If on a Winter's Night... [Digipak] by Sting (CD, Oct-2009, Cherry Tree)

Album Features
UPC:	602527017433
Artist:	Sting
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2009
Record Label:	Cherry Tree
Genre:	Christmas, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Gabriel's Message
2. Soul Cake
3. There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
4. Snow It Melts the Soonest, The
5. Christmas at Sea
6. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
7. Cold Song
8. Burning Babe, The
9. Now Winter Comes Slowly
10. Hounds of Winter, The
11. Balulalow
12. Cherry Tree Carol
13. Lullaby for an Anxious Child
14. Hurdy-Gurdy Man, The
15. You Only Cross My Mind in Winter

Details
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Audio Mixers: David Darlington; Sting.Liner Note Author: Sting.Photographer: Tony Molina.Arranger: Sting.It's no secret that Sting is a serious man, so it's only logical that his holiday album -- his first new music since the Police reunion, not that it really matters -- is a serious endeavor, thank you. No niceties for him, no comforts of carols; he favors formal over familiar, writing madrigals, not ditties. It is music made by someone who lives in a castle, which isn't necessarily such a bad thing: the austerity is genuine, not affected, and the cerebral nature of the album is fascinating, albeit mildly so, as this is as sleepy as it is thoughtful. And it's that thoughtfulness that does distinguish IF ON A WINTER NIGHT...; no other Christmas album exists in the head like this. It's a holiday album for people who have never wanted to hear a holiday album, let alone own one.

Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- 'It's a constantly enchanting set that addresses the spirit, solitude and reflective beauty of this time of year.
Record Collector

Sting recasts 'The Hounds of Winter' as a slow-mo bossa nova with percussion by Brazil's Cyro Baptista.
Billboard