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| Closer-The Best of Sarah McLachlan | 
 enlarge | Artist: Sarah Mclachlan
Label: Arista
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 89
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.3
UPC: 886973026328
EAN: 0886973026328
ASIN: B001C4E6DA
Release Date: October 7, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Vox | | • | The Path Of Thorns | | • | Into The Fire | | • | Possession | | • | Hold On | | • | Good Enough | | • | Building A Mystery | | • | Sweet Surrender | | • | Adia | | • | Angel | | • | I Will Remember You | | • | Fallen | | • | Stupid | | • | World On Fire | | • | Don't Give Up On Us - New Studio Track | | • | U Want Me 2 Don't U? - New Studio Track |
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Album Description
Closer: The Best Of Sarah Mclachlan contains 24 classic tracks personally selected by the artist from her award-winning catalog, as well as two newly recorded and previously unreleased songs, "U Want Me 2" and "Don't Give Up On Us", working with her longtime producer Pierre Marchand. In addition the deluxe two CD set includes an expanded booklet and original art-print from Sarah Mclachlan.
Album Description
2008 Digipak Album, Closer: The Best Of Sarah McLachlan contains 24 classic tracks personally selected by the artist from her award-winning catalog, as well as two newly recorded and previously unreleased songs, "U Want Me 2" and "Don't Give Up On Us", working with her longtime producer Pierre Marchand.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Great collection, loussssssy sssssound October 10, 2008
32 out of 38 found this review helpful
Oh, ever since it was announced Sarah McLachlan was putting out a best of, I was impatient for it to get here. The song list had everything I wanted. Bought the disc, tore off the plastic, threw it in the player... and... Holy crap! Someone turned the treble up to 11 (yeah, Bob Ludwig, I'm lookin' at you!!!)!
This is one of the harshest sounding discs I've ever heard. Even when Sarah sings a word with the "f" sound in it, it sounds like an "s". THAT'S harsh. It hurts to listen to this cd. And I think it's 'cause discs are being mastered now with ipod in mind. I really do. There's no excuse for such a slipshod job. I pulled out my copy of 'Surfacing' to compare "Building a Mystery", "Sweet Surrender", Adia", and "Angel", and they beat the best of's versions easily. There's more warmth to the 'Surfacing' versions, and that disc is 11 years old!
Sarah and her fans deserve better. This disc has only been out a few days, and it already cries out to be remastered... by someone who knows what they're doing.
So, content: 5 stars
Sound quality: -3 stars
Total stars: 2
 A Sarah McLachlan Primer October 7, 2008
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
Sarah McLachlan has one of the most striking voices that I've heard in the last 20 years, and this "best of" CD gives a good sampling of her music of this time period. Closer starts with three tracks that are from the era before she was an established musician. You can definitely tell that her voice is great on this tracks, but the only one the three that really stands up to repeated listening is "Path of Thorns". The production on "Vox" and "Into the Fire" show that these songs weren't really ready for primetime.
Tracks four through eleven are from the mega-hit period for Sarah. "Possession" is easily the best non-ballad that she has ever recorded with its tale of an obsessed fan set the ultimate instrumental hooks. The other standout in this section is the best ballad that she has recorded, "Angel". The combination of her voice and piano playing is almost beyond description it is so good. I don't think they missed anything from the Fumbling Towards Ecstasy and Surfacing period.
Tracks twelve to fourteen are from Afterglow, and I think this is a fitting description as these feel like fire has gone out for Sarah by this point. If I were to include songs from this CD, these would be the ones. However you will notice a drop from the previous tracks.
The two new tracks are OK. While they are better than the Afterglow tracks, they don't reach back to the high bar that Sarah set in the 90's.
The one track that I would have liked to have seen on here "Ol' 55" from The Freedom Sessions. It is not a very well know track so I understand while they left it off, but it is a much better song than say "Stupid".
Overall, this is a nice introduction to Sarah McLachlan for those who do not already have her original studio releases. However, if you already own Fumbling Towards Ecstasy and Surfacing, you have the majority of what's worth having from this collection. Save yourself some money, and buy the two new tracks individually.
Download this: U Want Me 2
Simply Sarah October 7, 2008
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
There have been so many artists during the 90's that came and went, that it is so easy to forget the beauty and dominance of their songs. That has shown widely with Sarah McLachlan. It has been 20 years since she came out in the late 80's, and dominated with her striking lyrics and her simple songs. While she hasn't released a full-length record since 2003's Afterglow, she has made a dominance with her music still striking chords top to bottom. Now that the former Lillith Fair founder has celebrated her anniversary, she also has made a first ever best-of collection that shows well into her voice, and delicately that she is more than just a pretty face.
Closer: The Best Of Sarah McLachlan works well, as a single disc collection that features Sarah's best songs from her 3 decades career. The collection doesn't fell like it has anything missing, which is very strong considering there have been a lot of albums that came out that've felt like they've been more lemons than diamonds in the rough this past year. Anyway, Closer includes a lot of great songs that feel like a walk gently down Memory Lane and feature great songs including her hits Building A Mystery, her live recording of I Will Remember You, the somber Fallen, Aida, and he big hit from the movie City Of Angels, Angel. The album also includes 2 new tracks from Sarah which blend in pretty nicely into Sarah's catalog of great songs, including U Want Me 2, and Don't Give Up On Us.
All in all, I really hope Sarah McLachlan can really come back and relase a brand new album soon. But, all in all, Closer: The Best Of Sarah McLachlan works just fine in the meantime for anyone who hasn't yet heard of Sarah big classics, and fine for die hard fans alike. I really think this is a great buy all the way around, and that is proof that when Sarah recorded Building A Mystery, that this mystery was solved with open arms.
Album Cover: B
Songs: A-
Price: B 1/2+
Remastering: B+
Overall: B+
Whoa...talk about bad re-mixes! October 14, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have loved Sarah McLachlan's work since she did a song called "Shelter"
for an In Defense of Animals cd in 1993. I love the songs on this cd, but OUCH what's up with these re-mixes? The songs were lovely as they were. These re-mixes warp the songs towards some kind of quazi disco sort of thing. I gave it a 3 because she is an incredible artist, but I find this cd very disappointing.
 New Material October 15, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I love Sarah McLachlan and her beautiful voice, thats why I have all of her original stuff and she'll always be five star material to me, However I think she has problems coming up with new songs. Most of her albums consist of partial or entire previous compilations. I was really happy when she came out with 'Surfacing', eons ago, with its' all original material, but she doesn't seem to be able to keep the music flowing. She needs to team up with other talented musicians like Heather Nova, who seems to not have song writing difficulties. I think it would help her and it would be great to hear some new material.
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