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After hearing her ad for the ASPCA several times, I had to have her album. It's the only commercial I purposely listen to on TV. Love her voice, love the words, love her cause.
For those of you who have heard this wonderful voice I know I do not need to tell you of the depth and clarity which she can reach. It's like having an old friend keep you company. She has a very calming quality to her vocal range, and the word speak right to your heart. Very good, as usual.
i just wish that i could buy one cd with all the songs on it. im still missing 'river' and one more.
Very Fast Service from the seller.I watched the academy award, and the song, " Will you remember me." was the theme song for the memories of stars that were deceased in 2009. What a beautiful song by an outstanding singer.The other songs on the ablum were also really good to my suprise. Usually there is only one song that you buy a CD for, yet there were several songs on this CD that I enjoy.
"Don't Give Up On Us" sounds like it could have come from any of her albums' outtakes and offers nothing new. Her producer and working partner, Pierre Marchand, have taken these records into the earthy/atmospheric territory folks like Daniel Lanois or Brian Eno first pioneered.
Her music, an earthy/spacial mixture of new age emotions and feminine pop smarts, dovetailed nicely with many of the Lilith gang, like Paula Cole, Sinéad O'Connor or Natalie Merchant. Which makes Sarah's "Closer" a tidy wrap-up of the career she's built on that identity and her style of singing/songwriting.
While she is not what one would call a highly influential singer or songwriter, Sarah McLachlin's primary contribution to the extension of musical culture is being the founder of Lilith Fair, the groundbreaking all-female musical extravaganza during the Lollapalooza festival era. Once she found this groove, Sarah worked it like few others could.
The singles are all here, like "Building A Mystery," "Sweet Surrender" and the moving "Angel." Most of the songs come from Sarah's middle period, comprising of Fumbling Towards Ecstasy and Surfacing, when she moved more towards piano based pop that found her in a calmer, thoughtful place. (Compared to the younger track, "Vox" from Touch, which seems like it wanted to be a Eurythmics song).
It makes the seven tracks from that period (eight if you count the live version of "I Will Remember You") the best on "Closer." The three from Afterglow begin showing signs of overproduction, while two new songs round out the CD.Of those two, the most telling is "U Want Me 2." It falls back to a stripped down pop base, yet keeps the earthy atmosphere of her best work. For fans who haven't owned any of Sarah's other albums, "Closer" does a nice wrap-up.
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