Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (Legacy Edition) reviews
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| Rollingstones |
 Sarah McLachlan belongs to a particular branch on the singer-songwriter tree that critics typically regard with distaste — well-produced folk-poppers like Donovan and Cat Stevens whose vocal presence and compositional skills outstrip their lyrical gifts. Inspired by stalker fans ("Possession") and the AIDS crisis ("Hold On"), the haunted subject matter of Fumbling Towards Ecstasy nevertheless grounds the understated drama and flat-out gorgeousness of her opera-schooled chops with context. Although she scored bigger hits with 1997's smoother Surfacing, this 1994 breakthrough remains her atmospheric soft-rocking peak because gracefully goth marvels like "Fear" are not only exquisitely rendered but emotionally accessible. It's not just art for chart's sake. As such, it's an ideal entry point for new fans, but this 15th anniversary edition does little more than tack on 1995's The Freedom Session acoustic disc and a previously released live DVD that both revisit the album with diminished results. Despite having mothered the Lilith Fair women's music festivals, McLachlan is intrinsically linked with the gauzy studio-bound beauty of her delicately layered arrangements. Without them, she's not quite fumbling, but she's definitely far less ecstatic....full text |
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| Blogcritics |
First released in 1993, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy is probably one of Sarah McLachlan’s most recognized releases. It is the album credited with launching her into International super stardom, and it jump started her career, which was already promising in her native home of Canada. Re-released on August 5, the CD is now celebrating its fifteenth anniversary. This version contains the CD itself, and a few extra surprises thrown in.
Some of the most recognizable songs are "Possession," "Good Enough," and "Fear." In 1994, the singer was sued by a man that claimed his letters to her were the basis of "Possession," but the case never did make it to trial due to the fact the man that brought the lawsuit killed himself before it made it that far. Some of these songs have been included on the soundtracks of movies and television series. The first such appearance was in 1996 on Due South when an acoustic version of "Possession" appeared....full text |
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| Starpulse |
In 2008, twenty years after she began her recording career in 1988, Vancouver's Sarah McLachlan remains one of the most enigmatic personalities in pop. Over the course of her 14 separate album releases (which include six original studio albums), the quiet, burning passion of McLachlan's music has resulted in three Grammy Awards and eight Juno Awards in her native Canada, and sales of more than 35 million albums, singles and videos worldwide.
The trajectory of Sarah McLachlan's broad popular success outside Canada began with the late-1993 release of her third album, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, which gave Modern Rock radio three solid singles to call its own: "Possession," "Good Enough," and "Hold On." A live VHS released in late-1994, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy – The Home Video, reprised many of the album's songs, along with several earlier numbers, plus a cover of Tom Waits' "Ol' 55." The momentum carried over to a third project in early 1995, The Freedom Sessions, comprising alternative versions or early demos of more than half the Fumbling songs, and "Ol' 55."...full text |
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