''Angel with a Lariat'' is the second album by k.d. lang and the Reclines, released in 1987. This was the first release outside of

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Track listing

#"Turn Me Round" (

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) – 3:13 #"High Time for a Detour" (lang, Mink) – 4:09 #"Diet of Strange Places" (lang) – 3:53 #"Got the Bull by the Horns" (Amos Boyd, Billy Jones) – 3:03 #"Watch Your Step Polka" (Teddy Borowiecki, lang, Dennis Marcenko, Gordie Matthews) – 2:01 #"

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) – 3:19 #"Tune into My Wave" (Mink) – 3:32 #"Angel with a Lariat" (lang) – 3:08 #"Pay Dirt" (lang) – 2:09 #" Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray" ( Eddie Miller, W. S. Stevenson) – 2:25

Personnel

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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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

, backing vocals The Reclines *Teddy Borowiecki – accordion,

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, backing vocals *Dennis Marcenko – bass, backing vocals *Gordie Matthews –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

, backing vocals *

– guitar, electric mandolin,

violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

, backing vocals *Michel Pouliot – drums, backing vocals Additional personnel *

B.J. Cole Brian John Cole is an English pedal steel guitarist, who has long been active as a session and solo musician. Coming to prominence in the early 1970s with the band Cochise, Cole has played in many styles, ranging from mainstream pop and rock t ...

– steel guitar on "Diet of Strange Places" *Roy Dodds – drums on "Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray" * Dave Edmunds – additional acoustic guitar on "Turn Into My Wave", backing vocals * Keith Nelson – banjo on "Turn Me Round" and "High Time For a Detour" *

Anne Dudley Anne Jennifer Dudley (née Beckingham; born 7 May 1956) is an English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician. She was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in the classical and pop genr ...

- string arrangement on "Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray"

Production

*Dave Edmunds - producer *Carey Taylor - engineer *Jeri McManus Heiden, Kim Champagne, k.d. lang - art direction *Amy Vangsgard - 3-D cover illustration

Chart performance

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Angel With A Lariat K.d. lang albums 1987 albums Sire Records albums Albums produced by Dave Edmunds