Live By Request

By Marc Weingarten
Published on August 27, 2001 04:00AM EDT
k.d. lang

After 17 years of songs that have seen her whipsaw from glossy cowgal pop to shimmering torch balladry, lang’s vocal instrument remains a glorious thing to behold. Live By Request gives her a chance to flex her Olympian range and wrench every last ounce of pathos from material that roams freely across her brilliant career. Resistance is futile.

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