Product of the Week: Wintersong

Product of the Week:

Wintersong by Sarah McLachlan
Still on a holiday kick here at Product of the Week...

What is it?
Sarah McLachlan's long anticipated Christmas album, released in 2006.



Track Listing:
Happy Xmas (War is Over) John Lennon cover
What Child is This? (Greensleeves)
River Joni Mitchell cover
Wintersong original song
I'll Be Home For Christmas
O Little Town of Bethlehem
The First Noel/Mary Mary
Silent Night
Song for a Winter's Night Gordon Lightfoot cover
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
In the Bleak Midwinter
Christmas Time is Here featuring Diana Krall

Why do I love it?
I was listening to this the other day and thinking for the billionth time about how much I love it. This is amazing, because I'm incredibly picky about Christmas music. I've probably thrown away more Christmas albums that you've ever owned. Srsly (tm). It's a good selection of songs, a mix of old favorites and some non-traditional cuts. Her vocals are very mellow and a little melancholy. This definitely isn't a jubilant disc, buyer beware. Wintersong is beautiful and very sad. I keep it in my MP3 player year round, because although it mentions Christmas in the lyrics, it isn't really a Christmas song anymore than Joni Mitchell's River is. In addition to her beautiful vocals, I particularly like the original arrangements she's done on some of the songs. The First Noel/Mary Mary has an exotic sound to it, which I love. And if I didn't have a strict Christmas-music-only-during-Christmas-time rule, I'd listen to her version of In the Bleak Midwinter year round.


Where Can You Get It?
Any music retailer should carry it and you can preview the songs on Amazon or iTunes.

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