Absolute Torch and Twang

Absolute Torch and Twang is the third album by k.d. lang and the Reclines, released in 1989.

Critical reception
Fred Dellar of Hi-Fi News & Record Review gave the best rating to the album and said that "Canuck has fashioned yet another album that crosses borderlines and blends various aspects of country music with the sounds stemming from a late night, 40's jukebox".

Personnel
Musicians
 * k.d. lang – acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals
 * Graham Boyle – percussion, tambourine, claves, spoons
 * Michael Creber – piano
 * John Dymond – bass
 * The Five Blind Boys of Alabama – background vocals, voices
 * Greg Leisz – steel guitar, slide guitar
 * Gordie Matthews – acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar
 * Ben Mink – organ, acoustic guitar, guitar, mandolin, strings, violin, electric guitar, mandola, bowed bass
 * David Piltch – fretless bass, bowed bass
 * Michel Pouliot – drums
 * Ed Thigpen – drums

Production

 * Producers: k.d. lang, Ben Mink, Greg Penny

Awards
Grammy Awards