SARAH McLACHLAN

This pic is from the Possession video

Sarah McLachlan is an incredible artist...she's Canadian too! I always enjoy watching a Canadian artist become popular, it's way beyond time that she's in the spotlight. Sarah should have been there years ago. I first heard Sarah on the 1995 Juno awards CD, the song was Hold On. I went out and bought "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" (the album Hold On came off). I was really impressed because many artists have one good song and the rest of the album isn't what you hoped it would be. Like Tori Amos, she is a fantastic songwritter. I bought "Solace" next because I saw the video for Into The Fire and loved the song.

Since then, I've boughten "Touch", "Freedom Sessions", "Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff" and most recently, I bought "Surfacing". "Freedom Sessions" has mostly all songs from "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" redone...or should I say, how the songs started out. The songs are more accoustic, she even did a cover of Tom Waits' Ol' 55! "Rarities..." is a collection of songs that were extras on singles, remixes and covers of other songs. "Surfacing" is a fantastic album, like all the others. The song Building A Mystery is playing on radios across Canada and most likely the United States too. I'd have to say "Rarities..." is my favorite album, my favorite song is Possession.

I was quite lucky, one of the music stations aired Sarah live so I got to see and tape her. I also got to tape several of her videos, Possession being my favorite. She was incredible live, I am really hoping that Sarah will be coming this way her tour. Sarah came here three years ago and I hear she may be headed this way in the fall. When she did her live show, all her movements and facial expressions were exactly like I expected...almost the way I would have done them. Sarah's an incredible artist, and I know she will be around for a long time.

Recently I discovered what Sarah wrote the song Possession about. She had a stalker for about two years and he wrote her letters and stuff. She wrote Possession from his point of view, which was a brave step on her part. He then began proceedings to sue her because he claimed that he wrote the song through his letters. Any one who is familiar with the way Sarah writes would know that she wrote it. Before the matter went to court, he killed himself. To me, this is a sign that he definetly did not write any part of the song.

I have heard many complaints about the album "Surfacing" because it is so short. Plus the song "Full Of Grace" is on the album "Rarities, B-sides and Other Stuff" and "The Last Dance" has no vocals. Come on people, what ever happened to the quality of the album itself? Have they forgotten about the multimedia that's on it?

The videos for Surfacing are pretty cool. In Building A Mystery, David Usher from Moist is the surprise guest. I found the video for Sweet Surrender a little odd, I didn't expect Sarah to be laying on the road like that. In the making of the video for Adia they had to do a few takes because at some points Sarah was crying and they had to stop taping. It's understandable, the song is a little depressing.

Discography

*Times on tracks when available. Singles not included.

Touch

1. Out Of The Shadows (4:57)
2. Vox (4:48)
3. Strange World (4:05)
4. Trust (4:45)
5. Touch (3:11)
6. Steaming (4:46)
7. Sad Clown (4:28)
8. Uphill Battle (4:37)
9. Ben's Song (4:55)
10. Vox 12" Remix (6:49)

Solace

1. Drawn To The Rhythm (4:08)
2. Into The Fire (3:34) *
3. The Path Of Thorns (Terms) (5:51) *
4. I Will Not Forget You (5:20)
5. Lost (4:03)
6. Back Door Man (4:00)
7. Shelter (3:23)
8. Black (5:04)
9. Home (4:45)
10. Mercy (4:23)

Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

1. Possession (4:39) *
2. Wait (4:10)
3. Plenty (4:05)
4. Good Enough (5:01)
5. Mary (3:53)
6. Elsewhere (4:42)
7. Circle (3:42)
8. Ice (3:53)
9. Hold On (4:08) *
10. Ice Cream (2:45)
11. Fear (3:56)
12. Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (4:50)
-also on track 12 is a remix of Possession

The Freedom Sessions

1. Elsewhere
2. Plenty
3. Mary
4. Good Enough
5. Hold On (see below last track)
6. Ice Cream
7. Ice
8. Ol'55
9. Hold On (see below last track)
-the two versions of "Hold On" are different
-some versions of the CD contain multimedia

Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff

1. Dear God (3:53)
2. I Will Remember You (4:53)
3. Fear (LunaSol Remix) (6:39)
4. Gloomy Sunday (Live) (4:45)
5. Full Of Grace (3:38)
6. Song For A Winter's Night (3:46)
7. Blue (2:47)
8. Drawn To The Rhythm (Live) (5:14)
9. Shelter (Violin Mix) (3:28)
10. As The End Draws Near (Extended Remix) (4:44) (see below last track)
11. Vox (Extended Remix) (6:49)
12. Into The Fire (Extended Remix) (5:34)
13. Possession (Rabbit In The Moon Remix) (5:51)
-"As The End Draws Near" performed by Manufacture with guest vocalist Sarah McLachlan

Surfacing

1. Building A Mystery (4:07)
2. I Love You (4:44)
3. Sweet Surrender (4:00)
4. Adia (4:05)
5. Do What You Have To Do (3:47)
6. Witness (4:45)
7. Angel (4:30)
8. Black & White (5:02)
9. Full Of Grace (3:41)
10. Last Dance (2:33)

Lyrics to tracks with * beside them can be found here.

For some pictures of Sarah go here.

Don't forget to check out my section comparing Sarah and Tori Amos with the Spice Girls!

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