Sarah McLachlan: Afterglow Live

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Sarah McLachlan: Afterglow Live
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  • Cert:
  • Cat.no: 82876645079
  • Running time: 138 minutes
  • Year: 2004
  • Pressing: 2004
  • Region(s): All, PAL
  • Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
  • Languages: English
  • Widescreen: 16:9
  • Disc Format: DVD 9
  • Price: £17.99
  • Rating: 10/10 (Music); 6/10 (DVD)
  • Extras:Bonus 70 minute live concert on CD, Bonus behind-the-scenes footageincluding a backstage tour with Sarah’s dog Rex

Fall into the arms of an angel for a 140 minutes.

This fantastic double-package by Canada’s finest songwriter,but not singer(that prize goes to kd lang). Sarah McLachlan brings 2004’s wonderfulAfterglow collection to the live arena.

After a lengthy hiatus that included her mother’s death and birth of daughterIndia, it was a welcomed return for the highly acclaimed Canadiancontemporary-folk star. Caught on film during her nine week tour she thrilledthe huge venue with songs that were also lifted from previous albums FumblingTowards Ecstasy (1993) and Surfacing (1997).

In a relaxed mood, flanked by a wonderful set and band, (with some outstandingguitar work by Sean Ashby), she played her own favourite songs from a nowconsiderable back-catalaogue. Delighted to re-engage with her adoring fanbase,it was clearly a great thrill to be on the road again.

Technically, it’s standard filming (multi-angled shots) of her performance atthe huge Molson Amphitheatre Toronto, but a real music lover’s concert. Thesetlist was badly balanced, as there are long periods of similar paced songs,until it picks up a pace towards the final quarter.

McLachlan first came to my attention a few years ago via her brilliant singleAngel. If Dido (with whom she’s regularly compared with) hadn’t hit thebig time in 2001, she would have become the new sensation in the UK.

The three-time Grammy award winner, found herself needing to change hersongwriting methods for Afterglow. Her normal practice of endless months in alog cabin writing songs was reshaped by the arrival of her first child, as shecould only manage a couple of hours a day, which makes this album even moreremarkable.

Bringing the album to life turned out to be a masterstroke. It brought herback into the limelight in front of sell-out crowds on both sides of theAtlantic last year. Most of the set consists of slow to mid-tempo melancholicballads, broken here and there in the last stage by some effective rockiersojourns, that lift the atmosphere considerably. Whether it be piano, electricor acoustic guitar,she delivers the goods.

Extras include a short peak into her pre-concert preparations and leisuretime in Lighthouse Park Vancouver, lyrics page and merchandise details.

You can also experience most of the gig on a 70 minute CD.

Star tracks: Stupid, Witness, Angel, Fallen, Adia, Train Wreck and Ice Cream.

The full list of tracks included are :

DVD

1. Fallen
2. World On Fire
3. Adia
4. Hold On
5. Perfect Girl
6. Drifting
7. Push
8. I Will Remember You
9. Ice
10. Wait
11. Witness
12. Elsewhere
13. Answer
14. Angel
15. Fear
16. Train Wreck
17. Building A Mystery
18. Sweet Surrender
19. Possession
20. Blackbird
21. Ice Cream
22. Stupid
23. Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
24. Dirty Little Secret

CD

1. Fallen
2. World On Fire
3. Adia
4. Hold On
5. Perfect Girl
6. Push
7. I Will Remember You
8. Witness
9. Answer
10. Angel
11. Trainwreck
12. Building A Mystery
13. Sweet Surrender
14. Stupid
15. Dirty Little Secret

More info atSarah McLachlan.com /Arista.com /Nettwerk Fan Club.com /Netwerk America.com

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