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Sarah McLachlan's Diamond-certified 1997 album, with "Building a Mystery", "Adia" and "Angel", on a single-LP Legacy pressing.
Back in print as a single-LP Legacy pressing. Surfacing went Diamond in Canada and eight times platinum in the U.S., and won two Grammys.
Say what you like about the summer of 1997, but in Canada it belonged to Sarah McLachlan. Surfacing came out in July, right as the first Lilith Fair tour was hitting the road, and "Building a Mystery" sat at No. 1 here for eight weeks while she was out headlining the festival she'd put together. She made the record with Pierre Marchand at Wild Sky Studios in Morin-Heights, Quebec, and it carries that quiet, snowed-in warmth all the way through.
Then it just kept going. "Sweet Surrender" reached No. 2 in Canada, "Adia" got to No. 3 here and on the U.S. Hot 100, and "Angel" became the one everybody knows, spending 12 weeks atop the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 at home, and at the 1998 Junos it took Album of the Year among four wins. It's McLachlan's high-water mark, and on vinyl those piano ballads sound every bit as hushed and lovely as they did the first time around. Put it on late, with the snow coming down outside, and you'll see exactly what we mean.
On Legacy, a reissue of the 1997 album.
