Invincible Summer [Digipak] - K.D. Lang

This album represents, in part at least, a return to the style of “Ingenue”, lang’s 1996 album, following the flirtation with dance styles (“Just keep me moving”) and the treading water (in my opinion anyway) covers album “Drag”. The first track, “Consequences of falling”, straight away reminds me of “Ingénue”, it has a sensual feel to it, and why not – it is a song about falling love. So musically it’s like “Ingenue”, but the overall the “Invincible Summer” is much optimistic, and the songs ... more

The female Elvis strikes again with this melodious and haunting classic. This is a first class works by Ms Lang and rates alongside ‘Ingenue’ almost track for track. I bought this long awaited album the week it came out and never had it off the CD drive for weeks and still listen to it on a regular basis. Particular favourites are ‘the consequences of falling, ‘extraordinary thing’, ‘simple’ and ‘only love’. But I can recommend almost all of the tracks as they all have something of merit and the melancholy typical KD harmonies and haunting ... more

KD Lang's new album is a rich, melodic feast making good use of her excllent range. On first hearing I found it slightly inaccessible, but after four or five passes, it is addictive, a genuine grower. I started to realise that a couple of these songs have already been in the background for a while. There is nothing here with quite the range of, say, Black Coffee, but what is there makes a more integrated album than before. With this album has ventured into lands occupied by the brat pack of young female singer songwriters and showed them how good they might be when they have grown up. :-) ... more