Solace
| Sarah McLachlan
Solace
Solace is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, released on 29 June 1991, on Nettwerk in Canada and 28 January 1992, on Arista Records in the United States. It was the album that first made her a star in Canada, spawning the hit singles "The Path of Thorns (Terms)" and "Into the Fire" and being certified double platinum for sales of 200,000 copies in Canada.-Wikipedia
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AllMusic
Solace is at once comforting, mysterious, expansive, timeless, and familiar. The sophomore jinx was certainly eluded here, as McLachlan sets forth a superior collection of songs and performances with the help of longtime producer Pierre Marchand.
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The Danger Zone
The songs are all really strong on their own, and the gap between their differentness is narrow enough to make the disparities almost just seem like different chapters of the same story. Where the other albums brought me in and out of the book, Solace captures my attention and holds it through to the end.
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Don Ignacio's Music Reviews
The real make-it-or-break-it quality of Sarah McLachlan is the songs' atmosphere. The combination of her lovely, haunting voice, her keen sense of songwriting, and the alluring arrangements are the essence of a good Sarah McLachlan song. On most of these tracks, these qualities are strong.
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My Site - The Best Entertainment
Solace has a pleasantly varied, mix of 11 tracks that are very well written songs by this clearly talented artist. With many of the songs displaying a lot of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen.
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MPL's Older Stuff
October 9, 2008. Solace is a mixed bag of bright spots and bland stagnation. Like the rest of McLachlan’s oeuvre, though, it can be quite an engaging, fulfilling listen if you’re in the right spent, exhausted mood, which is not the default mood of MPL, so the best I can do here is acknowledge that.
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33rpm.com
Not sure what's happening with me on this one, but it seems like the more I listen to it, the better Solace gets. Solace simply put is one of Sarah McLachlan's best CDs to date.
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Progarchy
While not as coherent or atmospheric as TOUCH, her second album, 1991’s SOLACE is still a thing of beauty. As uneven and forced as side one is, side two is spectacular, a true sequel to the superior TOUCH.
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