Sarah McLachlan
Mirrorball
Arista, 1999
Various Artists
Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Vol. 2
Arista, 1999
Various Artists
Lilith Fair, Vol. 3
Arista
In 1995, sometime folkie and fellow Canadian Neil Young released an
album also titled Mirror Ball; Sarah McLachlan's version could use some
of Young's sharpness. Even when she sings of vampires and voodoo,
McLachlan's candlelit aesthetic renders everything toothless on this live
foray. Beginning with the admittedly pretty "Building a Mystery" through
"Adia," Mirrorball's first half-dozen songs sound stultifyingly the same.
Hanging tough to track nine ("Fear") yields some interesting experimental
jaunts into Seal-like landscapes of shimmering synths and ominous echoes,
but without the chops of a backup group like Wendy and Lisa, it's
unconvincing. On the Lilith Fair discs, McLachlan is tempered by some
real rockers and braver artists: Emmylou Harris, Me'Shell Ndeg廩cello,
Indigo Girls, N'Dea Davenport and the truly regal Bonnie Raitt. Still,
there's some filler (Sixpence None the Richer's "Kiss Me") and downright
travesty (Lisa Loeb's "I Do"). The sum of these three discs reveals that
the Fair may have run its course. (RS 816-817)
KANDIA CRAZY HORSE
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