Dreamcatcher is a greatest hits package released in the United Kingdom in 2000 by Secret Garden, an Irish-Norwegian duo consisting of Irish violinist Fionnuala Sherry and Norwegian composer/pianist Rolf Løvland. A version with an alternative track listing was released on 22 May 2001 in the United States, and a special Australian tour edition in 2004.
Dreamcatcher | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | 22 May 2001 | |||
Recorded | Windmill Lane Studios (Dublin, Ireland) Capri Digital Studio (Capri, Italy) Air Studio (London, England) Puk Studio (Kierby, Denmark) Cross Studio (Kristiansand, Norway) Syrland Studio (Reykjavik, Iceland) Ambience Studio (Oslo, Norway) Rainbow Studio (Oslo, Norway) Major Studio (Oslo, Norway) Omega Studio (Washington DC, USA) | |||
Genre | New-age | |||
Length | 72:36 | |||
Label | Philips Records | |||
Producer | Rolf Løvland | |||
Secret Garden chronology | ||||
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The opening track Nocturne is a mostly instrumental song that won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1995. The album cover features a recoloured photograph of the Eilean Donan castle.
Reception edit
In 2001, the album reached number 4 on the Billboard New Age chart. The Australian tour edition released in 2004 topped the classical music chart in that country and made the top 50 of the album charts in March 2004.[1]
Track listing edit
Releases in different countries differed slightly in the included tracks.
UK version (2000) edit
The 2000 United Kingdom version included:
- "Nocturne" (3:11)
- "Prayer" (4:30)
- "Moving" (3:22)
- "Dreamcatcher" (4:35)
- "Sigma" (3:05)
- "Song from a Secret Garden" (3:32)
- "Sona" (4:16)
- "Passacaglia" (3:47)
- "Elan" (3:08)
- "In Our Tears" (4:36)
- "Celebration" (3:57)
- "Heartstrings" (3:22)
- "Steps" (4:01)
- "Adagio" (2:51)
- "The Rap" (2:31)
- "Hymn to Hope" (4:18)
- "Lore of the Loom" (3:17)
- "Dawn of a New Century" (6:08)
US version (2001) edit
The track listing on the version released in the US 2001 is:
- "Nocturne" (3:14)
- "Prayer" (4:36)
- "Moving" (3:22)
- "Dreamcatcher" (4:41)
- "Sigma" (3:07)
- "Song from a Secret Garden" (3:33)
- "Sona" (4:21)
- "Passacaglia" (3:46)
- "Elan" (3:12)
- "In Our Tears" (4:39)
- "Celebration" (3:56))
- "Heartstrings" (3:23)
- "Steps" (4:02)
- "Adagio" (2:53)
- "The Rap" (2:34)
- "Hymn to Hope" (4:20)
- "Lore of the Loom" (3:21)
- "Dawn of a New Century" (6:12)
- "Last Present" (3:24)
Australian version (2004) edit
The track listing on the 2004 Australian version is:
- "Nocturne"
- "Prayer"
- "Moving"
- "Dreamcatcher"
- "Sigma"
- "Song from a Secret Garden"
- "Sona"
- "Passacaglia"
- "Elan"
- "In Our Tears"
- "Windancer"
- "The Rap"
- "You Raise Me Up"
- "Heartstrings"
- "Greenwaves"
- "Papillon"
- "Escape"
- "Divertimento"
- "Illumination"
- "I Know a Rose Tree"
Charts edit
Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] | 40 |
References edit
- ^ Rovi. "Secret Garden - White Stones Review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Secret Garden – Dreamcatcher". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 October 2022.