Drag (k.d. lang album)

Drag
Studio album by k.d. lang
Released June 10, 1997 (1997-06-10)
Genre Adult contemporary
Length 52:26
Label Warner Bros.
Producer k.d. lang
Craig Street
k.d. lang chronology
All You Can Eat
(1995)		 Drag
(1997)		 Invincible Summer
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly (B+)[2]
Los Angeles Times [3]
The New York Times (Positive)[4]
Rolling Stone [5]
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Drag is a cover album by k.d. lang, released in 1997; it mostly features a smoking motif, although some tracks address broader issues of dependence and/or addiction.

Contents

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

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (1997) Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[6] 4
New Zealand Albums Chart [7] 16
UK Albums Chart [8] 19
United States Billboard 200[9] 29

Year-end charts

Chart (1997) Position
Australian Albums Chart[10] 46

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[11] Platinum 70,000^
United States (RIAA)[12] Gold 500,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Drag (k.d. lang album) at Allmusic
  2. ^ Browne, David (1997-07-13). "Drag Review". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,288294,00.html. Retrieved 2011-08-30. 
  3. ^ Hilburn, Robert (1997-07-10). "ALBUM REVIEW / POP : lang's 'Drag' Could Become Addictive". articles.latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1997-06-10/entertainment/ca-1788_1_lang. Retrieved 2011-10-01. 
  4. ^ Holden, Stephen (1997-07-08). "A Torch-Song Anthology About Dangerous Pleasures". nytimes.com. The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/08/arts/a-torch-song-anthology-about-dangerous-pleasures.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. 
  5. ^ Rolling Stone
  6. ^ "australian-charts.com k.d. lang - Drag". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=k%2Ed%2E+lang&titel=Drag&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-10-01. 
  7. ^ "charts.org.nz - k.d. lang - Drag". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=k%2Ed%2E+lang&titel=Drag&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-10-01. 
  8. ^ "Chart Stats - kd lang - Drag". UK Albums Chart. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=46824. Retrieved 2011-10-02. 
  9. ^ Allmusic - Drag > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
  10. ^ ARIA Charts "End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 1997". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-1997.htm ARIA Charts. Retrieved 2011-10-01. 
  11. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-1997.htm. 
  12. ^ "American album certifications – k.d. lang – Drag". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Drag%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
k.d. lang
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Singles
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"So in Love"  • "Summerfling"  • "Helpless"  • "Hallelujah"  • "Constant Craving"  • "You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch (with Matthew Morrision)"
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