Editing Absolute Torch and Twang (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Deming|first=Mark|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/absolute-torch-and-twang-mw0000200194|title=Absolute Torch and Twang – k.d. lang and the Reclines / k.d. lang|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{cite news|last=McLeese|first=Don|url=https://chicagosuntimes.newsbank.com/doc/news/0EB36E5F2677A904|title=k.d. lang and the Reclines, 'Absolute Torch and Twang' (Sire)|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=May 29, 1989|access-date=May 24, 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Heim|first=Chris|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-06-08-8902070808-story.html|title=k.d. lang and the reclines: Absolute Torch and Twang (Sire)|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=June 8, 1989|access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Lewis|first=Randy|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-28-ca-1634-story.html|title=K.D. Lang 'Absolute Torch and Twang.' Sire|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=May 28, 1989|access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5score = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Bailie|first=Stuart|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/51587313896/in/album-72157720022665492/|title=Long Play: kd Lang and the Reclines: ''Absolute Torch Twang'' (Sire)|magazine=[[New Musical Express]]|date=27 May 1989|page=37|location=London|publisher=[[TI Media|IPC Limited]]|issn=0028-6362|access-date=27 March 2024|via=[[Flickr]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327193237/https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/51587313896/in/album-72157720022665492/|archive-date=27 March 2024}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1100286|title=k.d. lang and the Reclines: Absolute Torch and Twang|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|access-date=April 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327190047/http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1100286|archive-date=March 27, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Record Mirror]]''
| rev7score = 5/5<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Zeppelin|first=Geoff|title=K D Lang and the Reclines: Absolute Torch and Twang|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|date=May 27, 1989|page=32}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gleason|first=Holly|author-link=Holly Gleason|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kdlang/albums/album/248970/review/5941436/absolute_torch_and_twang|title=k.d. lang: Absolute Torch And Twang|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=July 13–27, 1989|access-date=April 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015205314/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kdlang/albums/album/248970/review/5941436/absolute_torch_and_twang|archive-date=October 15, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Considine|first=J. D.|author-link=J. D. Considine|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor1-link=Nathan Brackett|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|editor2-link=Christian Hoard|chapter=k.d. lang|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/474 474–475]}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev10score = B+<ref>{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv789-89.php|title=Consumer Guide|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|date=July 25, 1989|access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref>
}}

[[Fred Dellar]] of ''[[Hi-Fi News & Record Review]]'' gave the best rating to the album and said that "Canuck has fashioned yet another album that crosses borderlines and blends various aspects of country music with the sounds stemming from a late night, 40's jukebox".<ref name="HiFiReview">{{cite news|last=Dellar|first=Fred|authorlink=Fred Dellar|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Hi-Fi-News/80s/Hi-Fi-News-1989-08.pdf|title=Review: k.d. lang — Absolute Torch and Twang|work=[[Hi-Fi News & Record Review]]|type=magazine|date=August 1989|volume=34|issue=8|access-date=2 September 2021|page=107|location=[[Croydon]]|publisher=Link House Magazines Ltd|via=World Radio History|issn=0142-6230|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902075515/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Hi-Fi-News/80s/Hi-Fi-News-1989-08.pdf|archive-date=2 September 2021}}</ref>