Editing Absolute Torch and Twang

{{Infobox album
| name       = Absolute Torch and Twang
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[k.d. lang and the Reclines]]
| cover      = k.d. lang - Absolute Torch and Twang.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|1989}}
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = Vancouver Studios (Vancouver, BC)<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>
| genre      = [[Country music|Country]]
| length     = 41:31
| label      = [[Sire Records|Sire]], [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| producer   = [[Greg Penny]],<br />[[k.d. lang]],<br />[[Ben Mink]]
| chronology = [[k.d. lang]]
| prev_title = [[Shadowland (k.d. lang album)|Shadowland]]
| prev_year  = 1988
| next_title = [[Ingénue (album)|Ingénue]]
| next_year  = 1992
}}

'''''Absolute Torch and Twang''''' is the third album by [[k.d. lang and the Reclines]], released in 1989.

==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>

==Track listing==
All tracks written by k.d. lang and Ben Mink, except where noted.
{{Track listing
| title1        = Luck in My Eyes
| music1        = 
| length1       = 4:10
| title2        = Three Days
| music2        = {{hlist|[[Willie Nelson]]}}
| length2       = 3:17
| title3        = Trail of Broken Hearts
| music3        = 
| length3       = 3:24
| title4        = Big Boned Gal
| music4        = 
| length4       = 3:08
| title5        = Didn't I
| music5        = 
| length5       = 3:39
| title6        = Walflower Waltz
| music6        =
| length6       = 4:22
| title7        = Full Moon Full of Love
| music7        = {{hlist|Leroy Preston|Jeannie Smith}}
| length7       = 2:49
| title8        = Pullin' Back the Reins
| music8        = 
| length8       = 4:23
| title9        = Big, Big Love
| music9        = {{hlist|Kenneth Carroll|[[Wynn Stewart]]}}
| length9       = 2:29
| title10        = It's Me
| music10        = 
| length10       = 2:20
| title11        = Walkin' in and Out of Your Arms
| music11        = 
| length11       = 3:03
| title12        = Nowhere to Stand
| music12        = {{hlist|k.d. lang}}
| length12       = 4:27
| total_length  = 41:31
}}

==Personnel==
'''Musicians'''
* [[k.d. lang]] – [[Steel-string guitar|acoustic guitar]], [[guitar]], [[Singing|vocals]]
* Graham Boyle – [[percussion instrument|percussion]], [[tambourine]], [[claves]], [[Spoon (musical instrument)|spoons]]
* Michael Creber – [[piano]]
* John Dymond – [[bass guitar|bass]]
* [[Blind Boys of Alabama|The Five Blind Boys of Alabama]] – background vocals, voices
* [[Greg Leisz]] – [[steel guitar]], [[slide guitar]]
* Gordie Matthews – acoustic guitar, guitar, [[electric guitar]]
* [[Ben Mink]] – [[organ (music)|organ]], acoustic guitar, guitar, [[mandolin]], strings, [[violin]], electric guitar, [[mandola]], bowed bass
* [[David Piltch]] – fretless bass, bowed bass
* Michel Pouliot – [[Drum kit|drums]]
* [[Ed Thigpen]] – drums

==Production==
*Producers: [[Greg Penny]], k.d. lang, Ben Mink

==Chart performance==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1989–1990)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/NkVlTXd.png|title=Chartifacts – Week Ending: 26 April 1992 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 117) |publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]])|accessdate=February 17, 2017}}</ref>
| 81
|-
! scope="row"| Canadian Albums (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')
| 29
|-
! scope="row"| Canadian Country Albums (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')
| 8
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|69|artist=k.d. lang|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 2, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|12|artist=k.d. lang|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 2, 2021}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1989)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1989/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1989|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=January 2, 2021}}</ref>
| 44
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1990)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1990/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1990|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=January 2, 2021}}</ref>
| 16
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|award=Gold|certyear=2001|relyear=1989|accessdate=January 2, 2021}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|artist=k.d. lang and The Reclines|title=Absolute Torch & Twang|award=Platinum|certyear=1990|relyear=1989|accessdate=January 2, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=k.d. lang|title=Absolute Torch And Twang|award=Silver|relyear=1989|certyear=1994|id=285-3281-2|accessdate=January 2, 2021}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=k.d. lang & The Reclines|title=Absolute Torch & Twang|award=Gold|certyear=1990|relyear=1989|accessdate=January 2, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==Awards==
'''[[Grammy Awards]]'''
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Winner
!align="left"|Category
|-
|align="left"|1989
|align="left"|''Absolute Torch and Twang''
|align="left"|[[Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance|Best Female Country Vocal Performance]]
|}

==References==
===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

===Print sources===
* {{cite magazine|last=Nash|first=Alanna|authorlink=Alanna Nash|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-HiFI-Stereo/80s/HiFi-Stereo-Review-1989-08.pdf|title=K.D. Lang|magazine=[[Sound & Vision (magazine)|Stereo Review]]|date=August 1989|volume=54|issue=8|access-date=26 October 2021|page=75|location=[[New York City|New York]]|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S.|Diamandis Communications Inc.]]|via=World Radio History|issn=0142-6230|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903215428/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Hi-Fi-News/80s/Hi-Fi-News-1989-12.pdf|archive-date=3 September 2021}}

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[[Category:1989 albums]]
[[Category:Sire Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Greg Penny]]
[[Category:Canadian Country Music Association Album of the Year albums]]