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Line 1: {{~~work~~creator}} [[File:Sarah_McLachlan.jpg\|frame]] {{quote\| ''Hi, I'm Sarah McLachlan. Will [[Waxing Lyrical\|YOU be an angel]] for a helpless animal? }} '''Sarah Ann McLachlan''' (born 28 January 1968) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She specializes in emotional music that is a mixture of [[Baroque Pop~~\|baroque pop~~]], folk-rock, and adult contemporary. She is also known for her soothing voice that is in the mezzo-soprano vocal range. In addition to her personal artistic efforts, she founded the Lilith Fair tour, which showcased female musicians in the late 1990s and in 2010. It was originally created in backlash of radio stations not wanting to plays songs by female artists back-to-back. In addition to her personal artistic efforts, she founded the Lilith Fair tour, which showcased female musicians in the late 1990s and in 2010. It was originally created in backlash of radio stations not wanting to plays songs by female artists back-to-back. ~~----~~ ~~=== Discography: ===~~ {{discography}} Studio albums: * ''Touch'' (1988) * ''Solace'' (1991) Line 15 ⟶ 17: * ''[[Christmas Songs\|Wintersong]]'' (2006) * ''Laws of Illusion'' (2010) * ''Shine On'' (2014) ~~----~~ * ''Wonderland'' (2016) ~~=== Provides the following tropes: ===~~ Live albums: * ''Mirrorball'' (1999) * ''Afterglow Live'' (2004) * ''Mirrorball: The Complete Concert'' (2006) See [[w:Sarah McLachlan discography]] for more. {{creatortropes}} * [[Audience Participation Song]]: "Blackbird", "Ice Cream", really any one of them. * [[Award Bait Song]] - "When She Loved Me" in ''[[Toy Story 2]]'', written by [[Randy Newman]]. Line 23 ⟶ 34: * [[Broken Bird]] * [[Canada, Eh?]] * [[Cover Version]]: She's covered "Dear God" by [[XTC]], "Song for a Winter Night" by Gordon Lightfoot, "Blue" and "River" by [[Joni Mitchell]], "Gloomy Sunday" by Rezső Seress, "Blackbird" by [[The Beatles (~~Music~~band)\|The Beatles]] (for the soundtrack of ''[[I Am Sam]]''), "Homeless" by [[Paul Simon]], "Unchained Melody" by The Righteous Brothers, and "The Rainbow Connection". Pretty much all of ''[[Cover Album\|Wintersong]]'' consists of covers. She also covered the chorus of [[Harry Chapin]]'s "Cat's in the Cradle" for DMC's song "Just Like Me". * [[Creator Breakdown]]: [[Your Mileage May Vary]] about whether played straight or inverted after the birth of her daughter. ** The songs "U Want Me 2" and "Don't Give Up on Us" were written in reaction to the breakup of her marriage. * [["God Is Love" Songs]]: "The Prayer of St Francis". ** Inverted with her cover of [[XTC]]'s [[God Is Evil\|"Dear God"]] * [[Grief Song]]: You'd be better off listing the ones that aren't. Line 32 ⟶ 43: * [[Hidden Track]]/[[Rearrange the Song]]: ''Fumbling Towards Ecstasy'' has a second version of "Possession", this one an acoustic piano ballad, as a hidden track at the end. * [[Hot Mom]] * [[Isn't It Ironic?\|Isn’t It Ironic]]: ''Angel'' is about heroin abuse, specifically the fatal overdose of [[~~The Smashing Pumpkins (Music)\|~~The Smashing Pumpkins]]' keyboardist, but is used in a PSA narrated by McLachlan herself for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. * [[Ladette]]: She likes a good scotch, admits she burps and farts a lot and curses like a sailor. * [[Les Yay]]: Says that she has been open to the idea of loving a woman and has "kissed her fair share" * [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: "Possession", one of her most upbeat, rockingest songs, ''is about a stalker''. "Angel" is about the overdose of [[The Smashing Pumpkins ~~(Music)~~\|Jonathan Melvoin]]. ** Most of her songs are this trope. "Vox", "Fallen", etc. * [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Appeared in two of her early videos completely naked. * [[New Sound Album]]: ''Surfacing'' dropped the folk-rock influences of her earlier albums and replaced them with adult contemporary ones. * [[Non-Appearing Title]]: "Possession", "Vox", "Touch". * [[Obsession Song]]/[[Stalker ~~With~~with a Crush]]: "Possession". * [[Precision F-Strike]]: "A beautiful fucked up man" in "Building A Mystery". * [[Property of Love]]: "Sweet Surrender" Line 52 ⟶ 63: * [[Signature Song]]: "Angel". * [[Slash Fic]]: And quoting from [http://www.invisibleplanets.com/kirk_spock/KSCliches.htm The Big List of K/S Cliches]: {{quote\| Is the title taken from a song by Loreena McKinnett or Sarah MacLachlan?~~<br />~~ Is the story preceded by a quote from a song by Loreena McKinnett or Sarah MacLachlan?~~<br />~~ Is a song by Loreena McKinnett or Sarah MacLachlan played during the story?~~<br />~~ Is a song by Loreena McKinnett or Sarah MacLachlan sung during the story? }} * [[Star -Spangled Spandex]]: The music video for "Building a Mystery" has a dress like this. * [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: "U Want Me 2". {{reflist}} [[Category:Musicians]] [[Category:Sarah ~~Mc Lachlan~~McLachlan]] [[Category:Music]] [[Category:Singer-songwriter]] [[Category:Canada's Walk of Fame inductee]] [[Category:Names to Know in Music]] [[Category:Canadian Musicians]]