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A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season

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A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season
EP by
Loreena McKennitt
ReleasedNovember 1995
RecordedReal World Studios (Bath, England)
GenreFolk
Length22:28
LabelQuinlan Road, Warner Bros.
Loreena McKennitt chronology
Live in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts
(1995) 		A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season
(1995) 		The Book of Secrets
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Emusic [2]

A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season is an EP by Loreena McKennitt. Recorded and released in 1995, it contains five tracks: three Christmas carols, McKennitt's adaptation of Archibald Lampman's poem "Snow" (also released on To Drive the Cold Winter Away), and the traditional English "Seeds of Love."

All the tracks on the EP were later released on her 2008 album A Midwinter Night's Dream.

Track listing

  1. "Coventry Carol" – 2:21
  2. "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" – 6:49
  3. "Good King Wenceslas" – 3:19
  4. "Snow" – 5:04
  5. "Seeds of Love" – 4:57

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 93

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[4] — 55,000^
United States (RIAA)[6] — 60,000[5]
Worldwide (IFPI) — 350,000[7]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Cater, Darryl. A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season at AllMusic
  2. ^ Emusic review
  3. ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 14 Jan 1996". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 2017-07-20. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
  4. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Loreena M – The mask and mirror". Music Canada.
  5. ^ "World's greatest". Billboard. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  6. ^ "American album certifications – Loreena M – The mask and mirror". Recording Industry Association of America.
  7. ^ "McKennnit to unleash 'Book of Secrets'". Billboard. 23 August 1997. Retrieved 12 April 2018.


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