A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season

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.
ProducerLoreena McKennitt
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 extended play (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 eighth studio album, A Midwinter Night's Dream (2008).

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 and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[5] Gold 55,000[4]
United States — 60,000[4]
Summaries
Worldwide — 350,000[4]

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. ^ a b c "McKennnit to unleash 'Book of Secrets'". Billboard. 23 August 1997.
  5. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Loreena McKennitt – A Winter Garden". Music Canada. Retrieved 3 December 2019.


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