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Ingénue (album)

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Released
  
17 March 1992

Label
  
Sire, Warner Bros.

Artist
  
k.d. lang

Length
  
41:47

Ingénue (1992)
  
All You Can Eat (1995)

Release date
  
17 March 1992

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Recorded
  
1991 at Vancouver Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Genres
  
Country music, Pop music, Jazz, Folk music, Alternative country

Producers
  
Greg Penny, Ben Mink, k.d. lang

Awards
  
Juno Award for Album of the Year

Similar
  
Absolute Torch and Twang, Shadowland, Invincible Summer, All You Can Eat, Drag

Ingénue is the second solo album by Canadian singer k.d. lang, released in 1992. It has more of a cabaret flavor than Lang's previous work, and is her most successful album on the pop charts both in her native Canada and internationally.

Contents

The samba-inspired "Miss Chatelaine" was ironic; Chatelaine is a Canadian women's magazine which once chose Lang as its "Woman of the Year", and the song's video depicted Lang—who was usually best known for a fairly androgynous appearance—in an exaggeratedly feminine manner, surrounded by bright pastel colours and a profusion of bubbles reminiscent of a performance on the Lawrence Welk show, complete with an accordion in the instrumentation.

The multi-format hit single "Constant Craving" inspired (albeit subconsciously) The Rolling Stones' 1997 single "Anybody Seen My Baby?", from their Bridges to Babylon album, with the result that the Stones gave writing credits on that song to Lang and her collaborator Ben Mink.

Both "Save Me" and "Still Thrives This Love" were used in the 2003 Showtime film Soldier's Girl.

Legacy

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Track listing

All songs written by k.d. lang and Ben Mink, except where noted

  1. "Save Me" – 4:33
  2. "The Mind of Love" – 3:48
  3. "Miss Chatelaine" – 3:49
  4. "Wash Me Clean" (Lang) – 3:17
  5. "So It Shall Be" (Lang, Greg Penny) – 4:30
  6. "Still Thrives This Love" – 3:35
  7. "Season of Hollow Soul" – 4:58
  8. "Outside Myself" – 4:57
  9. "Tears of Love's Recall" – 3:49
  10. "Constant Craving" – 4:37

Personnel

  • k.d. lang – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, tamboura, tambourine, percussion, Tma
  • Ben Mink – electric and acoustic guitars, bass, viola, violin, percussion, beatboxing
  • Greg Penny – percussion, beatboxing
  • Greg Leisz – steel, pedal steel and lap steel guitar
  • Teddy Borowiecki – keyboards, piano, accordion, santur
  • David Piltch – acoustic, electric and fretless bass
  • Randall Stoll – drums
  • Graham Boyle – percussion, tympani, tambourine
  • Gary Burton – marimba, vibraphone
  • Ingrid Friesen, Martin Laba – pizzicato violin
  • John Friesen – cello
  • Mryon Schultz – clarinet

    • Production

  • Producers: Greg Penny, Ben Mink, k.d. lang
  • Engineers: Greg Penny, Marc Ramaer, Morrie Eaman, Ben Mink
  • Assistant engineers: Steve Royea, Louie Teran, Pete Wosniak
  • Mixing: Greg Penny, Marc Ramaer
  • Mixing assistant: Chris Puram
  • Mastering: Chris Bellman
  • Programming: Ben Mink, Greg Penny
  • String arrangements: Ben Mink
  • Art direction: Jeri Heiden
  • Design: Jeri Heiden, Greg Ross
  • Photography: Glen Erler

    • Songs

    1Save Me4:33
    2The Mind of Love3:49
    3Miss Chatelaine3:50

    References

    Ingénue (album) Wikipedia
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