Watershed (k.d. lang album)
| Watershed | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 5, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Folk, jazz, pop, country | |||
| Length | 38:51 | |||
| Label | Nonesuch | |||
| Producer | k.d. lang, David Piltch | |||
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Limited edition | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (76/100) |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Billboard | (positive) |
| The Boston Globe | (favorable) |
| Hot Press | (positive) |
| Now | |
| The Observer | |
| Paste | (6/10) |
| PopMatters | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Uncut | |
Watershed is the seventh and most recent solo studio album by k.d. lang and was released on February 5, 2008. It is her first collection of original material since 2000's Invincible Summer. In the US, it debuted at #8 on the Billboard 200, with approximately 41,000 copies sold. In Australia it debuted at #3 on the ARIA Albums Chart and in its ninth week moved to the #1 spot, up from the #38 position one week earlier. In the UK, it debuted and peaked at #35.
A limited edition of the album was released in deluxe packaging which contained a bonus disc with four live tracks and an interview. "I Dream of Spring" was the album's first single, released on November 18, 2007.