All You Can Eat
Studio album by
k.d. lang
ReleasedOctober 10, 1995 (1995-10-10)
GenrePop
Length36:09
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
K.d. lang chronology
Ingénue
(1992) 		All You Can Eat
(1995) 		Drag
(1997)

All You Can Eat is the third solo album by Canadian singer k.d. lang, released in October 1995.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Cash Box(favorable)[2]
Chicago Tribune[3]
Robert Christgau(neither)[7]
Entertainment WeeklyA[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
NME7/10[6]
Rolling Stone[8]
Spin7/10[6]

In a Rolling Stone review, Barry Walters wrote "The rhythms and sonic textures draw from the vintage soul of Al Green, while the stark arrangements and lush melodies embrace the primal sophistication of trend-bucking college-radio faves like Björk and [PJ] Harvey without evoking either. By holding back on vocal volume and letting her creativity loose, Kathryn Dawn ultimately expresses much more. Traditional torch and twang gave her something to master and rebel against, but sublimely sensual art pop has set lang free."[9]

David Browne of Entertainment Weekly described the album as "Ten meditations on unrequited desire, courtship, rejection, and sex, All You Can Eat is both the most brazen and conventional album she’s ever made, and one of her best. With each new album, lang has gradually toned down the often cloying cowpunk giddiness of her early work. That course continues with Eat, a sober album that musically and lyrically picks up where Ingénue‘s hit 'Constant Craving' left off. The songs are a series of pleas to a lover to allow our tortured chanteuse into her life, each one highlighting varying degrees of optimism, confusion, and bleakness."[10]

In an AllMusic review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it "a more experimental and realized record than its predecessor [Ingénue]."[11]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by k.d. lang and Ben Mink

  1. "If I Were You" – 3:59
  2. "Maybe" – 4:11
  3. "You're Ok" – 3:03
  4. "Sexuality" – 3:24
  5. "Get Some" – 3:37
  6. "Acquiesce" – 3:33
  7. "This" – 4:02
  8. "World of Love" – 3:44
  9. "Infinite and Unforeseen" – 2:57
  10. "I Want It All" – 3:39

Personnel

In other media

The song "Sexuality" was also released on Friends Original TV Soundtrack.

Charts

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. All You Can Eat at AllMusic
  2. ^ Baltin, Steve (1995-10-21). "Pop Albums" (PDF). Cash Box. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  3. ^ Webber, Brad (1995-11-02). "K.D. Lang All You Can Eat (Warner)". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
  4. ^ Browne, David (1995-10-13). "All You Can Eat Review". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  5. ^ Cromelin, Richard (1995-10-10). "ALBUM REVIEW / POP : Lang Delivers Torch Music Without Fire : K.D. LANG: "All You Can Eat"; Warner Bros". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  6. ^ a b "KD Lang - All You Can Eat CD Album". cduniverse.com. CD Universe. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  7. ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: K.D. Lang". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  8. ^ Walters, Barry (1995-11-16). "K.D. Lang: All You Can Eat : Music Reviews". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-07-26. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  9. ^ "k.d. lang: All You Can Eat : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. 2008-07-26. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  10. ^ October 13, David Browne Updated; EDT, 1995 at 04:00 AM. "All You Can Eat". EW.com. Retrieved 2022-03-28.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ All You Can Eat - k.d. lang | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2022-03-28
  12. ^ "Australiancharts.com – k.d. lang – All You Can Eat". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  13. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 2791". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
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  16. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – k.d. lang – All You Can Eat". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  17. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  18. ^ "k.d. lang Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  19. ^ "End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Albums 1995". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  20. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 2839". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  21. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1995 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  22. ^ "Canadian album certifications – k.d. lang – All You Can Eat". Music Canada.
  23. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – k.d. lang – All You Can Eat". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  24. ^ "British album certifications – KD LANG – All You Can Eat". British Phonographic Industry.
  25. ^ "American album certifications – k.d. lang – All You Can Eat". Recording Industry Association of America.


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