Elemental [CD-ROM] Loreena McKennitt

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CD - Remastered

  • Release Date: 11/14/2006
  • Original Release: 1985
  • Sales Rank: 23,976
  • Label: VERVE
  • UPC: 774213991010

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Track List
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Elemental [CD-ROM]

1LISTENBlacksmith 3:19
2LISTENShe Moved Through the Fair 4:02
3LISTENStolen Child 5:04
4LISTENThe Lark in the Clear Aire 2:05
5LISTENCarrighfergus 3:25
6LISTENKellswater 5:13
7LISTENBanks of Claudy 5:33
8LISTENCome by the Hills 3:02
9LISTENLullaby 6:59

About this Artist

Editorial Reviews

Loreena McKennitt recorded her 1985 debut on a farm in southern Ontario, a pastoral setting that infuses every note on Elemental with atmosphere and rustic simplicity. What's immediately striking is the Canadian harpist's fully realized voice. Most artists take years to hone their pipes, and that McKennitt brings a nearly finished version to the table on her first outing is not only notable, it's revelatory. McKennitt presents an evenly distributed mix of new age and contemporary Celtic that evokes the work of Enya, Clannad, and Capercaille, adapting the words of Yeats ("Stolen Child") and Blake ("Lullaby") as effortlessly as she rearranges traditional folk songs like "The Blacksmith" or "Banks of Claudy." Elemental may not have the worldbeat scope or acrobatic arrangements inherent in her later works, but its epic balladry and relative sparseness offers an intriguing look at the artist at her most subtle. Reverend Lee Power, All Music Guide

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Stolen Child- transformingby Anonymous

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June 02, 2004: I purchased the original Elemental on tape years ago and it openned me up to this other world of music... so strong, so poetic, medieval. I follow her music and enjoyed her in concert in Baltimore. All is done with violin-MIDI and authentic instruments. Wow. ( And I am a classical pianist) .

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Magicalby Anonymous

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December 27, 2002: This CD has beautiful vocals, even though it may not have her most exciting work. (For exciting, go with "Live in Paris and Toronto") "The Stolen Child" has a beautiful innocence. W.B. Yeats was a beautiful poet, Ms. McKennitt adds even more innocence to it. The first song on this CD is a beautiful rendition of the "Blacksmith." The last song on this CD has beautiful vocals with soaring descants and harmonies all sung by Ms. McKennitt. Her gorgeous soprano voice vaults to heights unknown in her other CD's. Magnificient.

This review was written about the CD edition.