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Hymns of the 49th Parallel | 
| Artist: K.D. Lang
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 645
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 075597984729
EAN: 0075597984729
ASIN: B000267J10
Release Date: July 27, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | After the Gold Rush (Young) | | • | Simple (lang/Piltch) | | • | Helpless (Young) | | • | A Case of You (Mitchell) | | • | The Valley (Siberry) | | • | Hallelujah (Cohen) | | • | One Day I Walk (Cockburn) | | • | Fallen (Sexsmith) | | • | Jericho (Mitchell) | | • | Bird on a Wire (Cohen) | | • | Love Is Everything (Siberry) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Was it homesickness that compelled longtime Los Angeles resident k.d. lang to fashion her one-woman campaign for north-of-the-border nationalism, or just plain good sense? All Canadian content has long been a mainstay of the Canadian Broadcasting System, but few have selected their material with such a fine hand and a high aesthetic. The expatriate singer has taken great pains to create a sophisticated homage to her Canadian roots, elegantly reinterpreting 11 songs penned by some of her more illustrious countrymen (and women) such as Jane Siberry, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Leonard Cohen. The idiosyncratic chanteuse turns Cohen's "Bird on a Wire" into an aching monochromatic lament, exploring new tributaries of pain that didn't exist in the original, while recasting Neil Young's "Helpless" into a haunting anthem of memory and comfort, all the while sounding anything but helpless. A gorgeous love letter to her brethren, complete with an intelligent and understated orchestration. --Jaan Uhelszki
Album Description
Hymns of the 49th Parallel fulfills k.d. lang's longstanding desire to create a Canadian songbook. On the album, her first for Nonesuch Records, she pays homage to fellow Canadian artists including Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Jane Siberry, Ron Sexsmith, and Bruce Cockburn.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Hymns of the 49th Parrallell July 27, 2010
suebet
I love this CD. Of course I am a hudge KD fan. But this CD is GREAT
Hymns of the 49th Parallel July 21, 2010
midociz
This album is a collection of very great songs. Some I remember from a while ago and some new to me.
The song that K.D. Lang sang at the 2010 Olympics, Hallelujah, was the reason I purchased this album in the
first place. Just a beautiful album with interesting songs.
Jeri
Great June 21, 2010
Robert (Columbus, Ohio)
Bought it as a gift and the person is very happy. Told me that sound is amazing.
Highly recommend.
K D Lang hymns of the 49th parallel May 9, 2010
Frank E. Raven (Canada)
Truely a fabulous singer composer musician This particular disc is like a lullaby with a jazz twist. Not many recordings make an emotional connection but K D Lang manages to touch the listener. You will want to sit and listen from beginning to end." A masterwork"
HALLELUJAH April 28, 2010
DMac (Baraga, MI United States)
This is the cd I've been waiting for. Beautiful tunes, and my most favorite song I have ever heard, has got to be KDLang's SOULful rendition of HALLELUJAH...this is what music is supposed to do! It is simply beautiful.
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