A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season

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."

A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season
EP by
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]

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 and sales

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

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

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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 McKennitt – A Winter Garden". Music Canada. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  5. "McKennnit to unleash 'Book of Secrets'". Billboard. 23 August 1997.


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