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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0078221466592 Format: Best of, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Arista Languages: Manufacturer: Arista MPN: 14665 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Arista Region Code: 1 Release Date: December 12, 2000 Running Time: 70 minutes Studio: Arista Theatrical Release Date: December 12, 2000 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: This updated compilation appends three of Sarah McLachlan's biggest Surfacing hits along with fan favorite "I Will Remember You" (from the Brothers McMullen soundtrack) to the 1994 video retrospective issued by Canadian label Nettwerk. It follows the Nova Scotian songstress from her days as a sentimental, round-faced youth through her breakthrough success on Fumbling Towards Ecstasy to the explosion of fame, thanks to Lilith Fair and the multiplatinum sales of Surfacing. The earliest of the collection clearly displays hints of great things to come, although viewing the pre-glory-days videos, half of which are alternating takes on Canadian and U.S. versions, is akin to checking out your coolest friend's high-school yearbook. Expecting the brilliance to which you are accustomed ("Building a Mystery," "Adia"), you instead learn that McLachlan herself struggled through some decidedly uncool artistic pretensions prior to connecting her vision to her work. A song from her 1988 album Touch, "Vox," is rendered post-new-wave cheesy (Canadian version) and aimless (U.S. version), and Solace's "The Path of Thorns (Terms)" features a nude McLachlan crooning in the shared space of a modern ballet couple. Despite a misguided turn at "Possession" (a nefarious mess of religious imagery), it is McLachlan who successfully guides the straight-ahead black and white performance of "Ben's Song" and also that of the Celtic-inspired "Drawn to the Rhythm," evoking Loreena McKennitt's smash hit "The Mummer's Dance." Yet it is the U.S. version of "Possession" on which we begin to see McLachlan as we have come to know her--dressed down, picking hard, and singing with eyes wide open. Fully connected to each other and the material, McLachlan and her band are filmed home-movie style in an otherwise empty theater space. As proven by McLachlan's magical turn on the Surfacing videos, those seats wouldn't stay vacant for long. --Paige La Grone Average Rating:
 Rating: - Sarah McLachlan: Video Collection 1989-1998The video's may be a little cheesy in places (particularly the earlier clips - to be expected) but the songs stand up for themselves. Through the timeline you can see the blossoming of Sarah as an artist and an attractive woman. Rating: - Chronicalling the musical growth of Sarah McLachlan It is interesting to me to see how the visual images in the fifteen music videos spanning the career of Sarah McLachlan from 1989-1998 reflect the musical growth of the Canadian singer-songwriter. There was a reason that her career exploded with the "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" album and McLachlan has often talked about how it was not until that point that she really knew what she was doing with the lyrics of her songs. The first four videos come from her debut album "Vox" and offer ... Read More Rating:  - The first (and best) music DVD in my collection"Sarah McLachlan: Video Collection 1989-1998" was my first DVD. I received it as a present from a friend who shared my passion for Sarah McLachlan's music and artistic vision. The DVD features fifteen music videos spanning all four of Sarah's studio albums (Touch, Solace, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy and Surfacing). The earliest, Vox, dates from 1988 and we see then-20-year-old Sarah as fresh-faced and angelic. The directorial tastes of some of the earlier videos are questionably cheesy, ... Read More Rating:  - "1989 ~ 1998"I bought this DVD because I like "Sweet Surrender" a lot. Having watched this video collection, I realized her early songs are not really my taste. Her voice became so mature and beautiful now, it makes a big contrast to her old style. The worst thing is, some of the very old videos are in pretty bad quality, just like VHS or worse. I like her new videos a lot better, they are in pretty decent DVD quality("Building a mistery", "Sweet Surrender", "Adia"). I wish this DVD playing sequence was "1998 ... Read More Rating: - Don't hate her because she's beautiful.I should probably start by saying that I am a relative "newbie" Sarah McLachlan fan. I had never heard of her before I saw The Brothers McMullen on video, but I know a beautiful voice when I hear one. The first CD that I bought was Surfacing, because I couldn't get enough of Building A Mystery and Sweet Surrender on the Radio. Perhaps I'm atypical, but my favorite (studio) album of hers is Touch (the 3rd one I purchased), and I think the videos from that one are pretty good overall. So ... Read More |
