Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
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| Studio album by Sarah McLachlan | |||||
| Released | 1993 | ||||
| Recorded | 1993 at Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Label | Nettwerk/Arista | ||||
| Producer | Pierre Marchand | ||||
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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. Following the album's release, a fan named Uwe Vandrei sued McLachlan for songwriting credit, claiming that his letters were used as the basis of the song. The case never made it to trial as Vandrei was found dead of apparent suicide in November 1994.
Some editions contain an album version of McLachlan's 1995 single used for The Brothers McMullen soundtrack, "I Will Remember You". The track's lyrics do not appear in the booklet, nor strangely does the track's crediting information.
[edit] 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, a solo piano version of "Possession")
- "Blue" (Japan and UK bonus track, a Joni Mitchell cover)
[edit] Personnel
- Sarah McLachlan: Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Piano
- Bill Dillon: Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Guitorgan, Bass, Piano
- Pierre Marchand: Bass, Piano, Keyboards, Fake B-3 Organ, Drum Machine, Percussion Machine, 808, Shaker, Found Sound
- Brian Minato: Bass
- David Kershaw: Hammond Organ
- Jane Scarpantoni: Cello
- Michel Dubeau: Saxophone
- Ashwin Sood: Drums, Percussion
- Jerry Marotta: Drums, Percussion
- Lou Shefano: Drums
- Guy Nadon: Drums
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