If on a Winter's Night...

If on a Winter's Night...
Studio album by Sting
Released	21 October 2009 23 October 2009 (Belgium,[1] Germany,[2] Ireland, Poland[3]) 26 October 2009 (France,[4] Russia[5]) 27 October 2009 (US) 28 October 2009 (Taiwan) 30 October 2009 (Australia)[6] 2 November 2009 (UK) 10 November 2009 (Spain)[7] 12 November 2009 (Korea)[8]
Genre	Rock, pop rock, classical
Length	50:48[9]
Label	Deutsche Grammophon DG-7582, Cherrytree Records
Producer	Robert Sadin
Sting chronology
Songs from the Labyrinth (2006) If on a Winter's Night... (2009) Symphonicities (2010)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	43/100[10]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[11]
Billboard	(favorable)[12]
The Boston Globe	(positive)[13]
The Guardian	[14]
The Independent	[15]
NU.nl	[16]
Q	[10]
The Times	[17]
Uncut	[10]

If on a Winter's Night... is the ninth studio album from British musician Sting.^[18] It was released on 27 October 2009 in the United States^[19] and 2 November 2009 in the United Kingdom. The album was released in several formats: vinyl LP, a single-disc CD, a limited edition CD & 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 title of the album is based on the novel If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino.^[20]

Track listing

1. "Gabriel's Message" (2:34)
2. "Soul Cake" (3:29)
3. "There Is No Rose of Such Virtue" (4:04)
4. "The Snow It Melts the Soonest" (3:44)
5. "Christmas at Sea" (4:38)
6. "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" (2:42)
7. "Cold Song" (3:16)
8. "The Burning Babe" (2:42)
9. "Now Winter Comes Slowly" (3:06)
10. "The Hounds of Winter" (5:51)
11. "Balulalow" (3:10)
12. "Cherry Tree Carol" (3:12)
13. "Lullaby for an Anxious Child" (2:50)
14. "The Hurdy-Gurdy Man" (2:51)
15. "You Only Cross My Mind in Winter" (2:36)
16. "Bethlehem Down" [Bonus track available on limited/deluxe editions] (2:56)
17. "Blake's Cradle Song" [Bonus track available on limited/deluxe editions] (3:32)
18. "The Coventry Carol" [Bonus track available on Japanese release, & iTunes] (2:33)

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2009–2010) Peak position Austrian Albums Chart[21] 12 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[22] 7 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[23] 5 Danish Albums Chart[24] 7 Dutch Albums Chart[25] 10 Finnish Albums Chart[26] 7 French Albums Chart[27] 8 German Albums Chart[28] 5 Greek Albums Chart[29] 11 Hungarian Albums Chart[30] 8 Italian Albums Chart[31] 4 Norwegian Albums Chart[32] 7 Polish Albums Chart[33] 1 Portuguese Albums Chart[34] 25 Spanish Albums Chart[35] 18 Swedish Albums Chart (Wallonia)[36] 12 Swiss Albums Chart[37] 13 UK Albums Chart[38] 15 US Billboard 200[39] 6

Certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments Belgium (BEA)[40] Gold 15,000 Canada (Music Canada)[41] Gold 40,000 France (SNEP)[42] Platinum 100,000 Germany (BVMI)[43] Gold 100,000 Hungary (MAHASZ)[44] Platinum   Italy (FIMI)[45] Platinum 60,000 Poland (ZPAV)[46] 4× Platinum 80,000 Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[47] Gold 15,000 United States (RIAA)[48] Gold 500,000 ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)	Rank
Polish Albums Chart[49]	2
Chart (2010)	Rank
German Albums Chart[50]	93
US Billboard 200	90[51]

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External links

• If on a Winter's Night... at Metacritic