Drag

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:52:26
Personnel includes: K.D. Lang; Jimmie Haskell (conductor); Wendy Melvoin (guitar); Kevin Breit (guitar, banjo, mandolin); Greg Leisz (steel guitar); Larry Corbett (cello); Teddy Borowiecki (accordion, keyboards); Joe Lovano (saxophone); Jon Hassell (trumpet); Connie Grauer (piano); Lisa Coleman (keyboards); David Piltch (bass); Abraham Laboriel, Jr., Kim Zick (drums); David Torn (loops); Marva King, Kimberly Brewer, Portia Griffin (background vocals). Personnel: Kevin Breit (guitar, banjo); David Torn , Wendy Melvoin (guitar); Gayle Levant (harp); Ronald Folsom, Pat Johnson , Benji Gavabedian, Joy Lyle, Karen Jones , Henry Ferber, Jay Rosen, Sid Page, Bruce Dukov (violin); Jerry Kessler, Barbara Porter, Dennis Karmazyn, Suzi Datayama, Ray Kelley, Antony Cooke , Larry Corbett (cello); Teddy Borowieckl (accordion, piano, keyboards); Joe Lovano (saxophone); Jon Hassell (trumpet); Connie Grauer (piano); Lisa Coleman (keyboards); Kim Zick, Abe Laboriel, Jr. (drums); Kimberly Brewer, Marva King, Portia Griffin (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Patrick McCarthy. Recording information: Sunset Sound Studio 3. Photographer: Albert Sanchez. Unknown Contributor Roles: David Torn ; Jimmie Haskell. DRAG is one more inspired nail in the coffin of Lang's image as a neo-country singer. On the heels of 1995's electronic/dance-oriented ALL YOU CAN EAT, DRAG purports to be a concept album, with all the songs thematically linked by the common subject of cigarettes and smoking. While this link is tenous, uniting such tunes as the Hollies' "The Air That I Breathe" and an otherwise-inexplicable cover of Steve Miller's "The Joker," what really matters here is not the concept, but the music. With production aid from jazz-pop ace Craig Street (Cassandra Wilson, Jimmy Scott), Lang offers up a sumptuous collections of ballads, gorgeously arranged and beautifully sung. Despite her reputation as a belter, she approaches the songs on DRAG with grace and subtlety, making this lush collection a stirring, understated pleasure.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)