Angel with a Lariat is the second album by k.d. lang and the Reclines, released in 1987. This was the first release outside of Canada.

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Angel with a Lariat
Studio album by k.d. lang and the Reclines
Released	1987 (1987)
Recorded	May 26–June 27, 1986
Studio	Maison Rouge, Fulham Broadway, London
Genre	Country cowpunk[1]
Length	30:52
Label	Sire, Warner Bros.
Producer	Dave Edmunds
k.d. lang chronology
A Truly Western Experience (1984) Angel with a Lariat (1987) Shadowland (1988)

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1. "Turn Me Round" (Ben Mink) – 3:13
2. "High Time for a Detour" (lang, Mink) – 4:09
3. "Diet of Strange Places" (lang) – 3:53
4. "Got the Bull by the Horns" (Amos Boyd, Billy Jones) – 3:03
5. "Watch Your Step Polka" (Teddy Borowiecki, lang, Dennis Marcenko, Gordie Matthews) – 2:01
6. "Rose Garden" (Joe South) – 3:19
7. "Tune into My Wave" (Mink) – 3:32
8. "Angel with a Lariat" (lang) – 3:08
9. "Pay Dirt" (lang) – 2:09
10. "Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray" (Eddie Miller, W. S. Stevenson) – 2:25

• k.d. lang – vocals, backing vocals

The Reclines

• Teddy Borowiecki – accordion, keyboard, backing vocals
• Dennis Marcenko – bass, backing vocals
• Gordie Matthews – guitar, backing vocals
• Ben Mink – guitar, electric mandolin, violin, backing vocals
• Michel Pouliot – drums, backing vocals

Additional personnel

• B.J. Cole – steel guitar on "Diet of Strange Places"
• Roy Dodds – drums on "Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray"
• Dave Edmunds – additional acoustic guitar on "Turn Into My Wave", backing vocals
• Keith Nelson – banjo on "Turn Me Round" and "High Time For a Detour"
• Anne Dudley - string arrangement on "Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray"

• Dave Edmunds - producer
• Carey Taylor - engineer
• Jeri McManus Heiden, Kim Champagne, k.d. lang - art direction
• Amy Vangsgard - 3-D cover illustration