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, Billy Jones) – 3:03

"Watch Your Step Polka" (Teddy Borowiecki, lang, Dennis Marcenko, Gordie Matthews) – 2:01 "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, W. S. Stevenson) – 2:25

Angel with a Lariat

Personnel

k.d. lang – vocals, backing vocals

The Reclines

Teddy Borowiecki – accordion, keyboard, backing vocals

Dennis Marcenko – bass, backing vocals

Gordie Matthews – guitar, backing vocals

Ben Mink – guitar, electric mandolin, violin, backing vocals

Michel Pouliot – 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 – banjo on "Turn Me Round" and "High Time For a Detour" Anne Dudley - string arrangement on "Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray"

Angel with a Lariat

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

Certifications

References

K.d. lang albums

1987 albums

Sire Records albums

Albums produced by Dave Edmunds

Angel with a Lariat