An album of covers by
gay Canadian singer-songwriter-actress
K. D. Lang. The title is a double
pun: K. D. is in male drag on the cover, but at the same time each song in the collection has some connection to or mention of smoking and
cigarettes - of which one takes, as we know, drags. It's also a doubly-naughty statement to make in
Los Angeles where Lang now resides - not only is she one of only two openly gay women on the
Hollywood circuit, but she is flying straight in the teeth of
the anti-smoking orthodoxy which has such a stranglehold on the state of
California.
The album is produced to the highest standard by Craig Street and Lang herself. The backings are all smooth, warm and deep like the singer's vocal and the two complement each other perfectly. The rendition of The Air That I Breathe is right up there in the list of best covers ever, and better than either the original or any other cover I've heard so far. Post orgasmic bliss in aural form.
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