Disc 11. Vox 2. Steaming 3. Ben's Song 4. Path Of Thorns, The (Terms) 5. Into The Fire 6. Drawn To The Rhythm 7. Mercy 8. Possession 9. Hold On 10. Good Enough 11. Ice Cream 12. Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Disc 21. Building A Mystery 2. Sweet Surrender 3. Adia 4. Angel 5. I Will Remember You 6. Fallen 7. Stupid 8. World On Fire 9. Push 10. Don't Give Up On Us 11. U Want Me 2 12. Hold On [Radio Remix] - (remix) 13. I Will Remember You [Original Version] 14. World On Fire [Radio Remix] - (remix) 15. U Want Me 2 [Radio Remix] - (remix)
Label: Arista Records (USA) Release Date: 2008 Original Release Date: 2008 Recording Mode: Stereo Producer: Greg Reely; Pierre Marchand; Sarah McLachlan Engineer: Chris Potter; Pascal Shefteshy; Tim Overthier; Fernando Hernandez; Peter Caigan; John Oliviera; Frederic Bouchard; Brian Hogue; Greg Reely; Nick Keca; Pat McCarthy; Yanik Daunais; Linda Strawberry Recording Type: Studio Distributor: Sony Music Entertainment
Personnel: Sarah McLachlan (vocals, acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, classical guitar, piano); Pierre Marchand (guitars, organ, keyboards, glockenspiel, drum machine, percussion); David Sinclair (guitars, background vocals); Bill Dillon (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Steven Nikkleva, Michel Pepin (electric guitar); Darren Phillips (keyboards, drums); Jim Creeggan (upright bass); Daryl Exnicious, David Kershaw, Brian Minato (bass guitar); Matt Chamberlain (drums, percussion); Ashwin Sood (drums, loops); Lou Shefano, Guy Nadon, Jerry Marotta, Paul Brennan, Ronald Jones (drums); Vince Jones. Additional personnel: Michael Chaves, Mark Jowett (guitars); Yves Desrosiers (electric guitar, lap steel guitar, bass instrument); Jorane (cello); Vince Jones (keyboards); Tony Levin (bass guitar); Camille Henderson (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Fernando Hernandez; Greg Reely; Tom Lord-Alge. Audio Remasterer: Bob Ludwig. Arranger: Pierre Marchand. Summing up the first 15 years of her recording career, CLOSER: THE BEST OF SARAH MCLACHLAN is a near perfect overview of the Canadian singer-songwriter. Over the course of 27 songs on two CDs, the anthology provides all McLachlan's best known songs and a number of more obscure fan favorites in neatly chronological order. Chronicling her rise from a Kate Bush-influenced singer-songwriter to the creator of the Lilith Fair generation to her more recent status as a much beloved and influential figure for a new generation of female singer-songwriters, CLOSER: THE BEST OF SARAH MCLACHLAN is hard to improve upon. The set includes all five of McLachlan's Billboard Top 40 hits, including the Top 5 smashes "Angel" and "Aida." There are also two new songs, "U Want Me 2" (available here in two different mixes) and "Don't Give Up On Us."
Blender (Magazine) (p.81) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The new 'Don't Give Up on Us,' a relationship-mender that's sleek on the outside, troubled on the inside, restores her awesomeness."
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