K.D Lang - Ingenue
Sire/Warner Because Sound Matters One Step Edition (2025)
You can read my full review at https://www.audiophilia.com/reviews/2025/4/6/kd-lang-ingenuebecause-sound-matters-one-step-vinyl-2025
K.D. Lang's second solo album, Ingénue has just been reissued for the first time in a AAA cut from the master tape. The new reissue is mastered from the original analog master tape by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. This edition of Ingenue employs the One Step process and is pressed at RTI on 180gm High Definition Vinyl. The gatefold jacket and slipcase are from Stoughton Printing.
K. D. Lang's Ingénue was released in 1992. There was a vinyl issue released in Europe at the time, but most countries had to content themselves with the CD or cassette tape versions. Although it was recorded to analog tape, that record and of course the CD were from digital. The recording was
made at Vancouver Studios by Greg Penny and Marc Ramaer.
I've copied and pasted the credits for the additional musicians on each song from Discogs to show the wide variety in instrumentation of this record:
Save Me
Acoustic Bass – David Piltch
Lap Steel Guitar – Greg Leisz
Tambura [Tamboura] – k.d. lang
The Mind Of Love
Steel Guitar – Greg Leisz
Miss Chatelaine
Strings [Guest Pizzicato] – Martin Laba
Wash Me Clean
Acoustic Guitar – k.d. lang
Acoustic Guitar [Solo] – Ben Mink
Electric Guitar – Ben Mink
Marimba – Gary Burton
Pedal Steel Guitar – Greg Leisz
So Shall It Be
Drum Machine [Beat Box] – Greg Penny
Guitar – k.d. lang
Still Thrives This Love
Acoustic Bass – David Piltch
Acoustic Guitar – Ben Mink
Cello – John Friesen
Clarinet – Myron Schultz
Mandolin – k.d. lang
Marimba – Gary Burton
Percussion – Sal Ferreras
Santoor [Santur] – Teddy Borowiecki
Strings [Guest Pizzicato] – Ingrid Friesen
Season Of Hollow Soul
Cello – John Friesen
Clarinet – Myron Schultz
Timpani – Graham Boyle
Vocals [Additional] – Rosel Zech
Outside Myself
Electric Bass [Fretless] – David Piltch
Keyboards – Teddy Borowiecki
Steel Guitar – Greg Leisz
Tambourine – Graham Boyle
Tears Of Love's Recall
Acoustic Guitar – Ben Mink
Cello – John Friesen
Constant Craving
Vocals [Additional] – Sue Leonard
Numbered, Limited Edition
Strict One-Time Pressing of 3,000 Copies
All-Analog (AAA) One-Step Vinyl Version
Neotech VR900-D2 180g High Performance Vinyl
Audio Source: Original Analog Master Tapes
First Time the Original Analog Master Tapes Have Been Used as a Vinyl Source
Vinyl Mastering by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
One-Step Process by Dorin Sauerbier at Record Technology, Inc.
Pressed at Record Technology, Inc.
Packaging by Stoughton Printing Company
"Old Style" Gatefold Tip-On Jacket with Original Artwork
Foil-Stamped, Uniquely Designed Numbered Slipcase
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Reference System
-VPI Scout with Classic Platter Upgrade
-JMW Memorial Tonearm
-VPI Analog Drive System
-Hana ML MC Cartridge
-Phasemation PP-500 MC Cartridge
Perpetuum Ebner PE 6060 Turntable
Ortofon Quintet Black MC Cartridge
-Miyajima Labs Infinity Mono MC Cartridge
-ModWright PH 9.0 Tube Phono Preamplifier
-Cayin A-50T Integrated Tube Amplifier
-System Audio Pandion 30 Loudspeakers
-Degritter Ultrasonic Record Cleaner
-VPI 16.5 Vacuum Record Cleaner
-Sweetvinyl Sugarcube SC-1 Mini
-Pioneer RT-707 Reel To Reel Tape Deck
-Ramar Record Brush
The reference system is wired exclusively with Audio Art cables.
00:00 Introduction
01:32 About Because Sound Matters
02:37 Support
03:00 Packaging and Pressing
07:05 Sibilance
08:39 Music and Sonics
12:28 Conclusion