Afterglow Live

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Afterglow Live
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Live album by
ReleasedNovember 23, 2004
RecordedAugust 19-20, 2004
Genre Singer-songwriter
Label Nettwerk (Canada), Arista
Producer Natalie Johns
Sarah McLachlan chronology
Afterglow
(2003)
Afterglow Live
(2004)
iTunes Originals – Sarah McLachlan
(2005)
Professional ratings
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Afterglow Live is a 2004 live CD and DVD package by Sarah McLachlan.

Contents

DVD track listing

All songs written by Sarah McLachlan, except where noted.

  1. "Fallen" – 4:19
  2. "World on Fire" – 5:07 (McLachlan, Pierre Marchand)
  3. "Adia" – 4:01
  4. "Hold On" – 5:55
  5. "Perfect Girl" – 4:36 (McLachlan, Marchand)
  6. "Drifting" – 6:04
  7. "Push" – 4:12
  8. "I Will Remember You" – 4:16 (McLachlan, Seamus Egan, Merenda)
  9. "Ice" – 4:43
  10. "Wait" – 4:51
  11. "Witness" – 6:15 (McLachlan, Marchand)
  12. "Answer" – 3:59
  13. "Angel" – 5:45
  14. "Fear" – 5:15
  15. "Train Wreck" – 3:41
  16. "Building a Mystery" – 4:52 (McLachlan, Marchand)
  17. "Sweet Surrender" – 4:19
  18. "Possession" – 6:32
  19. "Blackbird" – 3:02 (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
  20. "Ice Cream" – 3:28
  21. "Stupid" – 5:52
  22. "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" – 7:03 (McLachlan, Marchand)
  23. "Dirty Little Secret" – 5:53

CD track listing

  1. "Fallen" – 3:51
  2. "World on Fire" – 4:13 (McLachlan, Marchand)
  3. "Adia" – 4:03
  4. "Hold On" – 5:53
  5. "Perfect Girl" – 4:36 (McLachlan, Marchand)
  6. "Push" – 4:04
  7. "I Will Remember You" – 3:37 (McLachlan, Seamus Egan, Merenda)
  8. "Witness" – 6:02 (McLachlan, Marchand)
  9. "Answer" – 3:46
  10. "Angel" – 5:30
  11. "Train Wreck" – 3:54
  12. "Building a Mystery" – 4:06 (McLachlan, Marchand)
  13. "Sweet Surrender" – 3:59
  14. "Stupid" – 3:35
  15. "Dirty Little Secret" – 6:32

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
DVD
United States (RIAA) [5] 2× Platinum200,000^
Album
Canada (Music Canada) [6] Gold50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Afterglow Remixes Digital EP

Afterglow Remixes Digital EP
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EP by
Released2003
Recorded2002–2003
Genre Pop
Label Nettwerk (Canada), Arista
Producer Pierre Marchand

Afterglow Remixes Digital EP was a free, download-only EP released simultaneously with Afterglow Live. Customers who bought the album in stores were invited to visit www.download-disc.com and use a unique code to download rare remixes from the Afterglow album. Each track was available in Windows WMA audio format only and included DRM which limited the redistribution of the tracks, although burning the tracks to a CD was encouraged. Customers were given an empty CD slipcase in which to place the CD they burned.

Track listing

  1. "World on Fire" (Junkie XL Mix)
  2. "Stupid" (Dusted Mix) – 3:51
  3. "Fallen" (Gabriel & Dresden Anti-Gravity Mix) – 10:26
  4. "World on Fire" (Solarstone "Afterhours" Mix) – 8:42

Track 1: Written by Sarah McLachlan and Pierre Marchand. Remix & additional production by Junkie XL. Track 2: Written by Sarah McLachlan. Remix & additional production by Rollo & Mark Bates (Dusted). Track 3: Written by Sarah McLachlan. Remix & additional production by Josh Gabriel & Dave Dresden. Track 4: Written by Sarah McLachlan and Pierre Marchand. Remix & additional production by Rich Mowatt & Andy Bury.

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