I went to the local brick-and-mortar FYE tonight to check our Sarah McLachlan’s latest release, Afterglow. I’m sure that if you cruise through the Adult Contemporary LiteFM stations you’ve heard her new song, Fallen. From the AMG review of the album:

At times, the pacing is so languid and the production so open-ended, the album kind of drifts away, but it’s not only in a pleasant fashion; it’s also no different than its immediate predecessor, which also could meander. In other words, after a prolonged absence, Sarah McLachlan re-emerges with a record that could have followed Surfacing by six months, not years. Some may call that predictable, some may call it reliable, but there’s little arguing that Afterglow is a solid effort — it won’t win new fans, but it will certainly satisfy the old ones.

Usually these reviewers have a pretentious, overly elitist take on their album reviews, but this one is quite on the money. If you want to buy a Sarah McLachlan album whose tracks all sound almost alike, get this one. I do like Fallen, but I’ll be damned if I’ll pay for a ten-similar-sounding-track album.