Better Broken is a Rock album by Sarah McLachlan, originally released in 2025. On Gatefold: 12 pressings tracked.
About
Sarah McLachlan’s first album of originals in 11 years fortuitously arrives in the same month as the premiere of <i>Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery</i>, a documentary that celebrates the trailblazing legacy of her all-women festival. And in many respect, <i>Better Broken</i> serves the same function in 2025 as Lilith Fair did in the ’90, by providing a safe space for fans to gather and wallow in all the feel. With boygenius producer Tony Berg behind the board, <i>Better Broken</i> sees McLachlan effortlessly integrate herself into a contemporary singer-songwriter landscape she helped create, with the title track reintroducing us to the folk-schooled storytelling, trip-hoppy texture, and hair-raising vocal turns that made her an adult-alternative icon. As ever, McLachlan masterfully distills relationships to the most intimate details (“I want to feel the shiver/Your fingers writing poetry on my skin,” she sings on the dustbowl devotional “Long Road Home”), while delving into their messy aftermaths with unflinching resolve: The post-breakup piano ballad “Wilderness” just might be the most elegant “fuck you” to an ex ever written. .
via Apple Music
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Tracklist
- 1Better Broken4:00
- 2Gravity5:00
- 3The Last to Go3:34
- 4Only Way Out Is Through4:01
- 5Reminds Me (feat. Katie Gavin)3:49
- 6One In a Long Line3:44
- 7Only Human3:48
- 8Long Road Home4:02
- 9Rise3:38
- 10Wilderness4:38
- 11If This Is the End…5:35
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Soft Rock
- lush
- melancholic
- confessional
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Abraham RoundsDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Alex GreenwaldELECTRIC GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
- Benny BockACCORDION BANJO, SYNTH BANJO, SYNTHESIZER , CHOIR
- C. J. CamerieriHORNS
- Charlie BisharatVIOLIN
- Daphne ChenVIOLIN
- Dylan DayELECTRIC GUITAR
- Gabe NoelBASS
- Greg LeiszPEDAL STEEL GUITAR
- India SoodVOCALS
- Kane RitchotteDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Katie GavinFEATURING VOCALS VOCALS, FEATURING
- Leah KatzVIOLA
- Mason StoopsACOUSTIC GUITAR BARITONE GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Matt ChamberlainDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Nana AdjoaBASS GUITAR ELECTRIC BASS
- Sarah McLachlanACOUSTIC GUITAR, PIANO, VOCALS ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCALS ELECTRIC SITAR, VOCALS
- Sebastian SteinbergBASS DOUBLE BASS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 12 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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