Mirrorball (Sarah McLachlan album) explained

Mirrorball is a 1999 live album by Sarah McLachlan, compiled from performances during the Surfacing tour in 1997–98. Most of the 14 songs are from McLachlan's two most recent albums at the time, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy and Surfacing. It was a commercial success, entering top 3 on both Billboard 200 and Canadian Albums Chart.

The live performance of "I Will Remember You" was released as a single (the studio version having been released in 1995 and 1996) and was a commercial success, entering top 15 on both Billboard Hot 100 and Canadian Hot 100 charts. It went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Track listing

Original release

Personnel

• Sarah McLachlan – vocals, guitars, piano
• Ashwin Sood – drums, percussion, background vocals
• Brian Minato – bass guitar
• David Sinclair – guitars, background vocals
• Sean Ashby – guitars, background vocals
• Camille Henderson – background vocals
• Vincent Jones – keyboards, background vocals

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)	Position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[2]	10
US Billboard 200[3]	42
Chart (2000)	Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[4]	118
US Billboard 200[5]	126
Chart (2002)	Position
Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[6]	194

Mirrorball: The Complete Concert

Mirrorball: The Complete Concert is a two-disc expanded version of the album, collecting the same 14 songs and adding nine others. These performances were recorded during the final two nights of McLachlan's Surfacing tour, at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon on 20–21 April 1998.

All tracks written by Sarah McLachlan, except where noted.

Disc One

1. "Building a Mystery" (McLachlan/Marchand) – 4:23
2. "Plenty" – 3:19
3. "Hold On" – 5:10
4. "Good Enough" – 5:00
5. "Do What You Have to Do" (McLachlan/Wolstenholme) – 4:07
6. "Witness" (McLachlan/Marchand) – 4:43
7. "Wait" – 4:48
8. "I Will Remember You" (McLachlan/Egan/Merenda) – 3:33
9. "Ice" – 4:39
10. "I Love You" – 4:25
11. "I Will Not Forget You" (McLachlan, Darren Phillips) – 5:43

Disc Two

1. "The Path of Thorns (Terms)" – 6:32
2. "Mary" – 4:01
3. "Adia" (McLachlan/Marchand) – 3:51
4. "Fear" – 4:44
5. "Elsewhere" – 5:05
6. "Vox" – 5:11
7. "Into the Fire" (McLachlan/Marchand) – 3:46
8. "Possession" – 5:13
9. "Ice Cream" – 4:38
10. "Sweet Surrender" – 4:07
11. "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" (McLachlan/Marchand) – 6:04
12. "Angel" – 6:11

Notes and References

1. Web site: Music Video Sales. Billboard. 30 October 1999. 24 November 2016.
2. Web site: Top Albums/CDs – Volume 70, No. 8, December 13, 1999. RPM. 13 December 1999. 24 November 2016.
3. Web site: 1999: Billboard 200 Albums. Billboard. 24 November 2016.
4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184459/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_2.html. 6 September 2004. Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000. Jam!. 29 March 2022.
5. Web site: 2000: Billboard 200 Albums. Billboard. 24 November 2016.
6. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040902000408/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt2.html. 2 September 2004. Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002. Jam!. 28 March 2022.