Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
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| Fumbling Towards Ecstasy | ||
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| Missing image Mclachlan-fumbling.jpg Album cover | ||
| CD by Sarah McLachlan | ||
| Released | 1993 | |
| Recorded | 1993 | |
| Genre | Singer-songwriter | |
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| Record label | Nettwerk/Arista | |
| Producer | Pierre Marchand | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| allmusic.com | 4.5 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47219D84EAA7620D09D3541DBA776EB29C742F281116E4954C0846470D93720E90EE9D8CFAEF36AB679AFFB62A7500FD1C0ED52ECAD1B&sql=10:7hddyl28xpsb) |
| Sarah McLachlan Chronology | ||
| Live EP (1992) | Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993) | The Freedom Sessions (1994) |
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy is a 1993 album by Sarah McLachlan. It was produced by Pierre Marchand in Montreal, and released on October 22, 1993.
The album was an immediate hit in Canada, where McLachlan was already an established star. Over the next two years, it became her breakthrough album internationally as well. However, in some countries, most notably the United States, the album was a steady seller that stayed in the middle ranges of the pop charts for almost two years, rather than the #1 smash that McLachlan would achieve with 1997's Surfacing.
"Possession", the album's first single, is written from the point of view of an obsessed fan who wrote letters to McLachlan over a period of several years. Following the album's release, the fan (Uwe Vandrei) sued McLachlan for songwriting credit, although he committed suicide in 1994 before the case went to trial.
Track listing
All songs written by Sarah McLachlan, except "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" written by McLachlan and Marchand.
- "Possession" (4:39)
- "Wait" (4:09)
- "Plenty" (4:05)
- "Good Enough" (5:03)
- "Mary" (3:55)
- "Elsewhere" (4:44)
- "Circle" (3:43)
- "Ice" (3:54)
- "Hold On" (4:09)
- "Ice Cream" (2:44)
- "Fear" (3:59)
- "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" (9:49, including several minutes of silence followed by a hidden track, an acoustic version of "Possession")
Personnel
- Sarah McLachlan - Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Piano
- Pierre Marchand - Bass, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, 808, Drum Machine, Percussion Machine, Shakers, Found Sound
- Ashwin Sood - Drums, Percussion
- Lou Shefano - Drums
- Brian Minato - Bass
- Bill Dillon - Guitar, Guitorgan, Piano, Bass
- Jerry Marotta - Drums, Percussion
- David Kershaw - Hammond B-3 Organ
- Michel Dubeau - Saxophone
- Guy Nadon - Drums
- Jane Scarpantoni - Cello