''Tidings'' is the third studio album by

Allison Crowe Allison Louise Crowe (born November 16, 1981) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, whose home is Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. History Crowe began performing professionally in 1 ...

, released in 2003 in EP form and expanded to full-album length in 2004. Recorded live-off-the-floor, it is primarily an album of traditional songs of the season and Christmas carols alongside

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s of some of Crowe's favourite songs of spirituality and redemption. This collection includes several songs by fellow Canadian songwriters, along with international writers. Among these is a single/first take recording of Leonard Cohen's ''

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'' that is the best known of the artist's numerous acclaimed song interpretations. It has been commented upon extensively in print and broadcast media, including a November 2008

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radio documentary, "''The Fourth, The Fifth, The Minor Fall''". Crowe's recording of ''Hallelujah'' was selected as the soundtrack accompaniment to a love scene in The Watchmen, before being replaced by Cohen's own live version. "I originally had a different version of 'Hallelujah' on that scene (involving characters ''Nite Owl'' and ''Silk Spectre II'') - it was the version by Allison Crowe, and it was really beautiful. Too beautiful, as it turned out..." says the movie's Director Zack Snyder. In another interview, Snyder explained that Crowe's recording is "too romantic" and "too sexy" for the scene which is meant to come across as ironic and "ridiculous". A DVD version of this album includes one original song written by Crowe, "Whether I'm Wrong". ''Tidings'' is also the subtitle of a one-hour television special, featuring Allison Crowe in performance and interview, that has been broadcast across Canada each December since 2003.

Track listing

#" It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (Words — Edmund H. Sears, Music — Richard Storrs Willis; Traditional ~ Arranged by A. Crowe) – 0:41 #"

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" ( Leonard Cohen) – 4:33 #" Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr ~ English translation by John Freeman Young. Arranged by A. Crowe) – 4:02 #"

In the Bleak Midwinter "In the Bleak Midwinter" is a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti, commonly performed as a Christmas carol. The poem was published, under the title "A Christmas Carol", in the January 1872 issue of ''Scribner's Monthly,'' and was first c ...

" (Words - Christina Rossetti, Music - Gustav Holst ~ Arranged by A. Crowe) – 5:31 #" What Child Is This" (Words — William C. Dix, Music — Greensleeves, Music Origin Unknown; Traditional ~ Arranged by A. Crowe) – 4:04 #"

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Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

) – 3:07 #" The First Noel" (Origin Unknown; Traditional ~ Arranged by A. Crowe) – 5:33 #" In My Life" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:02 #" O Holy Night" (Placide Clappeau, Adolphe Adam ~ English translation by John Sullivan Dwight. Arranged by A. Crowe) – 4:16 #" Shine a Light" (

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Personnel

*Allison Crowe – vocals, piano *Dave Baird – acoustic bass, electric bass *Kevin Clevette – drums *Producer: Larry Anschell *Engineer: Larry Anschell *Cover photos: Billie Woods *Art direction: Alix Whitmire *Redesign: Christina Richard (2008)

References

External links

''Tidings'' reviews
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