Vocals, violins, and peaceful protests!
Ahmed | Canada | 03/25/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is now my all-time favourite Sarah McLachlan song! The song topped the Billboard Singles Sales chart when it was released. Her voice is so beautiful and serene and brings all the meaning into the song just like her previous hits "Angel" and "I Will Remember You". Though in some parts of the song her vocals are partly overshadowed by the music, together they make this song perfect. You can call it Celtic, rock, new age, pop, or even R&B. It's a great, unusual creation. As usual Sarah McLachlan experiments with several music sequences like drums, vocals, Celtic violins, and fantastic beats like she has done before in "Building A Mystery", "Fear", and "Into The Fire". Though it's an original (one-of-a-kind) creation, Sarah McLachlan fans will love it! In a way it's still a romantic song though the love found in "...the arms of an angel" is replaced by 'peaceful protests' similar to "Possession" and her other earlier hits or even in one of her later love themed hits like "I Will Remember You" when she sings the chorus, "Fallen, I have sunk so low..." As usual the lyrics reveal the true Sarah McLachlan within. It's like Alanis Morissette only with great beats and mixed experimental music replacing the alternative sounds, a serene voice replacing Alanis' angst, and lyrics that even men can relate to. I could really relate to these lyrics. It's something almost everyone can relate to. From the symbolic opening line, "Heaven bend to take my hand..." to what I thought was the most striking sentence in the song, "It's the bitter taste of losing everything, I've held so dear...I've fallen"-the lyrics in this song are definitely meaningful. All in all in it's a great song, my current favourite, and it's (well) irresistible! Especially for fans of Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos,Dido and other similar artists!
Then what makes this CD-single even better is that they included 2 songs that are among my all-time favourites. Everyone know's "Angel"-the peaceful City Of Angels soundtrack that led to the soundtrack album topping the US charts and selling 5 million copies. There are very few songs that are more peaceful then "Angel". With only a piano and vocals from Sarah McLachlan, the single is a must for Sarah fans. "Angel" and "Adia" are two excellent songs. "Adia" was another big hit in the US that reached Gold (The 500,000 sales mark). If you enjoy them I also recommend some of her other great hits like the two Grammy winners "Building A Mystery" and "I Will Remember You", and then of course some of her older hits like the Roswell soundtrack "Fear", the Broken Down Palace Theme "Silence", "The Path Of Thorns", "Possession", "Into The Fire", etc. Oh by the way, if you're wondering the video version of "Fallen" isn't that different from the radio version. But would still recommend this single for the overall collection of songs!"
Track Listings (4) - Disc #1