Ingénue
by k.d. lang
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Ingénue track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ingénue rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  eclab | Top 23 Music Albums of 1992 | 7/23 | 4 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | AledJames | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 59 Music Albums of 1992 | 31/59 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1992 | 83/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 87 Music Albums of 1992 | 43/87 | 3 |
| 2026 | eclab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 55/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 3 Music Albums of 1992 | 2/3 | 3 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Best 100 of Canada | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 | zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 38/100 | 13 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 132 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 485 | |||
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Ingénue ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/09/2026 06:51 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,661 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/15/2026 11:21 | Vulgarplacards | 64 | 94/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2026 10:46 | Johnnyo | 9,940 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 06/27/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5356): By marco17 Romanelli 02/07/2026 21:53 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Prisoner
Liedzeit 04/16/2025 17:24 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Ingénue comments
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I liked the variety of instruments: guitars, percussion, strings, keyboards, clarinet, and the music is put together quite well. However, I also find the music too restrained, though perhaps that is just a feature to be expected from an album of torch songs.
The album also has several great songwriting moments. But I found their structures very formulaic: verses and chorus repeat, and throw in an instrumental somewhere in the middle.
I'd say they were trying too hard to be radio friendly, and with a bit more daring this album could have been more interesting. But it's still a good album, with very good vocal performance as well. (Edited)
Shortlisted for album of the year at the 1993 Grammys. the winner was Unplugged by Eric Clapton. (Edited)
Jboy56 03/07/2022 14:38 | #282460
A beautiful, fine-sounding and extremely well-produced album gives you many great moments such as:
Save me, Mind of love, Miss Chatelaine, Constant Graving, Wash Me Clean
Favorite Tracks:So It Shall Be
Tamthebam 04/07/2018 06:31 | #212435 | TOP COMMENT
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A beautiful album centred around unrequited love. k d Lang moves away from her country style and delivers an album full of melancholy and self retribution. Best tracks, Save Me, Mind Of Love, Constant Craving, Season of Hollow Soul and Miss Chatelaine.
(First added to chart: 14/06/2012)
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