Parallel Dreams

Studio album by Loreena McKennitt

Released

1989

Genre

Folk

Length

43:12

Label

Quinlan Road

Loreena McKennitt chronology

To Drive the Cold Winter Away
(1987)

Parallel Dreams
(1989)

The Visit
(1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Parallel Dreams, released in 1989, is Loreena McKennitt's third album.

Track listing

All songs written by Loreena McKennitt except as noted.^[2]

"Samain Night" – 4:27
"Moon Cradle" (Padraic Colum, McKennitt) – 4:29
"Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance" – 4:20
"Annachie Gordon" (traditional, arr. McKennitt) – 8:22
"Standing Stones" (lyrics: traditional, music by McKennitt) – 6:56
"Dickens' Dublin (The Palace)" – 4:40
"Breaking the Silence" – 6:23
"Ancient Pines" – 3:35

Song information

"Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance" takes its inspiration, in part, from Huron festivities and the Gaelic Beltane celebrations.
"Breaking the Silence" was written as a tribute to Amnesty International.
"Ancient Pines" was composed for use in the documentary film Goddess Remembered

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ CD liner notes

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)

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) Troubadours On the Rhine (2012)

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

Compilations	The Best of Loreena McKennitt (1997) A Mummers' Dance Through Ireland (2009) The Journey So Far – The Best of Loreena McKennitt (2013)

Box sets	The Journey Begins (2008)

Videos	No Journey's End (1995) Nights from the Alhambra (2007) A Moveable Musical Feast (2008)

Singles	"The Lady of Shalott" "All Souls Night" "Courtyard Lullaby" "Greensleeves" "The Bonny Swans" "Santiago" "The Dark Night of the Soul" "The Mystic's Dream" "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" "The Mummers' Dance" "Marco Polo" "Caravanserai" "Penelope's Song" "The Seven Rejoices of Mary" "Noël Nouvelet!" "Dante's Prayer"

Related topics	Quinlan Road McKennitt v Ash

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