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Atlantic Canada’s own Sarah McLachlan has returned with Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, the follow-up to her breakthrough album, Solace, a foggy affair that was short on melody. With Fumbling she adds some contemporary touches _. dance beats, distortion -- which lend her music a new urgency and subtle intensity, but it’s the mournful melodies of <«Good Enough,” “<Wait,”’ “‘Mary’’ andthe first single, ‘‘Posses- sion’’ that make this memorable. She still has a tendency for swelling, gloomy stuffand it’s still kinda dull, but overall, her first solid album.

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