- celtic, adult alternative
- 46 min
- 10 tracks
- Quinlan Road
To Drive the Cold Winter Away is Canadian musician Loreena McKennitt's second studio album, released on January 11, 1987. It pays homage to her childhood memories of music for the winter season, the most vivid of which "came from songs and carols recorded in churches or great halls, rich with their own unique ambience and tradition."
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Grave, character-led, earnest and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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Tracks
- 1In Praise of Christmas6:06
- 2The Seasons4:52
- 3The King2:06
- 4Banquet Hall3:54
- 5Snow5:39
- 6Balulalow3:12
- 7Let Us the Infant Greet3:47
- 8The Wexford Carol6:11
- 9The Stockford Carol3:06
- 10Let All That Are to Mirth Inclined6:54
10 tracks, 46 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Loreena McKennitt
- Label
- Quinlan Road
- Released
- 1987
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CA
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