Shadowland (1988)

Shadowland is the debut solo album by k.d. lang, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music). The album included her collaboration with Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn and Brenda Lee on "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley" and was produced by Owen Bradley, who produced Patsy Cline's best-known work.

Critical reception

The Toronto Star determined that "Shadowland is a self-conscious anachronism, haunted by vague, 25-year-old memories... It's as purely retrogressive and deferential as the Dave Edmunds-produced Angel with a Lariat, which came mighty close to re-defining country music, was radical and innovative."

Personnel

• k.d. lang - vocals
• Harold Bradley - banjo, bass, ukulele, gut string guitar
• Jimmy Capps - rhythm guitar
• Buddy Emmons - pedal steel guitar
• Greg Leisz - lap steel guitar
• Tony Migliore - piano, accordion
• Roger Morris - piano
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
• Hal Rugg - pedal steel guitar
• Buddy Spicher - fiddle
• Henry Strzelecki - bass
• Pete Wade - electric guitar
• Rob Hajacos - fiddle
• Buddy Harman - drums
• Jim Horn - saxophone
• The Nashville String Machine
• Bill McElhiney - arrangements
• David Angell - violin
• Roy Christensen - cello
• Connie Ellisor - violin
• Ted Madsen - violin
• Bob Mason - cello
• Pamela Sixfin - violin
• Carl Gorodetzky - violin
• Dennis Molchan - violin
• George Binkley III - violin
• John Borg - viola
• Gary VanOsdale - viola
• Anthony LaMarchina - cello
• Lee Larrison - violin

The Jordanaires - vocals on "Western Stars", "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" & "Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them"

• Gordon Stoker
• Louis Dean Nunley

Neal Matthews, Jr.

Duane West

Tennessee - vocals on "Lock, Stock and Teardrops", "Sugar Moon", "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" & "I'm Down to My Last Cigarette"

• Hurshel Wiginton
• Doug Clements
• Louis Dean Nunley
• Jim Ferguson

The Honky Tonk Angels - vocals on "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley"

• Brenda Lee
• Loretta Lynn
• Kitty Wells

Production

• Producer: Owen Bradley
• Engineer: Bobby Bradley