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If on a Winter’s Night…
Folk · 2009 · 15 tracks · 50m

If on a Winter’s Night…

Sting

A stark, beautiful collection of winter carols and traditional folk songs. Stripped of pop artifice, it favors wooden instruments and ghostly, fireside intimacy.

September 3, 2009 · Deutsche Grammophon

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A hushed, reverent exploration of the cold season that balances ghostly isolation with fireside warmth.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks · 50m
01
Gabriel’s Message
2:33
02
Soul Cake
3:27
03
There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
4:03
04
The Snow It Melts the Soonest
3:43
05
Christmas at Sea
4:37
06
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
2:41
07
Cold Song
3:16
08
The Burning Babe
2:43
09
Now Winter Comes Slowly
3:05
10
The Hounds of Winter
5:49
11
Balulalow
3:10
12
Cherry Tree Carol
3:11
13
Lullaby for an Anxious Child
2:50
14
The Hurdy‐Gurdy Man
2:49
15
You Only Cross My Mind in Winter
2:35
Moments Worth Waiting For
The rhythmic, driving acoustic guitar and fiddle interplay on Soul Cake that feels like a medieval village dance.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does If on a Winter’s Night… sound next to the rest of Sting's catalogue?

Winter+4.0σ

Winter saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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