Afterglow (Sarah McLachlan album)
Afterglow is the fifth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan. Released on 4 November 2003, on Nettwerk in Canada and 4 November 2003, on Arista Records in the United States, it was her first album of new material in six years, after the success of Surfacing and the Lilith Fair festival.
| Afterglow | ||||
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| Studio album by Sarah McLachlan | ||||
| Released | 4 November 2003 | |||
| Recorded | August 2002 – 2003 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 40:11 | |||
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| Producer | Pierre Marchand | |||
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| Singles from Afterglow | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 55/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Blender | |
| E! Online | B− |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
| Mojo | |
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| Stylus Magazine | (F) |
Unlike past albums where she went to an isolated cottage to write the songs, she wrote the songs for Afterglow in her family home mainly before the birth of her child. She wrote the songs entirely on piano, which was also a departure from her previous albums which she wrote on guitar. Longtime collaborator Pierre Marchand produced the album. McLachlan wrote eight of the 10 songs herself and co-wrote the other two with Marchand.
The song "Answer" was featured in the 2007 movie The Brave One. It has also been used in television commercials for the ASPCA, with McLachlan appearing in person.