The Freedom Sessions

The Freedom Sessions
Remix album by Sarah McLachlan
Released	December 6, 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Pop rock
Length	32:31
Label	Nettwerk (Canada), Arista
Producer	Pierre Marchand
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Sarah McLachlan chronology
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993) The Freedom Sessions (1994) Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff (1996)

The Freedom Sessions is an album by Sarah McLachlan which was released in December 1994 by Nettwerk Records in Canada. It was held over for American release by Arista Records until March 28, 1995. The album consisted primarily of previously unreleased alternative versions and remixes of McLachlan recordings, plus a cover version of "Ol' 55" by Tom Waits. Many of the tracks were recorded during the same sessions as McLachlan's 1993 album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. In subsequent live performances, some of these songs (most notably "Ice Cream" and "Hold On") were reworked to match the style in which they were played on this album.

The album was released in two versions: a standard CD, and an enhanced CD containing CD-ROM bonus material including interviews and music videos. The album was one of the first major enhanced CD releases.

Track listing

All songs by McLachlan, unless otherwise noted.

CD: Standard release

1. "Elsewhere" – 4:33
2. "Plenty" – 3:20
3. "Mary" – 3:55
4. "Good Enough" – 3:20
5. "Hold On" – 6:43
6. "Ice Cream" – 2:30
7. "Ice" – 3:58
8. "Ol' 55" (Tom Waits) – 4:12

CD: Nettwerk / W2-36321 (Canada)

1. Data Track
2. "Elsewhere" – 4:33
3. "Plenty" – 3:20
4. "Mary" – 3:55
5. "Good Enough" – 3:20
6. "Hold On" – 6:43
7. "Ice Cream" – 2:30
8. "Ice" – 3:58
9. "Ol' '55" (Tom Waits) – 9:33

• Enhanced v2.0 release
• "Ol '55" is followed by a second version of "Hold On" 4:52 which starts at 4:41

Musicians

• Sarah McLachlan: Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Piano, Keyboards
• Luke Doucet: Slide Acoustic Guitar
• David Sinclair: Acoustic Guitar
• Pierre Marchand: Bass, Orchestra, Drum Programming, Percussion, Background Vocals
• Brian Minato: Bass
• David Kershaw: Bass, Piano, Hammond Organ
• Camille Henderson: Background Vocals
• Ashwin Sood: Drums, Djembe'