Wintersong

Infobox Album |
Name = Wintersong
Type = album
Artist = Sarah McLachlan


Released = October 17 2006
Recorded =
Genre = Holiday music
Length = 45:43
Label = Nettwerk, Arista Records
Producer = Pierre Marchand
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:41jleai84x07 link]
* "Blogcritics" [http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/12/09/192516.php link]
Last album = ""
(2006)
This album = "Wintersong"
(2006)
Next album = "" (2006)

"Wintersong" is a Grammy-nominated, holiday album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, released in October 2006. It was produced by longtime collaborator Pierre Marchand and includes contributions from Jim Creeggan of Barenaked Ladies.cite web|title=McLachlan Salutes Holiday Season On New CD|publisher=Billboard|author=Katie Hasty|date=2006-08-06|accessdate=2006-12-21|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002952362] The album also includes a duet with Jazz musician Diana Krall. [ [http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/wintersong.html http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/wintersong.html] "SarahMcLachlan.com" Retrieved on 05-18-07 ]

Track listing

# "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (John Lennon, Yoko Ono) – 3:28
# "What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)" (William Chatterton Dix) – 3:31
# "River" (Joni Mitchell) – 4:02
# "Wintersong" (Sarah McLachlan) – 3:31
# "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Walter Kent, Kim Gannon) – 3:15
# "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner) – 3:51
# "The First Noel / Mary Mary" (Traditional) – 5:00
# "Silent Night" (Josef Mohr, Franz X. Gruber) – 3:48
# "Song for a Winter's Night" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 3:48
# "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) – 3:44
# "In the Bleak Mid Winter" (Traditional) – 3:46
# "Christmas Time Is Here" featuring Diana Krall (Vince Guaraldi) – 3:59

ingles

"River" was released as a single from that album in September 2006. [ [http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/news/story.jsp?story_id=3204 http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/news/story.jsp?story_id=3204] "SarahMcLachlan.com" Retrieved on 05-18-07 ] The song was performed in mid-October on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and reached #71 in the "Billboard" Hot 100. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=11266&model.vnuAlbumId=795409 http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=11266&model.vnuAlbumId=795409] "Billboard.com" Retrieved on 05-18-07 ] McLachlan's video for "River" premiered on Yahoo! music, on November 1 2006.

Charts

ales

"Wintersong" debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 42, selling about 20,000 copies in its first week. [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003314423 "Diddy Scores First No. 1 Album In Nine Years"] , Billboard.com, October 25, 2006.] The album later peaked at number seven on the chart. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=11266&model.vnuAlbumId=795409 Artist chart history for Sarah McLachlan (albums)] , Billboard.com.] It has so far sold 759,162 copiesFact|date=March 2007 in the U.S.A, and is certified Platinum [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/riaa/index.jsp] , and over 200,000 copies in Canada, and certified 2x Platinum. [ [http://www.cria.ca/gold/0107_g.php CRIA Gold & Platinum certifications for January 2007] . Retrieved July 25, 2007.] It has sold 1.1 million copies world wide.

Credits

*Sarah McLachlan: Vocals, Piano, Harp, Dobro [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pu6m963oaepo~T2 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pu6m963oaepo~T2] "Allmusic.com" Retrieved on 05-18-07 ]
*Pierre Marchand: Keyboards, Programming, Synth Bass, Quartet Manipulations, Vienna Keyboard Strings
*Jim Creeggan: Double Bass
*Colin Cripps: Guitar, Dobro
*Diana Krall: Piano
*Ashwin Sood: Drums, Percussion
*Luke Doucet: Guitar
*Bill Dillon: Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Bass
*Bob Doige: Sleigh Bells
*Daryl Johnson: Bass
*Vince Mai: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
*Brian Minato: Bass
*David Kershaw: Keyboards
*David Sinclair: Guitar

External links

*youtube|11f_i6UqrZY|Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (licensed content by Sony BMG)
*youtube|ioStjMFOJZs|O Little Town Of Bethlehem (licensed content by Sony BMG)
*youtube|kjK8PrvKlzM|River (licensed content by Sony BMG)

References