Sing It Loud (album)

Sing It Loud is the thirteenth studio album by k.d. lang and was released on April 1, 2011. It is her first collection of original material since 2008's Watershed.

Sing It Loud
Studio album by k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang
Released	April 1, 2011
Genre	Folk, jazz, pop, country rock
Length	56:38 (Deluxe version)
Label	Nonesuch
Producer	k.d. lang, Joe Pisapia
K.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang chronology
Recollection (2010) Sing It Loud (2011) case/lang/veirs (2016)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(74/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
BBC Music	(favorable)[3]
The Guardian	[4]
The Independent	[5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
Mojo	[1]
musicOMH	[7]
Now	[8]
Q	[1]
Uncut	[1]
The Washington Post	(favorable)[9]

Track listing

All songs written by k.d. lang and Joe Pisapia unless otherwise noted.

1. "I Confess" (lang, Daniel Clarke, Joshua Grange) – 4:25
2. "A Sleep with No Dreaming" – 3:31
3. "The Water's Edge" – 3:53
4. "Perfect Word" – 4:41
5. "Sugar Buzz" – 5:14
6. "Sing It Loud" (Pisapia) – 5:25
7. "Inglewood" – 3:30
8. "Habit of Mind" (lang, Clarke, Grange) – 4:13
9. "Heaven" (David Byrne, Jerry Harrison) – 4:10
10. "Sorrow Nevermore" (lang, Clarke, Grange) – 3:33

14-track version exclusive to kdlang.com includes:

11. "Reminiscing" (Graeham Goble) – 3:45
12. "I Am the Winner" – 2:26
13. "Hollywood Kids" – 3:53
14. "Hungry Bird" – 4:42

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Australia	April 1, 2011	WEA
United States	April 11, 2011	Nonesuch Records
Netherlands	April 15, 2011	Nonesuch Records / Warner Music
United Kingdom	April 18, 2011	Nonesuch Records

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2011) Position Australian ARIA Album Chart[10] 2 Canadian Albums Chart[11] 7 New Zealand Albums Chart[12] 28 UK Albums Chart[13] 34 U.S. Billboard 200[11] 32

Year-end charts Chart (2011) Position Australian Albums Chart[14] 61 Certifications Region Certification Australia (ARIA)[15] Gold

References

1. Critic reviews at Metacritic
2. Allmusic review
3. BBC Music review
4. The Guardian review
5. The Independent review
6. Los Angeles Times review
7. musicOMH review
8. Now review
9. The Washington Post review
10. "australian-charts.com k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang - Sing It Loud" (ASP). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
11. "allmusic ((( Sing It Loud > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
12. "charts.nz k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang - Sing It Loud" (ASP). Hung Medien. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
13. "k.d. lang > Artists > Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
14. "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2011". aria.com.au. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
15. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2011 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020.

External links

• Sing It Loud at Metacritic