''Absolute Torch and Twang'' is the third album by
k.d. lang and the Reclines, released in 1989.
Critical reception
Fred Dellar
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of ''
Hi-Fi News & Record Review'' gave the best rating to the album and said that "Canuck has fashioned yet another album that crosses borderlines and blends various aspects of country music with the sounds stemming from a late night, 40's jukebox".
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
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k.d. lang
Kathryn Dawn Lang (born November 2, 1961), known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Lang has won Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances. Hits include the s ...
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acoustic guitar,
guitar
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,
vocals
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* Graham Boyle –
percussion
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,
tambourine
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,
claves
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,
spoons
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* Spoon, a utensil commonly used with soup
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* ''Spoons'' (TV series), a 2005 UK comedy sketch show
*Spoons, a minor character from ''The Sopranos''
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* Michael Creber –
piano
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* John Dymond –
bass
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The Five Blind Boys of Alabama – background vocals, voices
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Greg Leisz
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Biography
Leisz grew up in the garage band cultu ...
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steel guitar,
slide guitar
* Gordie Matthews – acoustic guitar, guitar,
electric guitar
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*
Ben Mink –
organ, acoustic guitar, guitar,
mandolin, strings,
violin
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, electric guitar,
mandola
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, bowed bass
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David Piltch
David Piltch (born January 29, 1960) is a Canadian bassist and session musician.
Biography
Piltch grew up in an artistic family. His father Bernie Piltch was a noted studio and stage saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist in Toronto from the ...
– fretless bass, bowed bass
* Michel Pouliot –
drums
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Ed Thigpen
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Biograp ...
– drums
Production
*Producers: k.d. lang, Ben Mink, Greg Penny
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Awards
Grammy Awards
References
Citations
Print sources
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K.d. lang albums
1989 albums
Sire Records albums
Canadian Country Music Association Album of the Year albums