K.D. Lang and The Reclines Angel With a Lariat (Vinyl LP) * * *

Western Canada native K.D. Lang launched her career with a blend of country-rock stylings and playfully punk-like attitude, by turns whimsical and subversive. But from the very beginning, her bravura singing belied her kitschy cowgirl outfits and spiky hair. After independently releasing A Truly Western Experience on a Canadian label in 1984, which generated serious major-label interest in the States, Lang joined Sire/Warner Bros. at the behest of Seymour Stein for her 1987 U.S. debut, Angel With A Lariat, produced by one-time Rockpile guitarist Dave Edmunds and cut with her then-band the Reclines. "...she's one heck of a belter on this set, with a set of pipes as big as all outdoors" (AMG). Back on vinyl for the first time in decades!