Ingénue (album)

Ingénue is the second solo album by Canadian singer k.d. lang, released in 1992. It is Lang's most successful album on the pop charts, both in her native Canada and internationally, and has more of a cabaret flavor than her earlier more country-influenced work.^[2]

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Singles

"Constant Craving" was the first single released from the album. It peaked at number 8 in Lang's native Canada,^[3] number 38 on the US Billboard Hot 100^[4] and number 15 in the UK Singles Chart when re-released, becoming her biggest solo hit single there.^[5] "Constant Craving" inspired (albeit subconsciously) The Rolling Stones' 1997 single "Anybody Seen My Baby?", from their Bridges to Babylon album, with the result that the Stones gave writing credits on that song to Lang and her collaborator Ben Mink.^[6]

"Miss Chatelaine" was released as the second single from the album. The song's video depicted Lang—who was usually best known for a fairly androgynous appearance—in an exaggeratedly feminine manner, surrounded by bright pastel colours and a profusion of bubbles reminiscent of a performance on The Lawrence Welk Show,^{[citation needed]} complete with an accordion in the instrumentation.

A third single, "The Mind of Love", was also released.

Both "Save Me" and "Still Thrives This Love" were used in the 2003 Showtime film Soldier's Girl.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[7]
Chicago Tribune	^[8]
Entertainment Weekly	C^[9]
Los Angeles Times	^[10]
Mojo	^[11]
NME	9/10^[12]
Pitchfork	9.0/10^[13]
Q	^[14]
Rolling Stone	^[15]
Uncut	9/10^[16]

Ingénue was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.^[17]

Track listing

All songs written by k.d. lang and Ben Mink, except where noted.

"Save Me" – 4:33
"The Mind of Love" – 3:48
"Miss Chatelaine" – 3:49
"Wash Me Clean" (Lang) – 3:17
"So It Shall Be" (Lang, Greg Penny) – 4:30
"Still Thrives This Love" – 3:35
"Season of Hollow Soul" – 4:58
"Outside Myself" – 4:57
"Tears of Love's Recall" – 3:49
"Constant Craving" – 4:37

Personnel

k.d. lang – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, tamboura, tambourine, percussion, Tma
Ben Mink – electric and acoustic guitars, bass, viola, violin, percussion, beatboxing
Greg Penny – percussion, beatboxing
Greg Leisz – steel, pedal steel and lap steel guitar
Teddy Borowiecki – keyboards, piano, accordion, santur
David Piltch – acoustic, electric and fretless bass guitar
Randall Stoll – drums
Graham Boyle – percussion, tympani, tambourine
Gary Burton – marimba, vibraphone
Ingrid Friesen, Martin Laba – pizzicato violin
John Friesen – cello
Myron Schultz – clarinet

Production

Producers: Greg Penny, Ben Mink, k.d. lang
Engineers: Greg Penny, Marc Ramaer, Morrie Eaman, Ben Mink
Assistant engineers: Steve Royea, Louie Teran, Pete Wonsiak
Mixing: Greg Penny, Marc Ramaer
Mixing assistant: Chris Puram
Mastering: Chris Bellman
Programming: Ben Mink, Greg Penny
String arrangements: Ben Mink
Art direction: Jeri Heiden
Design: Jeri Heiden, Greg Ross
Photography: Glen Erler

Accolades

Grammy Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1993 ^[18]	Ingénue	Album of the Year	Nominated
	Ingénue	Best Engineered Non-classical Album	Nominated
	"Constant Craving"	Best Female Pop Vocal Performance	Won
		Song of the Year	Nominated
		Record of the Year	Nominated
1994	"Miss Chatelaine"	Best Female Pop Vocal Performance	Nominated

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992–94)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[19]	3
Canadian Albums (RPM)^[20]	13
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[21]	91
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[22]	64
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[23]	1
UK Albums (OCC)^[24]	3
US Billboard 200^[25]	18

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)^[26]	57
US Billboard 200^[27]	95
Chart (1994)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[28]	30
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[29]	17

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[30]	2× Platinum	140,000^{^}
Canada (Music Canada)^[31]	2× Platinum	200,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[32]	Platinum	15,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[33]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[34]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. April 25, 1992. p. 21.
^ Levitin, Daniel. "Constant Creating: k.d. lang"^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Canada, Library and Archives (July 17, 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
^ "k.d. lang Chart History". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
^ "K D LANG - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
^ Richards, Keith (October 26, 2010). Life. Little, Brown. p. 457. ISBN 978-0-316-12856-8.
^ Deming, Mark. "Ingénue – k.d. lang". AllMusic. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
^ Heim, Chris (March 26, 1992). "k.d. lang: Ingenue (Sire)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
^ Zacharek, Stephanie (March 20, 1992). "Ingenue". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
^ Willman, Chris (March 15, 1992). "k.d. lang, Sans the Twang". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
^ Prior, Clive (June 2019). "Cords of Fame". Mojo. No. 307. p. 37.
^ Page, Betty (March 21, 1992). "Look Back in Langour". NME. p. 33.
^ Snapes, Laura (September 8, 2019). "k.d. lang: Ingénue". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
^ Sutcliffe, Phil (April 1992). "k.d. lang: Ingénue". Q. No. 67. p. 79.
^ Milward, John (April 30, 1992). "k.d. lang: Ingenue". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
^ O'Connell, Sharon (September 2017). "KD Lang: Ingénue". Uncut. No. 244. p. 49.
^ Lindemann, Christoph (2006). "K.D. Lang: Ingénue". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Universe Publishing. p. 688. ISBN 978-0-7893-1371-3.
^ "The 35th Grammy Awards Nominations : General Categories". Los Angeles Times. January 8, 1993. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
^ "Australiancharts.com – k.d. lang – Ingénue". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
^ Library and Archives Canada. Archived January 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 4, 2011
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – k.d. lang – Ingénue" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
^ "Highest position and charting weeks of Ingénue by k.d. lang" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
^ "Charts.nz – k.d. lang – Ingénue". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
^ "KD lang Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
^ "Complete UK Year-End Album Charts". Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
^ "Billboard.BIZ - Year-end Charts - Billboard 200 - 1993". billboard.biz. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
^ "End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Albums 1993". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
^ "Top Selling Albums of 1994". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1996 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
^ "Canadian album certifications – k.d. lang – Ingenue". Music Canada.
^ "New Zealand album certifications – kd Lang – Ingenue". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
^ "British album certifications – Kd Lang – Ingenue". British Phonographic Industry.
^ "American album certifications – k.d. lang – Ingenue". Recording Industry Association of America.

k.d. lang

Studio albums

with The Reclines	A Truly Western Experience Angel with a Lariat Absolute Torch and Twang
Solo	Shadowland Ingénue All You Can Eat Invincible Summer Watershed
with The Siss Boom Bang	Sing It Loud
Covers	Drag Hymns of the 49th Parallel
with Tony Bennett	A Wonderful World

Other albums

Singles

v t e Gary Burton
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless this is not known.
As leader or co-leader	New Vibe Man in Town (1961) Who Is Gary Burton? (1962) 3 in Jazz (split with Sonny Rollins and Clark Terry, 1963) Something's Coming! (1963) The Groovy Sound of Music (1964) Tennessee Firebird (1966) The Time Machine (1966) A Genuine Tong Funeral (1967) Lofty Fake Anagram (1967) Duster (1967) Gary Burton Quartet in Concert (1968) Good Vibes (1969–70) Paris Encounter (with Stéphane Grappelli, 1969) Throb (1969) Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett (1970) Live in Tokyo (1971) Alone at Last (1971) Crystal Silence (with Chick Corea, 1972) Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra (1973) The New Quartet (1973) Ring (with Eberhard Weber, 1974) Matchbook (with Ralph Towner, 1974) Hotel Hello (with Steve Swallow, 1974) Dreams So Real (1975) Passengers (1976) Times Square (1978) Duet (with Chick Corea, 1978) Easy as Pie (1980) In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 (1979) Picture This (1982) Lyric Suite for Sextet (with Chick Corea, 1982) Real Life Hits (1984) Slide Show (1985) Whiz Kids (1986) Times Like These (1988) Reunion (with Pat Metheny, 1989) Right Time, Right Place (with Paul Bley, 1990) Cool Nights (1991) Six Pack (1991–92) Native Sense - The New Duets (1997) Like Minds (with Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Dave Holland and Roy Haynes, 1998) Generations (2003) Next Generation (2004) The New Crystal Silence (with Chick Corea, 2007) Quartet Live (2007) Common Ground (2011) Hot House (2012) Time Thread (with Makoto Ozone, 2013) Guided Tour (2013)
With Stan Getz	Getz Au Go Go (1964) Nobody Else but Me (1964) Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2 (1966) The Stan Getz Quartet in Paris (1967) The Canadian Concert of Stan Getz (1983)
With others	After the Riot at Newport (Chet Atkins and the Nashville All-Stars, 1960) Bob Brookmeyer and Friends (1964) Tim Hardin 1 (Tim Hardin, 1964–65) Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964) Ingénue (k.d. lang, 1991) Journey (Arif Mardin, 1973) Jazz Concert (George Shearing, 1963) Rare Form! (George Shearing, 1963) Touch Me Softly (George Shearing, 1963) Swallow (Steve Swallow, 1991) Fluid Rustle (Eberhard Weber, 1979) Hommage à Eberhard Weber (2015) Simple Complex (Jon Weber, 2003)