Watershed (k.d. lang album)

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Watershed
Watershedalbumcover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 5, 2008 (2008-02-05)
Genre Folk, jazz, pop, country
Length38:51
Label Nonesuch
Producer k.d. lang, David Piltch
K.d. lang chronology
Reintarnation
(2006)
Watershed
(2008)
Recollection
(2010)
Alternative cover
Watershed deluxe.jpg
Limited edition
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (76/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Billboard (positive) [3]
The Boston Globe (favorable) [4]
Hot Press (positive) [5]
Now Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Paste (6/10) [1] [8]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]

Watershed is the seventh and most recent solo studio album by k.d. lang and was released on February 5, 2008. It is her first collection of original material since 2000's Invincible Summer . [11] In the US, it debuted at #8 on the Billboard 200, with approximately 41,000 copies sold. [12] In Australia it debuted at #3 on the ARIA Albums Chart [13] and in its ninth week moved to the #1 spot, up from the #38 position one week earlier. [14] In the UK, it debuted and peaked at #35. [15]

Contents

A limited edition of the album was released in deluxe packaging which contained a bonus disc with four live tracks and an interview. "I Dream of Spring" was the album's first single, released on November 18, 2007.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Dream of Spring"k.d. lang, David Piltch4:00
2."Je fais la planche"lang, Ben Mink 2:51
3."Coming Home"lang, Piltch3:26
4."Once in a While"lang3:27
5."Thread"lang, Piltch3:38
6."Close Your Eyes"Teddy Borowiecki, lang, Greg Leisz, Piltch4:26
7."Sunday"Borowiecki, lang4:17
8."Flame of the Uninspired"lang, Mink3:30
9."Upstream"lang, Piltch3:37
10."Shadow and the Frame"Borowiecki, lang, Ann Meredith3:07
11."Jealous Dog"lang, Piltch2:32
Bonus live tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Dream of Spring"lang, Piltch3:45
2."Wash Me Clean"lang4:11
3."The Valley" Jane Siberry 6:20
4."Hallelujah" Leonard Cohen 5:22

Personnel

Technical

Charts

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