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Watershed is the first major project from celebrated Canadian chanteuse k.d. lang since 2004's Hymns of the 49th Parallel. Where Hymns explored the music of fellow Canadians such as Ron Sexsmith, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, Watershed represents the first set of original songs from lang in around eight years. Self-produced and arranged by musicians she has worked with a lot in the past, the most striking aspect of the album is its intimate, homely feel. Adding to the cozy ambience is the fact that Watershed brings most of lang's musical passions and influences--jazz, country, folk, bossa nova--under one roof, lending the project a dreamy, mellifluous coherence. But if the musical landscape is mellow and easy to traverse, Lang's lyrics can be less comfortable. Using her laid-back, often ethereal arrangements as sugar-candied coating for thornier topics, the singer serenades with stories of broken love, occasionally harsh self-analysis and the obligatory forays into existential angst. These contrastive elements only serve to make the album stronger, adding emotional weight to the airless arrangements of "Once in a While," and the delicate "Close Your Eyes," and conjuring up images of beauty on the string-laden "I Dream of Spring," and the wonderfully lazy "Sunday". Intelligent, mature and sophisticated, Watershed is the kind of perfect pop album it's difficult not to fall in love with immediately and forever. --Paul Sullivan
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k.d. lang's new album, "Watershed", comprises 11 new songs written and produced by k.d.
"Watershed" is the first album of newly written material from the four-time Grammy winner since 2000's "Invincible Summer", and her first studio album since 2004's acclaimed Canadian songbook, "Hymns Of The 49th Parallel". It is also the first self-produced collection of her celebrated 25-year career.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By Boo Kirby
Format:Audio CD
An album of superb quality - the vocals, songs, production and lyrics (I think Supertad may have been listening to a Kate Nash album by mistake?) are all without exception, top notch.
Up there with anything she's done before..and could quite possibly be her finest work to date. Wonderful
Up there with anything she's done before..and could quite possibly be her finest work to date. Wonderful
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Brandon Shaw
Format:Audio CD
If you're like me and have never paid any interest to KD Lang before now and have not heard any of her stuff except 'Constant Craving', then read on. I stumbled upon this album a couple of months after it had been released. As usual, I searched YouTube for any tracks on there to get a first impression and to see if I wanted to investigate further. I also watched a recent interview with KD, interspersed with tracks from Watershed. I heard 'I Dream Of Spring' and really liked it. I thought I'd download the full album and give it a listen.
I love it! It is full of delicate acoustic guitars and beautiful strings (but not overbearing), as well as soft percussion. The best thing though, is KD's voice. It is some of the most sensual singing I have ever heard. The lyrics and the general feel is a combination of yearning melancholy and comforting worldliness. The album has cohesion, but you can also play individual songs on their own. It is brilliant.
I love it! It is full of delicate acoustic guitars and beautiful strings (but not overbearing), as well as soft percussion. The best thing though, is KD's voice. It is some of the most sensual singing I have ever heard. The lyrics and the general feel is a combination of yearning melancholy and comforting worldliness. The album has cohesion, but you can also play individual songs on their own. It is brilliant.
27 of 30 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. C. Eales
Format:Audio CD
k.d's new album is beautiful. The songs are what she does best, simple, heartfelt, melodic, and sung with a voice smooth as honey and aching with emotion and nuance. "I Dream of Spring" is gorgeous and ever so slightly reminiscent of Leonard Cohen, and the layered vocals on the chorus send a shiver down my back... "Close Your Eyes" may be the most sensous vocal she has recorded since Wash Me Clean back on the Ingenue album..... "Flame of the Uninspired" is as beautiful as it gets.... Some of the songs are lyrically very downbeat, songs like "Thread" and "Upstream" are self-critical and full of sadness and regret...others like "Sunday" and "Coming Home" are more optimistic and uplifting.... but if k.d is having a mid-life crisis, then it's the warmest and most soulful one you'll ever hear!
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Watershed KD Lang
This was bought for my husband, he likes her singing and was pleased to get it. Well packed and arrived quickly.
Published 3 months ago by Mrs. K. M. Adams
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Laid back, late night listening.
kd returns after a long gap with a new set of originals. Not as immediate as most of her work the album repays repeated listening with a fine selection of sophisticated music that... Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2010 by Fergal Woods
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A return to great form
This album rather passed me by, as it doesn't seem to have received much attention. I can't imagine why - it's a return to the form of lang's great songs such as Summerfling and... Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2009 by Bismaquer
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Watershed
A Beautiful album. Very calm, peaceful & melancholic. Great vocals and backing music. Almost all of the tracks are first rate and can be listened to again and again
Published on 4 Dec 2008 by William Rendle
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Watershed
From start to finish this is an exceptional cd. A truly sultry voice, reminicent of Rita Coolidge from years ago. Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2008 by The Duchess
4.0 out of 5 stars
Strong sound, weakish songs
There's a lot to like about this album. kd's voice is beyond reproach, and she keeps things smooth and restrained throughout, which I like, never approaching the 'Constant Wailing'... Read more
Published on 7 Aug 2008 by A. Butterfield
1.0 out of 5 stars
A Watershed that leads nowhere
This is the first LP by K D Lang that I have bought. Indeed, I was not familiar with her until very recently as a result of the publicity surrounding the release of Watershed. Read more
Published on 26 May 2008 by Herman Norford
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic KD Lang.
Just listened to Watershed for the first time today. This is a stunningly good album. Life is too short to be without it.
Published on 9 April 2008 by Dogtooth
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great voice, shame about the rest
As a long-time kd fan, I was eagerly anticipating this album. What a letdown! These songs are hard to like. Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2008 by JP
3.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed
I am a real fan of all k.d.lang's albums and eagerly anticipated this new album to the point of pre-ordering it. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2008 by Melly
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