If on a Winter's Night...

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If on a Winter's Night...
File:Sting winter night.jpg
Studio album by Sting
Released 21 October 2009
23 October 2009 (Belgium,[1] Germany,[2] Ireland, Poland[3])
26 October 2009 (France,[4] Russia[5])
27 October 2009 (US)
28 October 2009 (Taiwan)
30 October 2009 (Australia)[6]
2 November 2009 (UK)
10 November 2009 (Spain)[7]
12 November 2009 (Korea)[8]
Genre Rock, pop rock, classical
Length 50:48[9]
Label Deutsche Grammophon
DG-7582, Cherrytree Records
Producer Robert Sadin
Sting chronology
Songs from the Labyrinth
(2006)Songs from the Labyrinth2006		 If on a Winter's Night...
(2009)		 Symphonicities
(2010)Symphonicities2010
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 43/100[10]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars[11]
Billboard (favorable)[12]
The Boston Globe (positive)[13]
The Guardian 1/5 stars[15]
The Independent 3/5 stars[16]
NU.nl 7/10 stars[14]
Q 2/5 stars[10]
The Times 3/5 stars[17]
Uncut 2/5 stars[10]

If on a Winter's Night... is the ninth studio album from British musician Sting.[18] It was released on 27 October 2009 in the United States[19] and 2 November 2009 in the United Kingdom.[citation needed] The album was released in several formats: vinyl LP, a single-disc CD, a limited edition CD & making-of DVD entitled The Genesis of 'If on a Winter's Night...' in Six Chapters in Hardback Book packaging, an Amazon.com exclusive version, as well as various import editions (of note is the Japanese edition). The limited edition and Amazon exclusive both include bonus songs; the Japanese edition include them as well but adds "The Coventry Carol."

The title of the album is based on the novel If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino.[20]

Track listing

  1. "Gabriel's Message" (2:34)
  2. "Soul Cake" (3:29)
  3. "There Is No Rose of Such Virtue" (4:04)
  4. "The Snow It Melts the Soonest" (3:44)
  5. "Christmas at Sea" (4:38)
  6. "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" (2:42)
  7. "Cold Song" (3:16)
  8. "The Burning Babe" (2:42)
  9. "Now Winter Comes Slowly" (3:06)
  10. "The Hounds of Winter" (5:51)
  11. "Balulalow" (3:10)
  12. "Cherry Tree Carol" (3:12)
  13. "Lullaby for an Anxious Child" (2:50)
  14. "The Hurdy-Gurdy Man" (2:51)
  15. "You Only Cross My Mind in Winter" (2:36)
  16. "Bethlehem Down" [Bonus track available on limited/deluxe editions] (2:56)
  17. "Blake's Cradle Song" [Bonus track available on limited/deluxe editions] (3:32)
  18. "The Coventry Carol" [Bonus track available on Japanese release, & iTunes] (2:33)

Charts and certifications

Year-end charts

Chart (2009) Rank
Polish Albums Chart[49] 2
Chart (2010) Rank
German Albums Chart[50] 93
US Billboard 200 90[51]

References

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