多座葛莱美、加拿大朱诺奖得主、加拿大重量级名乡村女歌手汇集25年音乐生涯精选大碟！ 收录勇夺葛莱美最佳流行女歌手奖的成名曲「Constant Craving」、「Miss Chatelaine」、「Summerfling」、与Tony Bennett合唱的得奖之作「Crying」！ 1984年出道的k.d. lang，以首张专辑“A Truly Western Experience”在加拿大打开知名度，隔年即拿下加拿大朱诺奖「最佳新进艺人奖」，80年代底逐渐于美国走红，陆续夺得葛莱美「最佳乡村对唱奖」、「最佳乡村女歌手奖」，1992年的“Ingénue”是k.d. lang最成功、最畅销的专辑，在美加专辑榜各得到#18与#13的位置、并拿到白金唱片销售的佳绩，也打造出「Constant Craving」这支最为人熟知的畅销单曲，这张专辑也在1993年的葛莱美奖得到四项提名，其中为她赢得一座「最佳女歌手奖」，1996年更受颁加拿大荣誉勳章以表扬其音乐贡献，早已经是加拿大民众心中国宝级的乡村女歌手。2002年，k.d. lang与乐坛常青树Tony Bennett共同录制发行的爵士专辑“A Wonderful World”攻佔告示牌爵士榜5周冠军，再摘下一座葛莱美「最佳传统流行乐演唱专辑奖」，而近期所发表的2004年自选辑“Hymns Of The 49th Parallel”与2008年第五张录音室专辑“Watershed”，也都在英美加等地拥有相当的成绩。 此张k.d. lang 25年音乐生涯以来的首张精选专辑“Recollection”，以双CD形式推出，收录歌曲的规模也相当周到，CD 1就收录了过去k.d. lang最受到欢迎的歌曲，包括1988年早期专辑“Shadowland”的「Western Stars」、为k.d. lang赢得第一座个人葛莱美奖「最佳乡村女歌手奖」的“Absolute Torch And Twang”专辑裡的「Trail Of Broken Hearts」、生涯中最重要的单曲「Constant Craving」、加拿大成人抒情榜#25「Miss Chatelaine」、#10的「You’re OK」、#2轻快的「Summerfling」、最近期的专辑“Watershed”主打单曲「I Dream Of Spring」、翻作Leonard Cohen名曲「Hallelujah」等…，在CD 2方面更是有著收藏此精选的绝对原因，纳入了k.d. lang过去曾于【蓝调牛仔妹】、【黑色大理花悬案】、【快乐脚】、【相遇阿拉斯加】、【直到世界末日】、【Hiding Out】(与Roy Orbison夺得葛莱美奖的经典合唱「Crying」)等多部电影中特别穿插的歌曲、更有1990与2007年分别在向Joni Mitchell、Cole Porter致敬专辑中所灌录的「Help Me」、「So In Love」、与Tony Bennett在MTV Unplugged上演唱的「Moonglow」，以及「Beautifully Combined」、「Hallelujah」两首从未发行的歌曲。 k.d. lang尝试过多种乐风，凡举乡村、独特风格的情歌到与Tony Bennett的爵士演唱，都是那样富有浓稠的情感、沁人心脾，也时而令人感到轻鬆自若、云淡风轻的自然感受，纽约日报就曾以「很少有歌手可以像她将每个音调表现的如此完美，k.d. lang的歌声，宛若带著迷矇的面纱，优美、未经修饰且轻柔，总是可以精准的诠释出每个音符且让人回味许久。」的如此一番话来盛讚k.d. lang的歌唱实力与地位。 k.d. lang is a once-in-a-generation artist who has consistently displayed an extraordinary interpretative range as well as remarkable vocal prowess. It's no wonder she has, over the course of more than two decades, attracted such collaborators as Roy Orbison and Tony Bennett, along with admirers like Philip Glass and Madonna. As lang has matured, she continues to surprise and impress. With the 2008 release of her self-penned, self-produced Nonesuch disc Watershed, Rolling Stone declared, "k.d. lang does what the gifted and the lucky always should: improve as time passes." The Times of London agreed: "It's a quirk of the music industry that one of the sexiest, most sensual voices in all of pop music comes not from some raven-tressed siren in a glitter-dress but a middle-aged woman with a utility haircut and a penchant for male tailoring." lang herself called the album "a culmination of everything I've done -- there's a little bit of jazz, a little country, a little of the Ingénue sound, a little Brazilian touch."  This two-disc retrospective -- which includes favorites like "Constant Craving" and "Smoke Rings," as well as ten tracks that never appeared on k.d. lang albums; and interpretations of classic songs like Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and The Hollies "The Air That I Breathe" -- illustrates how lang got to this significant point in her career, 25 years after the independent release of her debut, A Truly Western Experience. As lang moved from the subversively whimsical cow-punk sound of her early career in Western Canada to a broader pop palette, she has shown an ever-increasing sophistication, both as songwriter and interpreter. Dramatic, country-meets-lounge opener "Trail of Broken Hearts," from her 1989 Grammy Award-winning Absolute Torch and Twang album, encapsulates where she came from and where she was heading. The luxurious adult pop of "Constant Craving," from the platinum-selling 1992 Ingenue, garnered her a Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female Grammy and remains her best known and most successful single. The effervescent "Miss Chatelaine," also from Ingenue, remains a concert favorite and "I Dream of Spring," is a particularly lush example of what she so artfully created for the acclaimed Watershed.  Her bravura rendition of "Crying," originally cut with Orbison for the soundtrack to the movie Hiding Out, has become a showstopper in her live performances, perhaps rivaled only be her beautifully restrained version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." This soaring signature tune appears here as both a new recording, and in its original studio version. On her 2004 Nonesuch debut, Hymns of the 49th Parallel, she explored the work of her fellow Canadian songwriters, including Neil Young ("Helpless") and the woefully underrated Jane Siberry (the sublime "The Valley"). Regardless of its source, her choice of cover material has always been inspired, as evidenced by her take on the Hollies' "The Air That I Breathe," Joni Mitchell's "Help Me," the Beatles' Golden Slumbers," and Chris Isaak's "Western Stars," produced by Nashville legend Owen Bradley, Patsy Cline's mentor, for Shadowlands. lang is equally adept with such standards as Cole Porter's "Love For Sale" and "So In Love," and the jazz classic Moonglow" (performed here with Tony Bennett), and that has endeared her to a multi-generational audience.