In 1992, she broke the mould with her album Ingénue. Taking it back on tour, she talks about her pride at its effect - and the regret that it made her life public property A few years ago, I lay in my garden on a hot summer´s day, listening to a few familiar notes of a song wafting over from next door. As it reached the chorus, I mimed along. When my neighbour played it for a third time, I was tempted to shout: `You OK?` I knew they weren´t: anyone listening constantly to kd lang´s Constant Craving, a paean to longing and desire, was surely in the throes of a deep and unrequited crush.The track, released in 1992, is the last on lang´s second album, Ingénue. The Grammy award-nominated, multi-platinum-selling album became a cultural milestone - it hoisted LGBT issues firmly into the mainstream, and subverted country music, which was then the preserve of a far smaller, more conservative audience. Ingénue is meditative and personal, its vulnerability and honesty resonating strongly. Continue reading...
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