Sarah McLachlan - Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan

Dedicated fans of Sarah McLachlan had a lot to buy in 2008, when the Canadian songwriter issued three retrospective albums. Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff, Vol. 2 led the pack in April, followed by a deluxe edition of Fumbling Toward Ecstasy several months later. Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan brought up the rear, arriving in October and compiling McLachlan's greatest hits along with two new songs. "Don't Give Up on Us" and "U Want Me 2" are standard McLachlan tunes, mixing adult contemporary songcraft with the soothing, evergreen vocals that helped her rise to prominence. As always, producer Pierre Marchand helms both of those new songs, and his presence throughout this compilation -- not to mention McLachlan's steady songcraft -- helps make Closer a consistent, unified work. Casual fans will find what they need in the regular 16-track version, while diehards might want to look at the two-disc version, which includes additional songs and several remixes. ~ Andrew Leahey, All Music Guide

Name Credits Ashwin Sood Vocals (Background), Percussion, Drums, Loops, Associate Producer Bill Dillon Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Guitorgan, Guitar (Electric), Guitar Bob Ludwig Mastering Brian Hogue Engineer Brian Minato Guitar (Electric), Bass Camille Henderson Vocals Chris Potter Engineer, Mixing Christopher Shaw Assistant Engineer Darren Phillips Drums, Keyboards Daryl Exnicious Bass Dave Kershaw Bass, Organ (Hammond) Dave Sinclair Vocals, Guitar Fernando Hernandez Assistant Fred Bouchard Digital Editing Greg Reely Engineer, Mixing, Producer Jennifer Tzar Photography Jim Creeggan Bass (Upright) John Oliviera Engineer John Rummen Sleeve Art, Artwork Ken "Hiwatt" Marshall Assistant Linda Strawberry Engineer Lou Shefano Drums Mark Jowett Guitar Matt Chamberlain Percussion, Drums Michael Chaves Guitar Michel Pepin Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar Nick Keca Editing, Pre-Mastering Pascal Shefteshy Engineer Paul Brennan Drums Pete Caigan Engineer Pierre Marchand Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), Organ, Synthesizer Bass, Mixing, Engineer, Drum Machine, Keyboards, Producer, Glockenspiel, Percussion, Guitar (Electric), Percussion Machine, Vocals (Background), Guitar Roman Klun Engineer, Guitar Engineer Ronald Jones Drums, Tambourine Sarah McLachlan Guitar (Electric), Piano, Guitar, Vocals, Executive Producer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Classical), Guitar (12 String) Sean Ashby Guitar Stephen Nikleva Guitar (Electric) Tim Oberthier Engineer Tom Lord-Alge Mixing Tony Levin Bass Vince Jones Keyboards Yanick Daunais Engineer Yves Desrosiers Guitar (Electric), Slide Bass, Lap Steel Guitar