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If on a Winter's Night...
If on a Winter's Night...
Studio album by Sting
Released	26 October 2009
Genre	Pop, folk, classical
Length	50:18; With Bonus Tracks: 59:16
Label	Deutsche Grammophon; Cherrytree
Producer	Robert Sadin, Sting
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If on a Winter's Night...

Album by Sting

If on a Winter's Night... is the ninth studio album from British musician Sting.^[10] The album is a collection of Christmas and winter-themed songs mostly written by others, including folk songs, madrigals and religious hymns from past centuries. Dozens of musicians appear on the album in various configurations, including jazz, folk and classical players.

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It was released in most countries on 26 October 2009,^[11]^[12] on 27 October 2009 in the United States^[13] 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 and 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 album includes a reworking of "The Hounds of Winter" from his album Mercury Falling.

The title of the album is based on the novel If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino.^[14]

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Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	43/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Billboard	(favorable)^[3]
The Boston Globe	(positive)^[4]
The Guardian	^[5]
The Independent	^[6]
NU.nl	^[7]
Q	^[1]
The Times	^[8]^[9]
Uncut	^[1]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gabriel's Message"	Traditional	2:32
2.	"Soul Cake"	Paul Stookey, Tracey Batteast, Elena Mezetti	3:26
3.	"There Is No Rose of Such Virtue"	Anonymous	4:01
4.	"The Snow It Melts the Soonest"	Traditional	3:42
5.	"Christmas at Sea"	Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, music by Sting, Mary Macmaster	4:34
6.	"Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming"	Music by Michael Praetorius, English translation by Theodore Baker	2:40
7.	"Cold Song"	Music by Henry Purcell, lyrics by John Dryden	3:14
8.	"The Burning Babe"	Music by Chris Wood, lyrics by Robert Southwell	2:46
9.	"Now Winter Comes Slowly"	Music by Henry Purcell, lyrics by Thomas Betterton	3:04
10.	"The Hounds of Winter"	Sting	5:45
11.	"Balulalow"	Music by Peter Warlock, lyrics traditional	3:08
12.	"The Cherry-Tree Carol"	Traditional	3:10
13.	"Lullaby for an Anxious Child"	Music and lyrics by Sting and Dominic Miller	2:52
14.	"The Hurdy-Gurdy Man"	Music by Franz Schubert, poem by Wilhelm Müller, adapted by Sting	2:48
15.	"You Only Cross My Mind in Winter"	Music by J. S. Bach, lyrics by Sting	2:36

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"Bethlehem Down"	Peter Warlock and Bruce Blunt	2:56
17.	"Blake's Cradle Song"	Music by Vaughan Williams, poem by William Blake	3:29
18.	"The Coventry Carol"		2:33

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)^[50]	Gold	15,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)^[51]	Gold	40,000^{^}
France (SNEP)^[52]	Platinum	100,000^*
Germany (BVMI)^[53]	Gold	100,000^{^}
Hungary (MAHASZ)^[54]	Platinum	6,000^{^}
Italy (FIMI)^[55]	Platinum	70,000^*
Poland (ZPAV)^[56]	4× Platinum	80,000^*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[57]	Gold	15,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[58]	Silver	60,000^*
United States (RIAA)^[59]	Gold	544,000^[60]
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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