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[edit] discography

I expanded/updated discography and placed it into tables. As McLachlan is Canadian I really wanted to include Canada music chart peaks and I searched desperately for some kind of online archive of the Canadian charts to no avail. Anyone out there have that info? -- eo 17:18, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

You missed the new live album which I added. Feel free to add that chart data because I have no clue where to find that. -- TomeOne 21:17, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
What happened to the photos of the albums? I think the article looked a lot better with them. Hlwarrior 00:27, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Delerium

I would like more reference to Delerium, since that made many other young people fans. Suddently she where a star in the Dance scene --Zypres 00:15, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

I agree that a reference to the song Silence belongs in the text. I'm not sure I could do a great job myself, not knowing much of the background, but if no one else adds it soon, I'll take a stab at it. RayGates 03:36, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

I still think that the current reference to the success of silence is lacking. DJ Tiesto 's remix of this song was a worldwide success ("first house track ever broadcast on daytime radio in North America" and "eight weeks in the UK top ten chart" according to his biography on tiesto.com). Japsai (talk) 11:03, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Whistle register?

The last couple edits and reverts have been over Sarah McLachlan's inclusion as a "whistle register" singer. Does Sarah even have that kind of range (she writes most of her stuff in the alto/second-soprano tessitura), and if she does, in what songs does she demonstrate it? --C-squared 04:26, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

  • "Fear", I'd guess, for one. Danny Lilithborne 04:32, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
    • In "Fear", Sarah does not go any higher than a B5 (on the "than" in "There's nothing I'd like better than to fall")—still no small feat, but not in the whistle register. The whistle register, when used, is a whole octave higher, plus some. If this is the only song we can come up with, Sarah should definitely be removed as an example of a whistle register singer. --C-squared 05:45, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
      • Well, I was as surprised as you. Try going to the talk page of whoever put it back. Danny Lilithborne 05:55, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

This isn't the kind of thing I usually comment on, but would it be possible for someone to find a new public domain image for this article? The one currently in place just looks terrible. Danny Lilithborne 06:54, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Remarkably conveniently, User:Tezster has just uploaded a vastly superior new image. Jkelly 19:42, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

- I agree. Sarah is a very attractive woman! This image is the best we can do? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.197.71.189 (talk • contribs)

You should have seen the old picture. If you know of any fans who have taken photographs and would be willing to license their photography under a free, reusable license, you can encourage them to donate them. Jkelly 16:21, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Genre

I am finding it difficult to Genre Sarah's music. Then again I am finding it difficult to categorize quite a bit of the 20 gigs of music I have. Anyone wanna give me a better genre than simply 'rock'?

Soft rock, singer-songwriter, folk-pop-rock. I agree, hard to categorize. -Larry Siegel

[edit] Ethnicity

Is Sarah actually of Scottish background? Since she was adopted (I can't remember her birth mother's name) it's hard to base her ethnicity on her last name. Zenitram82 00:08, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

It should be removed until we have a reliable source to reference. Jkelly 00:27, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Her birth mother's name is Judy James. (http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003998)

[edit] songcruft

  • Is it necessary to list every song Sarah McLachlan contributed to a soundtrack, collection album, benefit or live performance? I think all that stuff is clearly unnecessary, so I removed it. Danny Lilithborne 22:06, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Good edit. Jkelly 22:57, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

I think that it would be awesome for hard core Sarah McLachlan fans to know every song this songstress has contributed too, either with her voice or with writing. Maybe we can create a complete discography page like almost every artist on this website has. Sarah has made different apperances on numerous CD's other than her own in which this site now does not show, such as Blue Rodeo's CD's where she is a back up singer on almost all songs and with Moev, whom she has contributed her voice as well. I am an avid Sarah McLachlan fan and would like to see if anyone else out there has some songs that maybe I dont know of. I know that others whom love her voice as much as I do, would like the same. This list does not have to be on her front page but rather have a link to another page. Brandon 08:21 a.m. August 3, 2006

Not every artist on Wikipedia has a "complete" discography. In fact, the vast majority have only their own list of proper albums; the only artists who have a "complete" WP discography of every last compilation, soundtrack album, tribute album, etc. that their music ever appeared on are, generally, those whose fan base largely consists of 15-year-olds who think it's encyclopedically notable if their favourite singer sneezes, and who pitch hissy fits every time somebody tries to weed out their pet trivia. (Yeah, Ashlee Simpson, I do mean your article.) Bearcat 09:32, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Seeing as how we're talking about musicians, I think a complete list of their songs would be very appropriate. I can't understand why anyone wouldn't want it. If you make it so that Wikipedia is only a brief overview of things rather then the encyclopedia it's supposed to be it wouldn't be very good as a research site.

[edit] Harp

McLachlan plays the harp on her new record so I would appreciate it if you'd leave her in the Harpists category! Zenitram82 14:49, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Such information needs to be cited. Please see WP:V, WP:CITE, and WP:RS. --Yamla 14:58, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

I referenced it on the "Wintersong" page because I wasn't sure where to put it on McLachlan's page. Zenitram82 19:03, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

As important as citations are, it's entirely sufficient for the information to be present in the album's article. We don't need to provide separate sources for it in the bio in addition to the album credits. Bearcat 09:26, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fumbling Towards Ecstasy - "Rolling Stone Magazine has listed it as one of the top 100 best albums of all-time"

Is this correct? Haven't been able to find it on any of these lists, yet. Maybe there's a RS top 100 list not included on that page?

http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/rstone.html

[edit] The Sarah McLachlan Foundation

No mention of the foundation on the page other than an external link? Perhaps it should be added to the Philanthropy section? Nhansen 20:02, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Personal life

This is a very good article. The only thing missing I saw at first glance was that it doesn't have a personal life section, as many articles on celebrities do. Just a short section would round the article out, I think. Icemuon 11:32, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

According to NNDB.com She has been married to her drummer Ashwin Sood since February of 1997 and they have a daughter named India Ann Sushill that was born in 2002.

From: http://www.nndb.com/people/844/000086586/

Bag of marbels 28 18:58, 22 May 2007 (UTC)–

[edit] Template

So I made the template for Sarah...it was my first time, so bear with me if it's bad. Maybe someone can add something to it, to make it better? I didn't know what else to put besides albums. template:Sarah McLachlan Hlwarrior 00:44, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Umm...Sufacing?

This article only mentions her most successful project. Surely someone knows something. Echo5Joker 12:28, 23 August 2007 (CST)

I agree. I started with some basic info on the album, but it probably should be expanded some more. Hlwarrior 22:17, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discography

I'm thinking of breaking off the discog. sect., making that an article unto itself, and replacing it with a brief list of studio albums. I wanted some feedback first though. I think this would make the article a little neater and easier to read, any comments? Naufana : talk 06:19, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I could see that as a good idea, and just including Touch, Solace, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, Surfacing, Afterglow, and Wintersong. Most of the other albums are just live or remixes. Hlwarrior (talk) 04:00, 29 January 2008 (UTC)