Shadowland (The Owen Bradley Sessions)
by k.d. lang
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Shadowland (The Owen Bradley Sessions) is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by k.d. lang on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by k.d. lang is Ingénue which is ranked number 3174 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 481.
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Shadowland (The Owen Bradley Sessions) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Shadowland (The Owen Bradley Sessions) rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 32 Music Albums of 1988 | 30/32 | 0 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 45 Music Albums of 1988 | 25/45 | 2 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 27/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Pastiche | Top 28 Music Albums of 1988 | 25/28 | 1 |
| 2026 | AledJames | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 43/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | Rivera | 301-400 | 97/100 | - |
| 2026 | daCritic | Greatest Country Albums | 52/75 | - |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 15 Music Albums of 1988 | 7/15 | 3 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 89/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 91/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 55 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 143 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/17/2026 16:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,015 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/01/2026 20:02 | AledJames | 1,704 | 69/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 21:54 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/13/2012 14:57 | #48402 | TOP COMMENT
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KD's last remotely country album, before she explored other avenues. Her voice has never sounded better, and she's developing a different approach to her music. Ingenue is better, but this shows her growing as an artist.
30 odd years on and I still hardly ever listen to this without stopping it at least once to play something over and ask myself "How did she do that?" or "How did she think of that?"
This record blew me away the first time I heard it and I have been a big fan of Ms. Lang's music ever since. From beginning to end not a stinker on here.
Jboy56 02/21/2022 15:31 | #281663 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is so well made and sounds good, so 80/100
Sandrof1969 02/18/2018 12:30 | #208670
Avendo io scoperto ed amato "Ingenue" sono poi andato a ritroso alla ricerca di qualche altro suo disco precedente: "Ingenue" rimane inarrivabile, ma questo "Shadowland" si dimostra un signor disco, magari con qualche concessione di troppo ai lustrini…
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