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A Truly Western Experience - k.d....

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k.d. lang's first independent album is an uneven but exciting revamp of '50s country. She alternates between rocking honky tonk numbers and Patsy Cline-influenced weepers, sometimes assuming an ironic distance. It may be flawed, but A Truly Western Experience has an almost punky kick and illustrates why lang would soon be considered as the freshest female vocalist in country music in the late '80s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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k.d. lang and the Reclines (12 Albums)

  • Hymns of the 49th Parallel
  • Invincible Summer
  • A Truly Western Experience
  • Absolute Torch And Twang
  • All You Can Eat
  • Angel with a Lariat
  • Drag
  • Ingénue
  • Live by Request
  • Shadowland
  • Sing It Loud
  • Watershed
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