Wintersong

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For the Paul Winter album, see Wintersong (Paul Winter album). For other uses, see Winter Song (disambiguation).
Wintersong
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Studio album by Sarah McLachlan
Released October 17, 2006
Genre Christmas music
Length 45:43
Label Nettwerk (Canada)
Arista (US)
Producer Pierre Marchand
Sarah McLachlan chronology
Afterglow
(2003)Afterglow2003		 Wintersong
(2006)		 Laws of Illusion
(2010)Laws of Illusion2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Blogcritics (?)[2]
Entertainment Weekly B+[3]
Slant Magazine 3/5 stars [4]

Wintersong is an album of Christmas songs 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.[5] The album also includes a duet with Jazz musician Diana Krall.[6]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"   John Lennon, Yoko Ono 3:28
2. "What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)"   William Chatterton Dix 3:31
3. "River"   Joni Mitchell 4:02
4. "Wintersong"   Sarah McLachlan 3:31
5. "I'll Be Home for Christmas"   Walter Kent, Kim Gannon 3:15
6. "O Little Town of Bethlehem"   Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner 3:51
7. "The First Noel / Mary Mary"   Traditional 5:00
8. "Silent Night"   Josef Mohr, Franz X. Gruber 3:48
9. "Song for a Winter's Night"   Gordon Lightfoot 3:48
10. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"   Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane 3:44
11. "In the Bleak Mid-Winter"   Christina Rossetti, Gustav Holst 3:46
12. "Christmas Time is Here" (feat. Diana Krall) Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelsen 3:59

A "sampler" CD exists, featuring similar artwork on a cardboard sleeve, which omits "Happy Xmas", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "Song for a Winter's Night", and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".

Singles

"River" was released as a single from that album in September 2006.[7] 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.[8] McLachlan's video for "River" premiered on Yahoo! music, on November 1, 2006.

Charts

Year Single Chart Peak position[8]
2006 River Billboard Hot 100 71
2006 Pop 100 70
Hot Digital Songs 66
2007 Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 8
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 6
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 5

Sales

Wintersong debuted on the Billboard 200 album sales chart at number 42, selling about 20,000 copies in its first week.[9] The album later peaked at number 7 on the chart.[10]

Wintersong was also the best-selling holiday album of 2006 in the United States according to sales figures from Nielsen/SoundScan, with total sales of 759,000 copies that year.[11]

On December 13, 2007, Wintersong was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of one million copies in the U.S.[12] In Canada, it has sold over 200,000 copies, and has been certified Double Platinum.[13]

On the week of December 17, 2011, the album re-entered the Billboard 200 at number 195.[14]

Credits

  • Sarah McLachlan: Vocals, Piano, Harp, Dobro[15]
  • Pierre Marchand: Keyboards, Programming, Synth Bass, Quartet Manipulations, Vienna Keyboard Strings
  • Jim Creeggan: Double Bass
  • Colin Cripps: Guitar, Dobro
  • Diana Krall: Piano on "Christmas Time Is Here".
  • 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

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Blogcritics review
  3. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  4. ↑ Slant Magazine review
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/wintersong.html SarahMcLachlan.com Retrieved on 05-18-07
  7. ↑ http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/news/story.jsp?story_id=3204 SarahMcLachlan.com Retrieved on 05-18-07
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://www.billboard.com/artist/278215/sarah+mclachlan/chart Billboard.com Retrieved on 05-18-07
  9. ↑ Katie Hasty, "Diddy Scores First No. 1 Album In Nine Years", Billboard.com, October 25, 2006.
  10. ↑ Artist chart history for Sarah McLachlan (albums), Billboard.com.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ CRIA Gold & Platinum certifications for January 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
  14. ↑ "Music Albums", Billboard.com, December 8, 2011.
  15. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r857256/credits Allmusic.com Retrieved on 05-18-07

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