Drag (album)

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Drag
Drag cover
Cover album by k.d. lang
Released June 10, 1997
Recorded ???
Genre Adult Contemporary
Length 52:26
Label Warner Bros.
Producer k.d. lang,
Craig Street
Professional reviews
k.d. lang chronology
All You Can Eat
(1995)		 Drag
(1997)		 Invincible Summer
(2000)

Drag is the fourth solo album by k.d. lang, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). The cover is only a visual pun; the album actually features a smoking motif.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Don't Smoke in Bed" (Willard Robison) – 3:22
  2. "The Air That I Breathe" (Albert Hammond, Mike Hazelwood) – 5:58
  3. "Smoke Dreams" (John Klenner, Lloyd Shaffer, Ted Steele) – 3:49
  4. "My Last Cigarette" (Gary Clark, Boo Hewerdine, Neill MacColl) – 4:09
  5. "The Joker" (Eddie Curtis, Ahmet Ertegün, Steve Miller) – 4:44
  6. "Theme from the Valley of the Dolls" (Dory Langdon, Andre Previn) – 3:02
  7. "Your Smoke Screen" (David Barbe) – 2:29
  8. "My Old Addiction" (David Wilcox) – 6:39
  9. "Till the Heart Caves In" (T-Bone Burnett, Bob Neuwirth, Roy Orbison) – 3:30
  10. "Smoke Rings" (Gene Gifford, Ned Washington) – 3:36
  11. "Hain't It Funny" (Jane Siberry) – 6:23
  12. "Love Is Like a Cigarette" (Jerome Jerome, Walter Kent, Richard Byron) – 4:45

[edit] Personnel

  • k.d. lang - vocals
  • Teddy Borowieckl - piano, accordion, keyboard
  • Kevin Breit - banjo, guitar
  • Kimberly Brewer - background vocals
  • Lisa Coleman - keyboard
  • Anthony Cooke - cello
  • Larry Corbett - cello
  • Suzi Datayama - cello
  • Bruce Dukov - violin
  • Henry Ferber - violin
  • Ron Folsom - violin
  • Benji Gavabedian - violin
  • Connie Grauer - piano
  • Portia Griffin - background vocals
  • Jimmie Haskell - conductor
  • Jon Hassell - trumpet
  • Pat Johnson - violin
  • Karen Jones - violin
  • Dennis Karmazyn - cello
  • Ray Kelley - cello
  • Jerry Kessler - cello
  • Marva King - background vocals
  • Abe Laboriel Jr. - drums
  • Greg Leisz - pedal steel
  • Gayle Levant - harp
  • Joe Lovano - saxophone
  • Joy Lyle - violin
  • Wendy Melvoin - guitar
  • Sid Page - violin
  • David Piltch - bass
  • Barbara Porter - cello
  • Jay Rosen - violin
  • David Torn - guitar, kotar
  • Kim Zick - drums

[edit] Production

  • Producers: k.d. lang, Craig Street
  • Engineer: Danny Kopelson
  • Assistant engineer: Doug Boehm
  • Mixing: Patrick McCarthy
  • Mixing assistant: Mike Scotella
  • Mastering: Greg Calbi
  • Orchestration: Jimmie Haskell
  • Art direction: Linda Cobb, k.d. lang
  • Design: Linda Cobb
  • Photography: Albert Sanchez

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1997 The Billboard 200 29

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1997 "Theme from the Valley of the Dolls" Hot Dance Music/Club Play 14