Sarah Mclachlan CLOSER:THE BEST..DLX

The deluxe edition features an expanded book and a print of an original artwork by McLachlan.
Personnel: Sarah McLachlan (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards); Dave Sinclair (vocals, guitar); Pierre Marchand (guitar, guitars, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, bass synthesizer, glockenspiel, drum machine, percussion, background vocals); Bill Dillon (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, organ); Michel Pepin (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Sean Ashby (guitar); David Sinclair (guitars, background vocals); Brian Minato (electric guitar, bass guitar); Stephen Nikleva (electric guitar); Darren Phillips (keyboards, drums); Dave Kershaw (double bass, bass guitar); Jim Creeggan (upright bass); Daryl Exnicious (bass guitar); Ronald Jones (drums, tambourine); Ashwin Sood (drums, percussion, loops, background vocals); Matt Chamberlain (drums, percussion); Lou Shefano, Guy Nadon, Ross Hales, Jerry Marotta, Paul Brennan (drums); Vince Jones.
Additional personnel: Camille Henderson (vocals, background vocals); Michael Chaves, Mark Jowett (guitar, guitars); Yves Desrosiers (electric guitar, lap steel guitar, bass instrument); Jorane (cello); Vince Jones (keyboards); Tony Levin (bass guitar).
Audio Mixers: Chris Potter ; Fernando Hernandez; Greg Reely; Pat McCarthy; Pierre Marchand; Tom Lord-Alge.
Audio Remasterer: Bob Ludwig.
Audio Remixer: Tom Lord-Alge.
Recording information: Highland Studio; Karen's House, New Orleans, LA; Lans Westwind's House, Marin Heights; Limited Vision; Lions Gate Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Mushroom Studio, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Pierre's studio, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Rose Garden Arena, Portland, OR; Theatre Of The Cloud; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Venture Studios; Wild Sky, Morin Heights.
Editor: Nick Keca.
Photographers: Jennifer Tzar; Kharen Hill.
Arranger: Pierre Marchand.
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."

• Format: CD
• Genre: Rock