Ingénue (album)

Ingénue
Studio album by k.d. lang
Released 17 March 1992
Recorded 1991 at Vancouver Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genre Pop, country, folk, jazz
Length 41:47
Label Sire, Warner Bros.
Producer Greg Penny
Ben Mink
k.d. lang
k.d. lang chronology
Absolute Torch and Twang
(1989)		 Ingénue
(1992)		 All You Can Eat
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Chicago Tribune [2]
Entertainment Weekly (C)[3]
Houston Chronicle [4]
Los Angeles Times [5]
Rolling Stone [6]
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Ingénue is the second solo album by k.d. lang, released in 1992. It has more of a cabaret flavor than Lang's previous work, and was her most successful album on the pop charts both in her native Canada and internationally.[7]

The salsa-inspired "Miss Chatelaine" was ironic; Chatelaine is a Canadian women's magazine which once chose lang as its "Woman of the Year", and the song's video depicted lang — who was usually best known for a fairly androgynous appearance — in an exaggeratedly feminine manner, surrounded by bright pastel colours and a profusion of bubbles reminiscent of a performance on the Lawrence Welk show.

The multi-format hit single "Constant Craving" inspired (albeit subconsciously) The Rolling Stones' 1997 single "Anybody Seen My Baby?", from their Bridges to Babylon album, with the result that the Stones gave writing credits on that song to lang and her collaborator Ben Mink.

Both "Save Me" and "Still Thrives This Love" were used in the 2003 Showtime film Soldier's Girl.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by k.d. lang and Ben Mink, except where noted

  1. "Save Me" – 4:33
  2. "The Mind of Love" – 3:48
  3. "Miss Chatelaine" – 3:49
  4. "Wash Me Clean" (lang) – 3:17
  5. "So It Shall Be" (lang, Greg Penny) – 4:30
  6. "Still Thrives This Love" – 3:35
  7. "Season of Hollow Soul" – 4:58
  8. "Outside Myself" – 4:57
  9. "Tears of Love's Recall" – 3:49
  10. "Constant Craving" – 4:37

Production

Accolades

Grammy Awards

Year Nominated work Award Result
1993
[8]		 Ingénue Album of the Year Nominated
Best Engineered Non-classical Album Nominated
"Constant Craving" Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female Won
Song of the Year Nominated
Record of the Year Nominated

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (1992-94) Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[9] 3
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[10] 13
German Media Control Albums Chart [11] 91
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[12] 64
New Zealand Albums Chart [13] 1
UK Albums Chart [14] 3
United States Billboard 200[15] 18

Year-end charts

Chart (1993) Position
UK Albums Chart[16] 57
U.S. Billboard 200[17] 95
Chart (1994) Position
Australian Albums Chart[18] 30

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[19] 2× Platinum 200,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[20] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[21] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

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

References

  1. ^ Deming, Mark. Ingénue (album) at Allmusic
  2. ^ Chris, Heim (1992-03-26). "k.d. lang Ingenue (Sire)". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-03-26/features/9201280083_1_star-ingenue-musical-equivalent. Retrieved 2011-10-22. 
  3. ^ Zacharek, Stephanie (1992-03-20). "Ingenue Review". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,309922,00.html. Retrieved 2011-08-30. 
  4. ^ Mitchell, Rick (1992-04-05). "k.d. lang gets real with intense "Ingenue'". http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1992_1047430/k-d-lang-gets-real-with-intense-ingenue.html. Retrieved 2011-11-04. 
  5. ^ Willman, Chris (1992-03-15). "Record Rack: k.d. lang, Sans the Twang". articles.latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1992-03-15/entertainment/ca-6437_1_lang-twang-albums. Retrieved 2011-10-01. 
  6. ^ Rolling Stone
  7. ^ Levitin, Daniel. "Constant Creating: k.d. lang"
  8. ^ "The 35th Grammy Awards Nominations : General Categories". articles.latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. 1993-01-08. http://articles.latimes.com/1993-01-08/entertainment/ca-921_1_album-producer. Retrieved 2011-09-30. 
  9. ^ "australian-charts.com k.d. lang - Ingénue". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=k%2Ed%2E+lang&titel=Ing%E9nue&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-10-01. 
  10. ^ Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2011-11-04
  11. ^ "Album Search: k.d. lang" (in German). Media Control. http://www.charts.de/search.asp?search=k.d.+lang&x=0&y=0&cat=a&country=de. Retrieved 2011-10-01. 
  12. ^ k.d.ラング-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック "Highest position and charting weeks of Ingénue by k.d. lang" (in Japanese). oricon.co.jp. Oricon Style. http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/305484/1/ k.d.ラング-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック. Retrieved 2011-10-01. 
  13. ^ "charts.org.nz - k.d. lang - Ingénue". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=k%2Ed%2E+lang&titel=Ing%E9nue&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-10-01. 
  14. ^ "Chart Stats - kd lang - Ingenue". UK Albums Chart. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=46826. Retrieved 2011-10-02. 
  15. ^ Allmusic - Ingénue > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
  16. ^ "Complete UK Year-End Album Charts". http://chartheaven.9.forumer.com/a/complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. 
  17. ^ "Billboard.BIZ - Year-end Charts - Billboard 200 - 1993". billboard.biz. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/1993/the-billboard-200. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  18. ^ ARIA Charts "End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Albums 1993". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50albums-1994.htm ARIA Charts. Retrieved 2011-10-01. 
  19. ^ "Canadian album certifications – k.d. lang – Ingenue". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Ingenue&sa=k.d.+lang&smt=0. 
  20. ^ "British album certifications – KD LANG – Ingenue". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Ingenue in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  21. ^ "American album certifications – k.d. lang – Ingenue". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Ingenue%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
Preceded by
Superunknown by Soundgarden		 New Zealand Chart number-one album
March 27, 1994		 Succeeded by
Elegant Slumming by M People
k.d. lang
Studio albums
with The Reclines
Solo
with The Siss Boom Bang
Covers
Soundtracks
Live and compilation albums
Singles
"Hanky Panky"  • "Rose Garden"  • "Tune into My Wave"  • "Crying"  • "Honky Tonk Angels Medley" (w/ Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, and Kitty Wells)  • "I'm Down to My Last Cigarette"  • "Lock, Stock, and Teardrops"  • "Full Moon Full of Love"  • "Three Days"  • "Luck in My Eyes"  • "Big Boned Gal"  • "Pulling Back the Reins"  • "Trail of Broken Hearts"  • "Ridin' the Rails"  • "Constant Craving"  • "Calling All Angels" (w/ Jane Siberry)  • "Miss Chatelaine"  • "The Mind of Love"  • "Just Keep Me Moving"  • "Hush Sweet Lover"  • "Lifted by Love"  • "If I Were You"  • "You're Okay"  • "Sexuality"  • "The Joker"  • "Theme from the Valley of the Dolls"  • "Fado Hilario"  • "Anywhere But Here"  • "Summerfling"  • "The Consequences of Falling"  • "Helpless"  • "I Dream of Spring"  • "I Confess"
Featured songs
"So in Love"  • "Summerfling"  • "Helpless"  • "Hallelujah"  • "Constant Craving"  • "You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch (with Matthew Morrision)"
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