Watershed (k.d. lang album)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(76/100)^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Billboard	(positive)^[3]
The Boston Globe	(favorable)^[4]
Hot Press	(positive)^[5]
Now	^[6]
The Observer	^[7]
Paste	(6/10)^[1]^[8]
PopMatters	^[9]
Rolling Stone	^[10]
Uncut	^[1]

Watershed is the seventh and most recent solo studio album by k.d. lang and was released on February 5, 2008 (2008-02-05). It is her first collection of original material since 2000's Invincible Summer.^[11] In the US, it debuted at #8 on the Billboard 200, with approximately 41,000 copies sold.^[12] In Australia it debuted at #3 on the ARIA Albums Chart^[13] and in its ninth week moved to the #1 spot, up from the #38 position one week earlier.^[14] In the UK, it debuted and peaked at #35.^[15]

A limited edition of the album was released in deluxe packaging which contained a bonus disc with four live tracks and an interview. "I Dream of Spring" was the album's first single, released on November 18, 2007 (2007-11-18).

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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Dream of Spring"	k.d. lang, David Piltch	4:00
2.	"Je fais la planche"	lang, Ben Mink	2:51
3.	"Coming Home"	lang, Piltch	3:26
4.	"Once in a While"	lang	3:27
5.	"Thread"	lang, Piltch	3:38
6.	"Close Your Eyes"	Teddy Borowiecki, lang, Greg Leisz, Piltch	4:26
7.	"Sunday"	Borowiecki, lang	4:17
8.	"Flame of the Uninspired"	lang, Mink	3:30
9.	"Upstream"	lang, Piltch	3:37
10.	"Shadow and the Frame"	Borowiecki, lang, Ann Meredith	3:07
11.	"Jealous Dog"	lang, Piltch	2:32

Bonus live tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Dream of Spring"	lang, Piltch	3:45
2.	"Wash Me Clean"	lang	4:11
3.	"The Valley"	Jane Siberry	6:20
4.	"Hallelujah"	Leonard Cohen	5:22

Personnel

K.D. Lang – banjo, guitar, percussion, piano, harp, keyboards, vocals, drum programming, production
Teddy Borowiecki – organ, guitar, piano, keyboards, programming, vibraphone, string conductor, photography
Grecco Buratto – guitar
Danny Frankel – percussion, drums
Jon Hassell – trumpet
Greg Leisz – guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar
Ben Mink – acoustic guitar
Noam Pikelny – banjo
David Piltch – bass, guitar, percussion, electric bass, drums, acoustic bass, production
Bryan Sutton – guitar

Technical

Lynne Earls – engineering, programming, editing
David Leonard – mixing, string engineering, string mixing
Steve Jensen, Martin Kirkup – management
Glen Nakasako, Jeri Heiden – photography
John Heiden, Nick Steinhardt – design

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[16]	1
Canadian Albums Chart^[17]	3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[18]	16
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[19]	40
UK Albums Chart^[15]	35
U.S. Billboard 200^[17]	8

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)	Position
Australian Albums Chart^[20]	44

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[21]	Gold	35,000^{^}
Canada (Music Canada)^[22]	Gold	50,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Critic reviews at Metacritic
^ Allmusic review
^ "Billboard review". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 3, 2008. Retrieved April 19, 2013.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ The Boston Globe review
^ Hot Press review
^ Now review
^ "Observer Music Monthly Reviews 26-40". The Guardian. 2008-01-20. Archived from the original on 2023-05-04.
^ Paste review
^ PopMatters review
^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved April 19, 2013.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Hasty, Katie (2007-10-10). "K.D. Lang Eyeing February for Next Album". Billboard. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
^ Hasty, Katie (2008-02-13). "Digital Sales Propel Johnson to Second No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
^ "australian-charts.com k.d. lang - Watershed" (ASP). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
^ ^a ^b "k.d. lang > Artists > Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
^ "Australiancharts.com – k.d. lang – Watershed". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "allmusic (((Watershed > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums)))". allmusic.com. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
^ "Charts.nz – k.d. lang – Watershed". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – k.d. lang – Watershed". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
^ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2008". aria.com.au. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
^ "Canadian album certifications – k.d. lang – Watershed". Music Canada.

External links

Watershed at Metacritic

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

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