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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. I Dream of Spring | |||
| 2. Je fais la planche | |||
| 3. Coming Home | |||
| 4. Once in a While | |||
| 5. Thread | |||
| 6. Close Your Eyes | |||
| 7. Sunday | |||
| 8. Flame of the Uninspired | |||
| 9. Upstream | |||
| 10. Shadow and the Frame | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. I Dream of Spring (Live) | |||
| 2. Wash Me Clean (Live) | |||
| 3. The Valley (Live) | |||
| 4. Hallelujah (Live) | |||
| 5. k.d. lang EPK | |||
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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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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
what?,
By Boo Kirby (Liverpool UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Watershed (Audio CD)
What a strange review from our scottish correspondent. I can assure you that the special edition CD is beautifully packaged with lots of extras and not a 'fibre' in sight....and The Album itself is absoultely sublime...possibly the best thing she's ever done. Bravo KD
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Buy, Buy, Buy,
By catz "cd collector" (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Watershed (Audio CD)
If you like KD Lang's voice, your CD collection will be incomplete without this one. I really like the deluxe edition. The lyrics booklet is very well laid out and some bonus artwork is a real treat. Don't delay, buy today.
4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
cheap packaging,
By ethrell "john c" (scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Watershed (Audio CD)
I purchased this on the back of having seen kd in concert in Glasgow recently. I was blown away by her live performance so I chose this enhanced version of her new cd as it includes a bonus cd with live tracks. However I would not recommend it mainly due to the cheap packaging -the cd's are in paper envelopes and the fibres come off on the disc! Disappointing. Stick with the original release. Musically not as good as earlier releases in my opinion but still an amazing voice.
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