Absolute Torch and Twang

Absolute Torch and Twang
Studio album by k.d. lang and the Reclines
Released	1989 (1989)
Genre	Country
Length	41:31
Label	Sire, Warner Bros.
Producer	k.d. lang, Ben Mink, Greg Penny
k.d. lang and the Reclines chronology
Shadowland (1988) Absolute Torch and Twang (1989) Ingénue (1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Los Angeles Times	[3]
Q	[4]
Robert Christgau	B+[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]

Absolute Torch and Twang is the third album by k.d. lang and the Reclines, released in 1989.

Track listing

1. "Luck in My Eyes" (k.d. lang, Ben Mink) – 4:10
2. "Three Days" (Willie Nelson) – 3:17
3. "Trail of Broken Hearts" (lang, Mink) – 3:24
4. "Big Boned Gal" (lang, Mink) – 3:08
5. "Didn't I" (lang, Mink) – 3:39
6. "Wallflower Waltz" (lang, Mink) – 4:22
7. "Full Moon Full of Love" (Leroy Preston, Jeannie Smith) – 2:49
8. "Pullin' Back the Reins" (lang, Mink) – 4:23
9. "Big Big Love" (Wynn Stewart) – 2:29
10. "It's Me" (lang, Mink) – 2:20
11. "Walkin' in and Out of Your Arms" (lang, Mink) – 3:03
12. "Nowhere to Stand" (lang) – 4:27

Personnel

• k.d. lang – acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals
• Graham Boyle – percussion, tambourine, claves, spoons
• Michael Creber – piano
• John Dymond – bass
• The Five Blind Boys of Alabama – background vocals, voices
• Greg Leisz – steel guitar, slide guitar
• Gordie Matthews – acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar
• Ben Mink – organ, acoustic guitar, guitar, mandolin, strings, violin, electric guitar, mandola, bowed bass
• David Piltch – fretless bass, bowed bass
• Michel Pouliot – drums
• Ed Thigpen – drums

Production

• Producers: k.d. lang, Ben Mink, Greg Penny

Chart performance

Album

Singles

Awards

Grammy Awards

References

k.d. lang
Studio albums	with The Reclines A Truly Western Experience Angel with a Lariat Absolute Torch and Twang Solo Shadowland Ingénue All You Can Eat Invincible Summer Watershed with The Siss Boom Bang Sing It Loud Covers Drag Hymns of the 49th Parallel with Tony Bennett A Wonderful World
Live and compilation albums	Live by Request Reintarnation
Singles	"Rose Garden" "Crying" "Full Moon Full of Love" "Three Days" "Luck in My Eyes" "Constant Craving" "Miss Chatelaine"
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