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Track Listings
| 1. All Souls Night |
| 2. Bonny Portmore |
| 3. Between The Shadows |
| 4. The Lady Of Shalott |
| 5. Greensleeves |
| 6. Tango To Evora |
| 7. Courtyard Lullaby |
| 8. The Old Ways |
| 9. Cymbeline |
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Mixing a variety of styles with a Celtic base, The Visit was McKennitt's breakthrough album and remains one of her most musically interesting. "All Souls Night" begins the album, with dance-like rhythms and McKennitt's wonderful voice singing about the Celtic New Year. Other features include a musical setting of Tennyson's "Lady of Shalott", which, while not as sophisticated as Noyes' "The Highwayman" on The Book of Secrets, is an enchanting listen. There's also an interesting rendition of "Greensleeves" and the Spanish-flavoured "Tango to Evora", as well as the haunting "Courtyard Lullaby" and the wistful "The Old Ways". A setting of words from Shakespeare's Cymbeline closes the album, which focuses thematically on life, death and the borders between them. --Genevieve Williams
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Mixing a variety of styles with a Celtic base, this was McKennitt's breakthrough album and remains one of her most musically interesting. "All Souls Night" begins the album, with dance-like rhythms and McKennitt's wonderful voice singing about the Celtic New Year. Other features include a musical setting of Tennyson's "Lady of Shalott", which, while not as sophisticated as Noyes' "The Highwayman" on The Book of Secrets, is an enchanting listen. There's also an interesting rendition of "Greensleeves" and the Spanish-flavored "Tango to Evora", as well as the haunting "Courtyard Lullaby" and the wistful "The Old Ways". A setting of words from Shakespeare's Cymbeline closes the album, which focuses thematically on life, death, and the borders between them. --Genevieve Williams
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful,
By Lalaith17 (USA) - See all my reviews
Ce commentaire est de: The Visit (Audio CD)
The Visit is the first (and only) Loreena McKennitt recording that I've listened to; however, it's made me determined to find and hear more. Her voice is simply amazing; I think I could enjoy listening to add jingles if she were singing them. I can't describe it. You'll have to hear it for yourself.The music was also very good--obviously Celtic inspired, but with a distinctive tone to it that I don't think I've heard anywhere else. The lyrics are quite good as well; "All Souls Night" was a really brilliant piece that succesfully avoided being unbearably New Agey. In "The Lady of Shalott," a haunting tune gave an entirely new feel to Tennyson's old poem; in my opinion, it's the best song on the recording. None of the other songs were quite so inspired, but they were still exceedingly good. The only exceptions were "The Old Ways""--the words were meandering and kind of meaningless, and the tune wasn't beautiful enough to make up for it--and "Greensleeves." I did *not* like the singing style she used for that one--it sounded as if she had been mortally wounded and were gasping out the song with her last breaths. All in all, however, it was an absolutely amazing record--some of the songs I have listened to at least twenty times--and I hope to hear more of her stuff soon.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Celtic music's jewel,
Ce commentaire est de: The Visit (Audio CD)
This is the best album by Loreena McKennitt ever made. Each track is a journey in a different world, a different time, and still timeless.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome CD,
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Ce commentaire est de: The Visit (Audio CD)
While you can get all the songs on the live CD, the studio versions of the songs are by far more beautiful and haunting. She has a way in this cd, just like the others, of taking you away into another world. I highly recommend getting this CD.
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