Wendy Lands is a Canadian singer and songwriter, most noted for
receiving a Juno Award nomination for Best New Solo Artist in
1997.[1]Born in Montreal, Quebec,[2] she moved to Toronto, Ontario in
1983 to attend York University.[3] While living in Toronto, she was a
member of the pop band Double Dare and an understudy for the role of
Eponine in a production of Les Misérables.[4] She also began doing
commercial voiceover work and recorded her debut album, Angels and
Ordinary Men, between 1992 and 1994.[3] One song from the recording
sessions, a duet with Wayne St. John titled "All That I Know", was
released to Canadian radio in 1992.[3]The album was released
independently in 1995.[5] Lands then signed a deal with EMI Records,
which rereleased the album nationally in 1996.[5] By the time of the
album's wider release, however, Alanis Morissette had risen to
international fame with Jagged Little Pill, and Lands was unfairly
labeled by some critics as an imitation of Morissette;[6] other
critics, however, acknowledged superficial similarities in a couple of
Lands' songs, but noted that the album as a whole was dominated by pop
ballads rather than Morissette-style rock songs.[7] Most notably,
Billboard called it "one of the most impressive Canadian recordings in
years".[8]
receiving a Juno Award nomination for Best New Solo Artist in
1997.[1]Born in Montreal, Quebec,[2] she moved to Toronto, Ontario in
1983 to attend York University.[3] While living in Toronto, she was a
member of the pop band Double Dare and an understudy for the role of
Eponine in a production of Les Misérables.[4] She also began doing
commercial voiceover work and recorded her debut album, Angels and
Ordinary Men, between 1992 and 1994.[3] One song from the recording
sessions, a duet with Wayne St. John titled "All That I Know", was
released to Canadian radio in 1992.[3]The album was released
independently in 1995.[5] Lands then signed a deal with EMI Records,
which rereleased the album nationally in 1996.[5] By the time of the
album's wider release, however, Alanis Morissette had risen to
international fame with Jagged Little Pill, and Lands was unfairly
labeled by some critics as an imitation of Morissette;[6] other
critics, however, acknowledged superficial similarities in a couple of
Lands' songs, but noted that the album as a whole was dominated by pop
ballads rather than Morissette-style rock songs.[7] Most notably,
Billboard called it "one of the most impressive Canadian recordings in
years".[8]
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