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SURFACING is an Enhanced CD containing both a full audio program as well as multimedia computer files.
SURFACING was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Pop album. "Building A Mystery" won the 1998 Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. "Last Dance" won the 1998 Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
"Adia" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
On her fifth album, Vancouver-based singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan returns with a simpler collection of songs which quietly explore the darker aspects of human nature. SURFACING is a group of straightforward songs which get right to the point, both musically and lyrically, dealing with such heavy topics as faith, life and death in an appealingly accessible way.
McLachlan's unmistakable soaring voice displays its usual angelic tones and amazing versatility, abetted by the familiar, assured stamp of longtime producer and collaborator Pierre Marchand, making SURFACING McLachlan's most mature album yet. Right from the start, with the anthem-like pop tune "Building a Mystery," McLachlan sets the tone, simultaneously shadowy and calm. SURFACING is an introspective musical landscape, a tight collection of thought-provoking songs from one of today's most talented artists.
Personnel: Sarah McLachlan (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano); Brian Minato (electric guitar, bass); Michel Pepin (electric guitar); Yves Desrosiers (guitar, lap steel, bass); Ash Sood (piano, drums, percussion); Pierre Marchand (keyboards, bass, percussion, drum programming, background vocals); Jim Creeggan (acoustic bass).
Personnel: Sarah McLachlan (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano); Yves Desrosiers (guitar, lap steel guitar, musical saw); Michel Pepin, Brian Minato (electric guitar); Pierre Marchand (keyboards, drum machine, background vocals); Jim Creeggan (upright bass); Ashwin Sood (drums, percussion, background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Pierre Marchand.
Enhanced CD
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.Rolling Stone (12/25/97, p.164) - "...McLachlan favors maternal patience over bombshells, whipsered intimacy over a quick payoff. Her songs are cast in deep-blue tints and gray-day moods; she soaks her voice in warm echo..."
Entertainment Weekly (7/25/97, p.70) - "...Her best tunes recall the sinewy clarity of early Joni Mitchell....Never have McLachlan's recordings sounded so dense and alive. Yet the album's centerpiece remains the star's voice--an instrument rich and knowing enough to redeem even the poor souls her lyrics embrace." - Rating: B Surfacing Music | List Price | $11.96 (You save $2.37) | | Category | Rock Albums, Alternative CDs, Rock/Pop, Enhanced CD | | Label | Arista | | Orig Year | 1997 | | All Time Sales Rank |  43   | | CD Universe Part number | 1110420 | | Catalog number | 18970 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jul 15, 1997 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Pierre Marchand | | Engineer | Pierre Marchand | | Recording Time | 41 minutes | | Personnel | Sarah McLachlan - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano
Jim Creeggan - acoustic bass
Ashwin Sood - drums, percussion, background vocals
Pierre Marchand - keyboards, bass, percussion, drum programming, background vocals
Michel Pepin - electric guitar
Brian Minato - electric guitar, bass
Yves Desrosiers - guitar, lap steel guitar, musical saw
Ash Sood - piano, drums, percussion
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Sarah McLachlan Surfacing Songs Surfacing Music Review Average Rating: (4.4 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Pure Heaven
My goodness. McLachlan's voice captures and plays with each note and makes you hear the value of them. Her soulful voice is genuine, tender, fragile, and strong--all at the same time. You will play this album over and over again, finding new elements of yourself each time you listen to a song.
Submitted by brianfos (Castro Valley, CA) 
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One of my top ten
I have a variety of listening interests, but Sarah McLachlan's "Surfacing" is among my all time favorite albums. This is one of those rare CDs where I don't skip over songs and it such easy music to listen to that I never get tired of it.
Submitted by FOX76493 (Knoxville, TN)
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Simply beautiful... I love Adia, Do what i have to do, Angel. Very essential for Sarah's fans.
Submitted by Stephane (Canada)
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perhaps not the best album of her oeuvre, but the tracks of this album on mirrorball are done amazingly, bringing them to a more enlightened context. Otherwise, the album Surfacing in of itself, seems empty, vague and rather hackneyed.
Submitted by first love (charleston, uk)
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RISING TO THE TOP!
sara McLachan has a phenimeniol voice! this cd is so relaxing and gentle on the spirit. with her beautiful song ANGEL which was a song in memory of those we lost sept 11 and the families who lost their loved ones. the whole album is simply beautiful and angel makes me shed a tear everytime! enough said-McLachans surfacing has reached the stars!
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