The Book of Secrets

The Book of Secrets
Studio album by Loreena McKennitt
Released September 30, 1997 (1997-09-30)
Genre Folk, world, new-age
Length 53:00
Label Quinlan Road, Warner Bros.
Loreena McKennitt chronology
A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season
(1995)A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season1995
The Book of Secrets
(1997)
Live in Paris and Toronto
(1999)Live in Paris and Toronto1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
sputnikmusic[2]

The Book of Secrets is an album by Loreena McKennitt released in 1997. It reached #17 on the Billboard 200.[3] Its single "The Mummers' Dance," remixed by DNA, was released during the winter of 1997–98, and peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #17 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.[4] The album is certified double-platinum in the United States.[5] It has now sold more than four million copies worldwide.

Track listing

All music written by Loreena McKennitt. All lyrics written by Loreena McKennitt except as noted.[6]

  1. "Prologue" – 4:22
  2. "The Mummers' Dance" – 6:07
  3. "Skellig" – 6:07
  4. "Marco Polo" – 5:15
  5. "The Highwayman" (lyric by Alfred Noyes, abridged by Loreena McKennitt) – 10:19
  6. "La Serenissima" – 5:09
  7. "Night Ride Across the Caucasus" – 8:30
  8. "Dante's Prayer" – 7:11

Song information

Chart performance

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[7] 33
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[8] 34
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[9] 25
Canadian Albums Chart[3] 3
Danish Albums Chart[10] 14
Dutch Albums Chart[11] 29
French Albums Chart[12] 16
German Albums Chart[13] 18
New Zealand Albums Chart[14] 9
Norwegian Albums Chart[15] 30
Spanish Albums Chart[16] 16
Swiss Albums Chart[17] 30
US Billboard 200[3] 17
US World Albums[3] 1

Personnel

This information is directly from the sleeve notes.

Production

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. g, manos (May 21, 2014). "Review: CD Loreena McKennitt - The Book of Secrets Album". sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
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  5. "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  6. CD liner notes
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  12. "lescharts.com - Loreena McKennitt - The Book of Secrets". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  13. "Musicline.de - Chartverfolgung - MCKENNITT,LOREENA - THE BOOK OF SECRETS". www.musicline.de. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
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  16. "Promusicae". Retrieved 17 November 2012.
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