Afterglow (studio album) by Sarah McLachlan

Sarah McLachlan's 2003 album "Afterglow" has been criticized by some for lacking good songs. People who feel this way should give album a second chance, because most of the songs are really great and the album as a whole is as least as good as her best.
First impression may be that the songs are generally less catchy and harder to get into, compared to her previous albums. Personally I found both "Fallen" and "Push" very good and cacthy from first listen, while other songs like the waltzy "Time" and the quiet and beautiful "Answer" took a little more time for me to realize how great songs they are.

The album is ,at times, lyrically slightly disillusioned and dark, but on the other hand it shows a strong belief in love. Musically it's a quiet and mature album; like always well-produced.

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Good album but certainly not in the same class as, solace, and, fumbling towards ecstasy, or even, surfacing. To be honest, it's almost Sarah Mclachlan by numbers, but it's still very enjoyable though.

From Eastwood 04/27/2015 21:03

Good album. Best 10 songs average is 83,0/100 and the album can get good 85/100. Best songs are "Fallen", "World on fire", "Stupid" and "Train wreck" all good 85/100. All other songs average/only just good 75-80/100.
Genre: Singer/Songwriter, Pop

From lightmyway 05/17/2012 21:06

There's only a certain amount of time you can wait for an album and still be excited about it. In 1998, 1999, 2000, sure, I really was really stoked on the idea of another Sarah McLachlan album. But in 2003, not so much. Either way, when this finally came out I picked it up and it's actually okay, kind of the same thing as Surfacing. It's not the leap forward you'd expect though.