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Loreena McKennitt
Released 1989

Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance
04:22
8,202 plays

Moon Cradle
04:30
5,565 plays

Samain Night
04:32
5,517 plays

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- 1
- Samain Night
- 04:32
- 5,517 plays

- 2
- Moon Cradle
- 04:30
- 5,565 plays

- 3
- Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance
- 04:22
- 8,202 plays

- 4
- Annachie Gordon
- 08:25
- 4,849 plays

- 5
- Standing Stones
- 06:59
- 4,971 plays

- 6
- Dickens' Dublin (The Palace)
- 04:43
- 3,651 plays

- 7
- Breaking the Silence
- 06:26
- 5,403 plays

- 8
- Ancient Pines [From Goddess Remembered]
- 06:10
- 10,811 plays

album review

Parallel Dreams, the Canadian harpist/songwriter's quietly moving sophomore release, finds the mystical red-haired siren in true balladeer form. By far McKennitt's most romantic venture -- the liner notes describe the project's central theme as a "yearning toward love, liberty and integration" -- Dreams is more ambitious than her sparse, impeccably recorded debut, Elemental, tripling the amount of players and laying the groundwork for the immense scope she would go on to attain on future recordings. The heartbreaking trio of "Standing Stones," "Annachnie Gordon," and "Dickens' Dublin" -- the latter features an effective radio-show sample of an unnamed Irish school child detailing the birth of Christ -- stand among the artist's finest works, and the range and clarity of her voice is undeniably powerful. Parallel Dreams was an emotional and career-turning point for McKennitt, as her next recording would be the major-label spectacle The Visit. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide