Released 6 May 2014 Label Verve Release date 6 May 2014 | Length 41:05 Artist Sarah McLachlan | |
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Shine On
(2014) The Box Set Series
(2015) Genres Pop rock, Adult contemporary music Producers Pierre Marchand, Bob Rock, Vincent Jones Awards Juno Award for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year Similar Sarah McLachlan albums, Pop rock albums | ||
Shine On is the eighth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, released on 6 May 2014 by Verve Records. It was recorded in Vancouver and produced by longtime collaborator Pierre Marchand.
Contents
According to McLachlan, the album was inspired by her father's passing and her own appreciation of life.
Shine on album sampler
Background
Three years since her last release, Laws of Illusion, McLachlan began production of the new album with her longtime collaborator/producer, Pierre Marchand. Unlike its predecessor, which dissected the dissolution of her marriage, Shine On eases up on the heartbreak and lets McLachlan show an earthier side. “I needed to challenge myself a lot,” she said. “I needed to step outside my comfort zone. For that reason, I made an effort to write with people I hadn't written with before and to try different producers, like Bob Rock, to take some of the songs in a different direction."
In addition to experiment new sounds, McLachlan also changed things on the lyrical front: “I wanted to tell a new story. I was feeling more hopeful, more positive and light and open, and I wanted to mirror that.”
Songs such as "Surrender and Certainty" and "Song for My Father" were inspired on McLachlan's father passing away in December 2010.
Credits
Songs
1In Your Shoes3:53
2Flesh And Blood4:18
3Monsters3:12