Editing Angel with a Lariat

{{Infobox album
| name       = Angel with a Lariat
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[k.d. lang and the Reclines]]
| cover      = k.d. lang - Angel With a Lariat.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|1987}}
| recorded   = May 26–June 27, 1986
| venue      =
| studio     = Maison Rouge, Fulham Broadway, London
| genre      = 
* [[Country music|Country]]
* [[cowpunk]]<ref name = "Christensen 1998">{{cite book|first= Thor |last= Christensen|editor1-first= Gary |editor1-last= Graff |editor2-first= Daniel |editor2-last= Durchholz |year= 1998 |title= MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |chapter= k.d. Lang|publisher= [[Visible Ink Press]] |location= Detroit |pages= 657-658}}</ref>
| length     = 30:52
| label      = [[Sire Records|Sire]], [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| producer   = [[Dave Edmunds]]
| chronology = [[k.d. lang]]
| prev_title = [[A Truly Western Experience]]
| prev_year  = 1984
| next_title = [[Shadowland (k.d. lang album)|Shadowland]]
| next_year  = 1988
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Deming|first=Mark|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/angel-with-a-lariat-mw0000190605|title=Angel With a Lariat – k.d. lang and the Reclines / k.d. lang|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Prior|first=Clive|title=Cords of Fame|magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|issue=307|date=June 2019|page=37}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|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>
}}

'''''Angel with a Lariat''''' is the second album by [[k.d. lang and the Reclines]], released in 1987. This was the first release outside of [[Canada]].

==Track listing==
#"Turn Me Round" ([[Ben Mink]]) – 3:13
#"High Time for a Detour" (lang, Mink) – 4:09
#"Diet of Strange Places" (lang) – 3:53
#"Got the Bull by the Horns" (Amos Boyd, [[Billie Jean Horton|Billy Jones]]) – 3:03
#"Watch Your Step Polka" (Teddy Borowiecki, lang, Dennis Marcenko, Gordie Matthews) – 2:01
#"[[Rose Garden (Billy Joe Royal song)|Rose Garden]]" ([[Joe South]]) – 3:19
#"Tune into My Wave" (Mink) – 3:32
#"Angel with a Lariat" (lang) – 3:08
#"Pay Dirt" (lang) – 2:09
#"[[Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray]]" ([[Eddie Miller (songwriter)|Eddie Miller]], W. S. Stevenson) – 2:25

==Personnel==
*[[k.d. lang]] – [[Singing|vocals]], backing vocals

'''The Reclines'''
*Teddy Borowiecki – [[accordion]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]], backing vocals
*Dennis Marcenko – [[bass guitar|bass]], backing vocals
*Gordie Matthews – [[guitar]], backing vocals
*[[Ben Mink]] – guitar, electric [[mandolin]], [[violin]], backing vocals
*Michel Pouliot – [[Drum kit|drums]], backing vocals

'''Additional personnel'''
*[[B.J. Cole]] – [[steel guitar]] on "Diet of Strange Places"
*Roy Dodds – drums on "Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray"
*[[Dave Edmunds]] – additional acoustic guitar on "Turn Into My Wave", backing vocals
*[[Keith Nelson (musician)|Keith Nelson]] – [[banjo]] on "Turn Me Round" and "High Time For a Detour"
*[[Anne Dudley]] – string arrangement on "Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray"

==Production==
*Dave Edmunds – producer
*Carey Taylor – engineer
*Jeri McManus Heiden, Kim Champagne, k.d. lang – art direction
*Amy Vangsgard – 3-D cover illustration

==Chart performance==
{| class="wikitable"
! Chart (1987)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{Album chart|Canada|40|artist=k.d. lang|album=angel with a lariat|chartid=8815}}
|-
{{Album chart|BillboardCountry|53|artist=k.d. lang|id=306260}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Angel with a Lariat''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=k.d. lang|title=Angel with a Lariat|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1987|certyear=1987|access-date=August 19, 2022}}
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==References==
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