Elemental (Loreena McKennitt album)

1985 studio album by Loreena McKennitt

Elemental

Studio album by

Loreena McKennitt

Released| 1985 (1985)
Recorded| July 1985
Studio| Elora Sound[1]
Genre| Folk
Length| 36:27
Label| Quinlan Road
Producer| Loreena McKennitt
Loreena McKennitt chronology
|  | Elemental
(1985)  | To Drive the Cold Winter Away
(1987)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]

Elemental is the debut studio album by Canadian musician, composer, singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Loreena McKennitt and the vehicle with which she launched the Quinlan Road label. The album was recorded in one week in July 1985 and released later in the year. The studio was a barn in southern Ontario, situated in a field of sunflowers.[1] It sold 67,000 pieces worldwide.[3]

## Track listing

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1. "Blacksmith" (traditional, McKennitt) – 3:20
2. "She Moved Through the Fair" (traditional, Padraic Colum, McKennitt) – 4:05
3. "Stolen Child" (McKennitt, W. B. Yeats) – 5:05
4. "The Lark in the Clear Air" (traditional, McKennitt) – 2:06
5. "Carrighfergus" (traditional) 3:24
6. "Kellswater" (traditional, McKennitt) – 5:19
7. "Banks of Claudy" (traditional, McKennitt) – 5:37
8. "Come by the Hills" (traditional, McKennitt) – 3:05
9. "Lullaby" (William Blake, McKennitt) – 4:26

## Song information

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* "Stolen Child" is based on the William Butler Yeats poem "The Stolen Child".
* The main vocals of "Carrighfergus" are sung by Cedric Smith.
* "Lullaby" uses the words of a poem by William Blake Prologue intended for a dramatic piece of King Edward the Fourth. The song was written for the 1983 Stratford Festival of Canada production of Blake by Elliott Hayes and performed by Douglas Campbell.

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Quinlan Road Ltd. (2006) [1985], Elemental Liner Notes (PDF), archived from the original on 29 December 2006, retrieved 2008-09-27
2. ^ Allmusic review
3. ^ "McKennnit to unleash 'Book of Secrets'". Billboard. 23 August 1997. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

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Loreena McKennitt

Studio albums|

* Elemental (1985)
* To Drive the Cold Winter Away (1987)
* Parallel Dreams (1989)
* The Visit (1991)
* The Mask and Mirror (1994)
* The Book of Secrets (1997)
* An Ancient Muse (2006)
* A Midwinter Night's Dream (2008)
* The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2010)
* Lost Souls (2018)

Live albums|

* Live in San Francisco at the Palace of Fine Arts (1995)
* Live in Paris and Toronto (1999)
* Nights from the Alhambra (2007)
* A Mediterranean Odyssey (2009)
* The Road Back Home (2024)

EPs|

* A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season (1995)

Videos|

* No Journey's End (1995)
* Nights from the Alhambra (2007)

Singles|

* "Greensleeves"
* "The Bonny Swans"
* "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"
* "The Mummers' Dance"

Related topics|

* Quinlan Road
* McKennitt v Ash

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* MusicBrainz release group

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