Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan

Recording information: Frederic Bouchard's Home, Vancouver (04/20/1998/04/21/1998); Highland Studio (04/20/1998/04/21/1998); Karen's House, New Orleans (04/20/1998/04/21/1998); Lans Westwind's House, Marin Heights (04/20/1998/04/21/1998); Limited Vision (04/20/1998/04/21/1998); Lions Gate Studios, Vancouver, BC (04/20/1998/04/21/1998); Montreal (04/20/1998/04/21/1998); Mushroom Studio (04/20/1998/04/21/1998); Mushroom Studio, Vancouver (04/20/1998/04/21/1998); Pierre's Studio, Montreal (04/20/1998/04/21/1998); Rose Garden Arena, Portland, Oregon (04/20/1998/04/21/1998); Theatre Of The Clouds (04/20/1998/04/21/1998); Vancouver (04/20/1998/04/21/1998); Venture Studios,Vancouver (04/20/1998/04/21/1998); Wild Sky, Morin Heights (04/20/1998/04/21/1998).
Photographer: Jennifer Tzar.
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."