Afterglow (Sarah McLachlan album)

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|MC=55/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/afterglow/sarah-mclachlan|title=Afterglow reviews |publisher=CBS Interactive |date=4 November 2003|accessdate=21 October 2016}}

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|rev3 = E! Online

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|rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

|rev4Score = B−{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/11/07/afterglow-5/|title=Entertainment Weekly Review|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|last=Browne|first=David|date=17 March 2020|accessdate=31 March 2021}}

|rev5 = Mojo

|rev5score = {{Rating|1|5}}

|rev6 = Q Magazine

|rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}

|rev7 = Rolling Stone

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|rev8 = Slant Magazine

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|rev9 = Stylus Magazine

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Afterglow was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 55 based on 11 reviews.

Afterglow was released on 4 November 2003, and was a success in North America, reaching number two on the Billboard 200, topping the Canadian Albums Chart and selling 361,000 copies in its first week of release.Caulfield, Keith. [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957659/drake-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200 "Drake Debuts At No. 1 on Billboard 200"]. billboard.com. 23 June 2010. It reached #33 in the UK (McLachlan's biggest success there thus far) and the top 50 in Australia in 2004. The first single, "Fallen", reached the top ten on the Adult Top 40 Billboard charts and a remix reached top ten in the United States dance charts. A second single, "Stupid" was released in March 2004.

McLachlan was nominated in five Juno Award categories in Canada, including Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year for Afterglow, and Songwriter of the Year for the songs on the album. The awards were announced on 4 April 2004. The album was also nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Pop Vocal Album field in 2005.

Afterglow has sold over 2.3 million copies in the US (as of November 2004) and went two times platinum. Worldwide, the album has sold more than four million copies (as of October 2006).

{{Track listing

| headline = Afterglow

| title1 = Fallen

| writer1 = Sarah McLachlan

| length1 = 3:47

| title2 = World on Fire

| writer2 = McLachlan, Pierre Marchand

| length2 = 4:22

| title3 = Stupid

| writer3 = McLachlan

| length3 = 3:24

| title4 = Drifting

| writer4 = McLachlan

| length4 = 3:23

| title5 = Train Wreck

| writer5 = McLachlan

| length5 = 4:36

| title6 = Push

| writer6 = McLachlan

| length6 = 3:56

| title7 = Answer

| writer7 = McLachlan

| length7 = 3:58

| title8 = Time

| writer8 = McLachlan

| length8 = 4:07

| title9 = Perfect Girl

| writer9 = McLachlan, Marchand

| length9 = 4:43

| title10 = Dirty Little Secret

| writer10 = McLachlan

| length10 = 3:55

| total_length = 40:11

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• Sarah McLachlan – vocals, electric guitar, piano, Rhodes piano, keyboards
• Sean Ashby – guitar
• Michel Pepin – guitar
• Pete Caigan – engineering
• Michael Chaves – guitar
• Jim Creeggan – acoustic bass
• Yanick Daunais – engineering
• Bill Dillon – guitar, guitorgan, church organ
• Yves Desrosiers – guitar
• Kharen Hill – photography
• Brian Hogue – engineering
• Ethan Johns – guitar
• Jorane – cello, background vocals, vocal treatments
• Mark Jowett – guitar
• David Kershaw – Hammond organ
• Daryl Johnson – bass guitar
• Tony Levin – bass guitar
• Roman Klun – engineering
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Pierre Marchand – guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer bass, production, engineering, mixing
• Jerry Marotta – percussion
• John Oliviera – engineering
• Chis Potter – engineering, mixing
• Ashwin Sood – drums, percussion, loops, keyboard bass
• Linda Strawberry – engineering

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