The Visit

by Loreena McKennitt

The Visit cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 24 September 1991
  • Label: Quinlan Road
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 49:07
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The fourth studio album by the Canadian artist achieved massive international success, acting as a commercial breakthrough for her distinct 'eclectic Celtic' sound. Her adaptations of classical literature and weaving of Middle Eastern instrumentation into traditional folk structures are heavily featured.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, melodic, folk, acoustic, female-vocals, traditional, ballad, harp, vocal, strings

Tracklist

  1. All Souls Night (5:08)
  2. Bonny Portmore (4:21)
  3. Between the Shadows (3:41)
  4. The Lady of Shalott (11:34)
  5. Greensleeves (4:26)
  6. Tango to Evora (4:10)
  7. Courtyard Lullaby (4:56)
  8. The Old Ways (5:44)
  9. Cymbeline (5:04)

Credits

  • Loreena McKennitt - primary artist, accordion, adapted by, arranged by, bodhr谩n, harp, keyboards, lyrics by, vocals, written-by
  • Brian Hughes - balalaika, electric guitar
  • George Koller - bass, cello, fiddle [mad fiddle], sitar, tambura
  • Tom Hazlitt - bass
  • Anne Bourne - cello
  • Al Cross - drums
  • George Seara - edited by, sequenced by
  • Hugh Marsh - fiddle

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