- folk, christmas music
- 51 min
- 15 tracks
- Cherrytree Records
If on a Winter's Night... is the ninth studio album from British musician Sting. The album is a collection of Christmas and winter-themed songs mostly written by others, including folk songs, madrigals and religious hymns from past centuries. Dozens of musicians appear on the album in various configurations, including jazz, folk and classical players.
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Character-led, spare, grave and warm.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
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Metacritic 43/100
- AllMusic2.5/5 ★
- Billboard(favorable)
- The Boston Globe(positive)
- The Guardian1/5 ★
- The Independent3/5 ★
- NU.nl7/10 ★
- Q2/5 ★
- The Times3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Gabriel’s Message2:33
- 2Soul Cake3:27
- 3There Is No Rose of Such Virtue4:03
- 4The Snow It Melts the Soonest3:43
- 5Christmas at Sea4:37
- 6Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming2:41
- 7Cold Song3:16
- 8The Burning Babe2:42
- 9Now Winter Comes Slowly3:05
- 10The Hounds of Winter5:49
- 11Balulalow3:10
- 12Cherry Tree Carol3:11
- 13Lullaby for an Anxious Child2:50
- 14The Hurdy‐Gurdy Man2:49
- 15You Only Cross My Mind in Winter2:35
15 tracks, 51 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Sting
- Label
- Cherrytree Records
- Released
- 2009
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CA
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