Bloom: Remix Album

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{{Infobox album

| name = Bloom: Remix Album

| type = Remix album

| artist = Sarah McLachlan

| cover = Sarah_McLachlan-Bloom-Remix_Album.jpg

| alt =

| released = 6 September 2005

| recorded = 1988–2005

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Electronic dance

| length = 59:16

| label = {{flat list|

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| producer = {{flat list|

The album was produced and A&R credited to George Maniatis

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| prev_title = iTunes Originals – Sarah McLachlan

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = Mirrorball: The Complete Concert

| next_year = 2006

}}{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r786861|pure_url=yes}} link]

| rev2 = Metro Weekly

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [http://www.metroweekly.com/nightlife/soundwaves/?ak=1757 link]

| rev3 = PopMatters

| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|10}} [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/m/mclachlansarah-bloomremix.shtml link]

| rev4 = Rolling Stone

| rev4Score = {{Rating|2|5}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070817075804/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/sarahmclachlan/albums/album/7590991/review/7663070/bloom_remix_album link]}}

Bloom: Remix Album is the second remix album by Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan, released in North America on 6 September 2005 by Nettwerk in Canada and Arista Records in the United States. It includes various dance club versions of McLachlan's songs, remixed by prominent remixers and producers.

Content

Bloom: Remix Album features mainly remixes of songs which originally appeared on McLachlan's 2003 studio album, Afterglow. It includes already known remixes of three singles: "Fallen", "Stupid" and "World on Fire", and new remixes of "Train Wreck", "Answer" and "Dirty Little Secret". The album also contains new remixes of two songs taken from Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993) and of her debut single "Vox" from Touch (1988). Bloom: Remix Album also features a remix of a new song, "Just Like Me" by DMC featuring Mclachlan. Songs were remixed by Junkie XL, Rollo Armstrong from Faithless, Tom Middleton, Thievery Corporation, DJ Hyper, Sly and Robbie, will.i.am, Talvin Singh, Gabriel & Dresden and Junior Boys. The Japanese edition also includes "Fallen" (Satoshi Tomiie Mix). The Bloom album was overseen and produced by George Maniatis.

In 2008, "Dirty Little Secret" (Thievery Corporation Mix) was included on the Bones: Original Television Soundtrack.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at number twenty-two in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/R/Rolling_Stones/2005/09/14/1216643.html|title=Stones make big bang on Cdn. charts|publisher=Jam!|accessdate=3 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002202119/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/R/Rolling_Stones/2005/09/14/1216643.html|archive-date=2 October 2016|url-status=dead}} In the United States, it reached number two on the Dance/Electronic Albums and number seventy-six on the Billboard 200. It was held from the top on the Dance/Electronic Albums by Demon Days by the Gorillaz.

In 2004, "Fallen" and "World on Fire" already peaked on the US Dance Club Songs at number three and two, respectively.

Track listing

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| extra_column = Album

| title1 = World on Fire

| note1 = Junkie XL Club Mix / GM Edit

| writer1 = {{flat list|

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| extra1 = Afterglow

| length1 = 6:29

| title2 = Ice

| note2 = Dusted Mix

| writer2 = McLachlan

| extra2 = Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

| length2 = 5:46

| title3 = Vox

| note3 = Tom Middleton Mix

| writer3 = McLachlan

| extra3 = Touch

| length3 = 6:54

| title4 = Dirty Little Secret

| note4 = Thievery Corporation Mix

| writer4 = McLachlan

| extra4 = Afterglow

| length4 = 4:00

| title5 = Stupid

| note5 = Hyper Remix

| writer5 = McLachlan

| extra5 = Afterglow

| length5 = 7:53

| title6 = Train Wreck

| note6 = Sly & Robbie Mix

| writer6 = McLachlan

| extra6 = Afterglow

| length6 = 4:38

| title7 = Just Like Me

| note7 = DMC featuring Sarah Mclachlan) (will.i.am of Black Eyed Peas Mix

| writer7 = {{flat list|

}}

| extra7 = Checks Thugs and Rock n Roll

| length7 = 5:04

| title8 = Answer

| note8 = Talvin Singh Mix

| writer8 = McLachlan

| extra8 = Afterglow

| length8 = 4:24

| title9 = Fallen

| note9 = Gabriel & Dresden Anti-Gravity Mix / GM Edit

| writer9 = McLachlan

| extra9 = Afterglow

| length9 = 7:58

| title10 = Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

| note10 = Junior Boys Mix

| writer10 = {{flat list|

  • McLachlan
  • Marchand

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| extra10 = Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

| length10 = 6:07

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{{track listing

| headline = Japanese edition bonus track

| extra_column = Album

| title11 = Fallen

| note11 = Satoshi Tomiie Mix

| writer11 = McLachlan

| extra11 = Afterglow

| length11 = 10:03

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{{track listing

| headline = Digital edition bonus track

| extra_column = Album

| title12 = Vox

| note12 = Tom Middleton Dub

| writer12 = McLachlan

| extra12 = Touch

| length12 = 9:02

}}

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (2005)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url= https://imgur.com/a/m01kUJg | title= Sarah McLachlan ARIA Chart history (complete to 2024)|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=26 July 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

|147

{{album chart|BillboardCanada|22|artist=Sarah McLachlan|id=278215|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 October 2016}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|76|artist=Sarah McLachlan|id=278215|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 October 2016}}
{{album chart|BillboardDanceElectronic|2|artist=Sarah McLachlan|id=278215|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 October 2016}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2005)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2005/BB-2005-12-24.pdf|title=2005 The Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|volume=117|issue=52|page=YE-60|date=24 December 2005|accessdate=16 June 2021}}

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See also

References