Sing It Loud (album)

Sing It Loud
Studio album by k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang
Released April 1, 2011 (2011-04-01)
Genre Folk, jazz, pop, rock
Length 56:38 (Deluxe version)
Label Nonesuch
Producer k.d. lang, Joe Pisapia
k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang chronology
Watershed
(2008)		 Sing It Loud
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(74/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
BBC Music(favorable)[3]
The Guardian[4]
The Independent[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Mojo[1]
musicOMH[7]
Now[8]
Q[1]
Uncut[1]
The Washington Post(favorable)[9]

Sing It Loud is the thirteenth studio album by k.d. lang and was released on April 1, 2011. It is her first collection of original material since 2008's Watershed.

Track listing

All songs written by k.d. lang and Joe Pisapia unless otherwise noted.

  1. "I Confess" (lang, Daniel Clarke, Joshua Grange) – 4:25
  2. "A Sleep with No Dreaming" – 3:31
  3. "The Water's Edge" – 3:53
  4. "Perfect Word" – 4:41
  5. "Sugar Buzz" – 5:14
  6. "Sing It Loud" (Pisapia) – 5:25
  7. "Inglewood" – 3:30
  8. "Habit of Mind" (lang, Clarke, Grange) – 4:13
  9. "Heaven" (David Byrne, Jerry Harrison) – 4:10
  10. "Sorrow Nevermore" (lang, Clarke, Grange) – 3:33

14-track version exclusive to kdlang.com includes:

  1. "Reminiscing" (Graeham Goble) – 3:45
  2. "I Am the Winner" – 2:26
  3. "Hollywood Kids" – 3:53
  4. "Hungry Bird" – 4:42

Release history

Region Date Label
Australia April 1, 2011 WEA
United States April 11, 2011 Nonesuch Records
Netherlands April 15, 2011 Nonesuch Records / Warner Music
United Kingdom April 18, 2011 Nonesuch Records

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2011) Position
Australian ARIA Album Chart[10] 2
Canadian Albums Chart[11] 7
New Zealand Albums Chart[12] 28
UK Albums Chart[13] 34
U.S. Billboard 200[11] 32

Year-end charts

Chart (2011) Position
Australian Albums Chart[14] 61

Certifications

Region Certification
Australia (ARIA)[15] Gold

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ BBC Music review
  4. ↑ The Guardian review
  5. ↑ The Independent review
  6. ↑ Los Angeles Times review
  7. ↑ musicOMH review
  8. ↑ Now review
  9. ↑ The Washington Post review
  10. ↑ "australian-charts.com k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang - Sing It Loud" (ASP). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  11. 1 2 "allmusic ((( Sing It Loud > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  12. ↑ "charts.org.nz k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang - Sing It Loud" (ASP). Hung Medien. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  13. ↑ "k.d. lang > Artists > Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  14. ↑ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2011". aria.com.au. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  15. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2011 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.

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