Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (studio album) by Sarah McLachlan

Fumbling Towards Ecstasy by Sarah McLachlan
Year: 1993
Overall rank: 2,858th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 129 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1993 (47th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (505th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,858th)
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Fumbling Towards Ecstasy is ranked as the best album by Sarah McLachlan.

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Fumbling Towards Ecstasy track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 129 votes)
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02/04/2024 19:20 asimpkins  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,05668/100
 
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12/07/2023 12:18 fabm0  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 5,97759/100
 
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06/09/2023 08:58 eclab  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,48584/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.

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From 06/24/2020 16:40
This is an amazing album. It hits me at my core, really impacted me back in 1993. If life feels hard, hopeless, put this album on and let the music sink in.

Best tracks - Possession, Elsewhere and the title track.
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From 05/25/2016 19:03
Tumbling towards ecstasy, is without doubt Sarah Mcclachlan's best album. It's a beautiful record that has influences ranging from Joni Mitchell to Enya. There are great songs here, from opener, possession, to the achingly lovely, good enough, from the sweet, ice cream, to the atmospheric title track. Mcclachlan is at her best on an album that is totally underrated and overlooked. It's an album that deserves more attention. Excellent.
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80/100
From 05/28/2012 03:52
Such a haunting voice... she got bigger after this album, but lost her aching vocals.
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From 05/17/2012 20:56
Great songs, great voice, beautiful album.
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From 04/27/2012 17:07
This and 'Solace' are her better ones, solid album.
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From 01/09/2012 20:41
Her delicate, folky pop came to fruition here. She keeps her emotions guarded but bare.
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From 02/05/2011 11:14
Great voice, but average songs. -_-
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