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.
Customer Reviews:
Oh SarahJanuary 9, 2009 Marli Laurich(Sunny CA) So much talent, so much emotion. She is a wonderful singer with a whole lot of heart. I comend this woman for all she has acomplished in her life and the way she delt with such a horrible ordeal. My compliments to her on the ASPCA comercial containing the song "Angel". To this day it brings tears to my eyes and yes this is the reason I became a member! Praise, blessings and love to Sarah!
Wish I'd listened: this one breaks my heartDecember 29, 2008 Nathan Beauchamp(Oak Park, IL USA) Sarah McLachlan is on of my favorite female vocalist, right up there with Loreena McKennitt and Aimee Mann. I bought this CD despite the reviews citing its poor audio quality. It really couldn't be that bad could it, I thought. Well it is that bad. It's unlikeable because of the terrible pitchy highs. Sarah deserved much better than this. Stay away from this one. You're much better off buying her original albums one at a time (if you get them used they are pretty cheap) and assembling your own list of 'best of' tracks by ripping them to your computer (I rip using FLAC file type so there is no loss in quality).
Sarah is awesome. The producers of this CD are terrible. Don't make the same mistake I did. Skip this one.
Fantastic albumDecember 28, 2008 Tiffani(Richmond, Va) I have been a Sarah McLachlan fan for many, many years now. Her voice is incredibly soothing and her lyrics are always thought provoking. This album does a fabulous job of bringing together some of her best hits from even her earliest album and placing them alongside her most current releases. It definitely showcases the true Sarah style with a beautiful combination of music that won't disappoint.
Good intro if you are new to SarahDecember 23, 2008 Patrick(Honeoye NY USA) This CD is exactly what you would expect from a greatest hits collection. All of her big songs are there, as well as some other gems and if you are new to Sarah this is a great start.
For me she has always been one of those few artists who are much better live than with all that studio polish. For that reason I still have to go with Mirrorball over this collection for the best picture of who she is as an artist.
Closer--The Best of Sarah McLachlanDecember 22, 2008 Ricardo E. Alvillar(Anchorage AK USA) New (to me), interesting artist with more sophisticated lyrics; but, a style akin to Joan Baez.