First Album, to Distract Myself From, Well, Everything

[ceruleanmornings]

See title. lol.

I am very determined not to doomscroll any longer. What a crazy beginning of year! I've spent most of the past few days just doing nothing but doomscroll, and that is bad! I do not want to do that any longer. For my own mental health, for my productivity, any of that. I have enough stress without adding reddit forums to it. So yeah, let's just talk about something else, shall we?

I have finished the first album I've been listening to this year. I mean, it's mostly for background while I'm doing journaling but like I said, I just want to keep track of it, nothing as serious as "this is an official review of an album by me" or anything of the sort. I wanted to feel some comfort these days (due to the aforementioned doomscrolling) so I went to music of my teenage years haha. Artists I've listened to many times when I was younger but haven't at all for the past, uh, decade? I wanted something soothing so I started with Sarah McLachlan. (You know, I loved the song "Angel" before that stupid commercial ruined it for everyone forever.) I actually have never listened to her oldest albums because when I got into her there was no Spotify, or Napster, or even mp3s. Just good old CDs. (I am old!) So I've never heard of her b-sides or stuff like that, just her most popular albums. Well, now I do have Spotify, so I went way back to her first album, Touch, and listened through that.

Track List Out of the Shadows Vox Strange World Trust Touch Steaming Sad Clown Uphill Battle Ben's Song Vox (Extended Version)

It's...okay? It definitely feel older, like an 80s album instead of a 90s album. "Vox" is an alright song but other ones I just kind of glossed over. I guess her style is just very unique? I don't know. This first album to me is a bit meh.

Comments

[soemand]

Interesting take. The late 80s sound on vox is probably due to the drum loop or Roland drum pads — can’t tell which. And the synth.

I hadn’t listened to this in a while. More like decades. I recall the Celtic resurgence of the time; this definitely plugged into that.

[ceruleanmornings]

I don't really know much about 80s instruments so I appreciate your more informed comment about them! Though I do know the synth haha, and the album uses it a lot so that's why I felt like it's super early sounding instead of the more mellow Sarah McLachlan I was used to in the mid-to-late 90s.

[soemand]

I was more surprised at her chest voice to head voice transition and range. She shifts gears on her vocal range like a pro.