction. The cover of Dionne Warwick's "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" was notably used in key scenes in the pilot episode and series finale of the Showtime comedy-drama series Nurse Jackie.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Don't Smoke in Bed"  Willard Robison 3:22
2. "The Air That I Breathe"  Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood 5:58
3. "Smoke Dreams"  John Klenner, Lloyd Shaffer, Ted Steele 3:49
4. "My Last Cigarette"  Gary Clark, Boo Hewerdine, Neill MacColl 4:09
5. "The Joker"  Eddie Curtis, Ahmet Ertegün, Steve Miller 4:44
6. "Theme from the Valley of the Dolls"  Dory Langdon, André Previn 3:02
7. "Your Smoke Screen"  David Barbe 2:29
8. "My Old Addiction"  David Wilcox 6:39
9. "Till the Heart Caves In"  T-Bone Burnett, Bob Neuwirth, Roy Orbison 3:30
10. "Smoke Rings"  Gene Gifford, Ned Washington 3:36
11. "Hain't It Funny"  Jane Siberry 6:23
12. "Love Is Like a Cigarette"  Jerome Jerome, Walter Kent, Richard Byron 4:45

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (1997) Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[7] 4
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[8] 39
New Zealand Albums Chart [9] 16
UK Albums Chart [10] 19
United States Billboard 200[11] 29

Year-end charts

Chart (1997) Position
Australian Albums Chart[12] 46

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[13] Platinum 70,000^
United States (RIAA)[14] Gold 500,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Talk to Her

Lang's cover of "Hain't It Funny" was part of the soundtrack for the 2002 film Talk to Her,[15]

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Drag at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Kot, Greg (1997-06-13). "K.D. Lang Drag (Warner)". articles.chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
  3. ↑ Browne, David (1997-07-13). "Drag Review". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  4. ↑ Hilburn, Robert (1997-07-10). "ALBUM REVIEW / POP: Lang's 'Drag' Could Become Addictive". articles.latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  5. ↑ Holden, Stephen (1997-07-08). "A Torch-Song Anthology About Dangerous Pleasures". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  6. ↑ Vincentelli, Elisabeth (1997-06-11). "K.D. Lang: Drag: Music Reviews". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
  7. ↑ "australian-charts.com k.d. lang - Drag". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  8. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 65, No. 16" (PHP). RPM. June 23, 1997. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  9. ↑ "charts.org.nz - k.d. lang - Drag". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  10. ↑ "k.d. lang > Artists > Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  11. ↑ Allmusic - Drag > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
  12. ↑ ARIA Charts "End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 1997" Check |url= value (help). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  13. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  14. ↑ "American album certifications – K.D. Lang – Drag". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  15. ↑ "Talk to Her (2002) Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.