All You Can Eat (k.d. lang album)

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

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)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
NME(7/10)[5]
Robert Christgau[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Spin(7/10)[5]

Reception

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|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."[8]

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."[9]

In an Allmusic review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it "a more experimental and realized record than its predecessor [Ingénue]."[10]

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

Weekly charts
Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 3
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[12] 10
Dutch Mega Albums Chart[13] 89
New Zealand Albums Chart[14] 1
Swedish Albums Chart[15] 48
UK Albums Chart[16] 7
United States Billboard 200[17] 37

Year-end charts
Chart (1995) Position
Australian Albums Chart[18] 44
Canadian Albums Chart[19] 90

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[20] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[21] Gold 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[22] Gold 7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI)[23] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[24] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. All You Can Eat at AllMusic
  2. Webber, Brad (1995-11-02). "K.D. Lang All You Can Eat (Warner)". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
  3. Browne, David (1995-10-13). "All You Can Eat Review". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  4. 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.
  5. "KD Lang - All You Can Eat CD Album". cduniverse.com. CD Universe. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  6. Christgau, Robert. "CG: K.D. Lang". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  7. 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.
  8. "k.d. lang: All You Can Eat : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". 2008-07-26. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  9. October 13, David Browne Updated; EDT, 1995 at 04:00 AM. "All You Can Eat". EW.com. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  10. All You Can Eat - k.d. lang | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2022-03-28
  11. "Australiancharts.com – k.d. lang – All You Can Eat". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  12. "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 62, No. 13". RPM. October 30, 1995. Archived from the original (PHP) on November 10, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  13. "dutchcharts.nl k.d. lang - All You Can Eat". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  14. "charts.nz - k.d. lang - All You Can Eat". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  15. "swedishcharts.com k.d. lang - All You Can Eat" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  16. "The Official Charts Company - KD Lang - All You Can Eat". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  17. Allmusic - All You Can Eat > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
  18. "End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Albums 1995". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  19. "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1995". RPM. December 15, 1995. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  20. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1995 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  21. "Canadian album certifications – k.d. lang – All You Can Eat". Music Canada.
  22. "New Zealand album certifications – k.d. lang – All You Can Eat". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  23. "British album certifications – KD LANG – All You Can Eat". British Phonographic Industry.
  24. "American album certifications – k.d. lang – All You Can Eat". Recording Industry Association of America.


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