LP #26 Sarah McLachlan – Surfacing (1997)

This one came close to making my original list, but I basically just ran out of room. Although critical reaction was mixed, McLachlan certainly deserves all of the airplay and album sales that Surfacing produced. While the more uptempo tunes such as “Adia” and “Sweet Surrender” are fine, she’s at her best when she’s at her most ethereal, as with “Angel”, “Witness”, and “Full Of Grace”. As it happens, I also picked up her previous album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (good, but not as consistent in terms of material) and her follow-up effort Afterglow (which unfortunately didn’t do much for me at all).
 

Favorite tracks:

 

Angel

Do What You Have To Do

Witness

Building A Mystery

Full Of Grace