Wonderland [LP]

by Sarah McLachlan

Overview

For Wonderland, her 2016 seasonal set, Sarah McLachlan takes the opposite tactic than she did for Wintersong, the idiosyncratic holiday album she delivered ten years earlier. That record found the Canadian singer/songwriter exploring songs that were tangentially related to the holiday season, joining Joni Mitchell's "River," Gordon Lightfoot's "Song for a Winter's Night," and Vince Guaraldi's Peanuts theme "Christmas Time Is Here" with a few standards, plus her original title song. Wonderland, in contrast, is nothing but holiday favorites, split evenly between traditional carols and secular tunes. Material-wise, the only curveball here is "Huron Carol," which is a Canadian hymn, and the arrangements are hazily familiar: soft and airy, carrying a bit of Baroque atmosphere but also a fireside coziness. That sense of warmth also differentiates it from Wintersong, an album that could favor the austere, and that also makes it an ideal record for snowy December nights. It's classy and comforting, music that sets a mood and drifts into the background, the kind of Christmas album that's designed to be a holiday perennial. [Wonderland was also released on LP.]

Product Details

Release Date:	10/21/2016
Label:	Verve
UPC:	0602557115406
catalogNumber:	002537301
Rank:	27481

Tracks

1. The Christmas Song
2. Angels We Have Heard on High
3. Let It Snow
4. White Christmas
5. O Come All Ye Faithful
6. Go Tell It on the Mountain
7. Away in a Manger
8. Winter Wonderland
9. Huron Carol
10. Silver Bells
11. O Holy Night

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sarah McLachlan   Primary Artist