Hymns of the 49th Parallel
Artist(s):
K.D. Lang
Label: Nonesuch
Publisher(s):
Nonesuch
Studio: Nonesuch
Manufacturer: Nonesuch
Binding: Audio CD
MPN: 79847
List Price: CDN$ 15.99
Our Price: CDN$ 9.99
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Ingenue
Back To Black
Track Listing
1.
After the Gold Rush (Young)
2.
Simple (lang/Piltch)
3.
Helpless (Young)
4.
A Case of You (Mitchell)
5.
The Valley (Siberry)
6.
Hallelujah (Cohen)
7.
One Day I Walk (Cockburn)
8.
Fallen (Sexsmith)
9.
Jericho (Mitchell)
10.
Bird on a Wire (Cohen)
11.
Love Is Everything (Siberry)
Editorial Reviews
From Amazon.com
Was it homesickness that compelled long time Los Angeles resident k. d. lang to fashion her one woman campaign for north of the border nationalism, or just plain good sense? As an organizing tool, all Canadian content has long been a mainstay of the Canadian Broadcasting System but few have selected their material with such a fine hand and a high aesthetic. The expatriate singer has taken great pains to create a sophisticated homage to her Canadian roots, elegantly reinterpreting 11 songs penned by some of her more illustrious countrymen (and women) such as Jane Siberry, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Leonard Cohen. The idiosyncratic chanteuse turns Cohen's "Bird on a Wire" into an aching monochromatic lament, exploring new tributaries of pain that didn't exist in the original, while recasting Neil Young's "Helpless" into haunting anthem of memory and comfort, all the while sounding anything but helpless. A gorgeous love letter to her brethren, complete with an intelligent and understated orchestration. --Jaan Uhelszki
Customer Reviews
Hallelujah
I will be honest I wanted Hallelujah off of this album. It is fantastic! However this album is also a great choice for anyone who loves Leonard Cohen's songs. K. D.Lang's voice is of course, phenomenal!
WOW!
What an exquisite voice kd lang has and what an album to showcase it! Her voice and phrasing are so seamless, so absolutely perfect, the effect is spellbinding (so much so that my spine literally tingles to listen to it!). In our age of 'processed, fast food' music, here is a truly genuine and compelling album with songs sung by one of our very finest and most talented artists.
Velvet Voice is awesome
kd lang is one of Canada's best female vocalists. The confidence and polish is evident in these familiar Canadian classics. Total command and precision in every song invites the listener to play this CD over and over. lang is a treasure and this album shines with her mastery of these beautiful songs.
Looking forward to seeing her in concert this year with any of these songs.
Magnificent
Although the songs are not new on this album, the concept is - trying to plumb the soul of the Canadian songwriter. And to offer renderings of those exquisite songs by Mitchell, Cohen, Young and some carefully selected others. Does it make sense? Yes, I think so, because I know of no attempt like it before. Yes, because the interpreter is an authority and a great Canadian singer in her own right. And yes, because these recordings sometimes reach the sublime, as is the case with Joni Mitchell's incomparable "A Case of You" - perhaps better than the original, more carefully phrased, more intense (the only other version that resonated with me was a live TV version by Diana Krall, but this is better). There are other notables - After the Gold Rush, Bird on a Wire, Hallelujah, Love is Everything. Overall, kd lang is striving for a tone, though, spare, controlled, conservatorial? A fantastic achievement, buy it.
Boring
What a boring piece of junk. I could not wait for this CD. With great anticipation, I opened the jacket, put it in the CD player and started to listen. From the first song to the last, this was one of the most listless pieces of music ever recorded.
There seemed to be none of the passion that Ms. Lang has shown before. One song flowed into another song and eventually they all sounded the same, which is not what I expected.
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