The Visit (Loreena McKennitt album)

Infobox Album


Name = The Visit
Type = Album
Artist = Loreena McKennitt
Released = 1991 (Canada)
Recorded =
Genre = Folk, World music
Length = 47:53
Label = Quinlan Road
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:zsivad5kv8wo link]
Last album = "Parallel Dreams"
(1989)
This album = "The Visit"
(1991)
Next album = "The Mask and Mirror"
(1994)

"The Visit" is the fourth studio album by Loreena McKennitt and was released in 1991.

Track listing

All compositions by Loreena McKennit except as noted. [CD liner notes]

# "All Souls Night" – 5:04
# "Bonny Portmore" (Traditional, arranged and adapted by Loreena McKennit) – 3:57
# "Between the Shadows" – 4:03
# "The Lady of Shalott" (Lyrics by Alfred Lord Tennyson adapted by Loreena McKennitt, music by Loreena McKennit) – 11:05
# "Greensleeves" (Lyrics by King Henry VIII, Traditional music arranged by Loreena McKennitt) – 4:15
# "Tango to Evora" – 4:03
# "Courtyard Lullaby" – 4:50
# "The Old Ways" – 5:50
# "Cymbeline" (Music by Loreena McKennitt, Lyric by William Shakespeare) – 4:48

ong information

* "All Souls Night" derives from McKennitt's merging or the traditions, mythology, and culture of Japan with old European Samhain rituals. The "bonfires" and "figures dancing" are Pagan. The "candles and lanterns" are from Japanese traditions.
* "Bonny Portmore" is a traditional Celtic folk song about oak forest deforestation. It featured in the soundtrack of the TV series "Highlander."
* "The Lady of Shalott" is based on the poem "The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
* "Greensleeves" was reputedly written by Henry VIII.
* "Tango to Evora" was used in the National Film Board of Canada documentary The Burning Times. A cover to the song has been recorded by one of Greece's most popular and respected singers, Haris Alexiou, entitled "Nefeli's Tango", with lyrics written by herself.
* "Cymbeline" is taken from a song in the William Shakespeare play "Cymbeline."

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