Recording and Release
Like most of McLachlan's albums, Surfacing was recorded at Marchand's Wild Sky Studios in Morin-Heights, Quebec. Marchand, who produced, engineered and mixed the album, recorded it on an Otari RADAR recorder and a Neumann 149 microphone. McLachlan played piano, acoustic guitar and electric guitar and Marchand played keyboards, bass and a drum machine as well as providing background vocals. The other musicians on the album were Jim Creeggan on upright bass, Yves Desrosiers on guitar, musical saw, lap steel guitar and slide bass, Brian Minato on bass and electric guitar, Michel Pepin on electric guitar and Ashwin Sood (whom McLachlan married in 1997) on percussion and drums.
The album was released July 15, 1997, on Nettwerk and Arista Records, reaching No. 1 on the Canadian RPM 100 Albums chart and No. 2 on the US Billboard 200. The release of the album coincided with the inaugural tour of McLachlan's Lilith Fair in mid-1997. The first single from the album was "Building a Mystery", released on August 19; it reached No. 1 on the Canadian singles chart and No. 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100. "Sweet Surrender" was released March 10, 1998, and reached No. 2 on the Canadian chart and No. 28 on the Hot 100. The third single released from the album was "Adia" on May 4. It peaked at No. 3 on both the Canadian singles chart and the Billboard Hot 100. "Angel" followed on November 24, reaching No. 9 in Canada, and No. 4 on the Hot 100. "I Love You" charted at No. 23 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs in April 2000.
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