Surfacing (album)

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Surfacing
Surfacing cover
Studio album by Sarah McLachlan
Released July 15, 1997
Recorded 1996-1997 in Quebec, Canada
Genre Pop
Length 41:14
Label Nettwerk/Arista
Producer Pierre Marchand
Professional reviews
Sarah McLachlan chronology
Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff
(1996)		 Surfacing
(1997)		 Mirrorball
(1999)

Surfacing is a 1997 album by Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan. It was produced by Pierre Marchand.

It was McLachlan's bestselling album, debuting at number one or number two on the Top 40 charts in many countries, and officially confirming her star status in many countries (most notably the United States) where her 1993 album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy had been a steady seller but didn't fully establish McLachlan as a mainstream pop star.

It was released as McLachlan embarked on the Lilith Fair concert tour.

The track "Do What You Have to Do" entered the news in 1998, when it was cited in Kenneth Starr's report as the subject of a letter from Monica Lewinsky to Bill Clinton.

The song "Angel", a single in 1999, enjoyed renewed visibility in 2001, when it became popular as a song of comfort and healing following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.

This album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album, which was awarded to James Taylor's Hourglass, however the singer won the Best Pop Instrumental Performance award for the track "Last Dance" at the Grammy Awards of 1998 [1].

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Building a Mystery" – 4:07 (McLachlan/Marchand)
  2. "I Love You" – 4:44 (McLachlan)
  3. "Sweet Surrender" – 4:00 (McLachlan)
  4. "Adia" – 4:05 (McLachlan/Marchand)
  5. "Do What You Have to Do" – 3:47 (McLachlan/Wolstenholme)
  6. "Witness" – 4:45 (McLachlan/Marchand)
  7. "Angel" – 4:30 (McLachlan)
  8. "Black & White" – 5:02 (McLachlan)
  9. "Full of Grace" – 3:41 (McLachlan)
  10. "Last Dance" – 2:33 (McLachlan)
  • Early editions sold in the U.S. and Canada included a two-song bonus disc containing an alternate mix of "Sweet Surrender" and a rendition of "The Prayer of St. Francis". Both of these tracks appeared on the Japanese edition of the album as well.
  • All editions contained Enhanced CD content about the making of the album, which is playable on a computer via the CD-ROM drive.

[edit] Singles

  1. "Building a Mystery" (2 May 1997)
  2. "Sweet Surrender" (10 March 1998)
  3. "Adia" (7 July 1998)
  4. "Angel" (9 February 1999)
  5. "I Love You" (2000)

[edit] Personnel

  • Sarah McLachlan - Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Piano
  • Pierre Marchand - Bass, Drum Machine, Background Vocals, Keyboards
  • Ashwin Sood - Drums, Percussion, Piano, Background Vocals
  • Michel Pepin - Electric Guitars
  • Brian Minato - Bass, Electric Guitar
  • Jim Creeggan - Upright Bass
  • Yves Desrosiers - Electric Guitars, Lapsteel, Slide Bass, Saw

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Grammy Awards of 1998 " on Rockonthenet.com. Retrieved on 1998-02-25.
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