Sarah McLachlan
    The Freedom Sessions

    A Track One title from Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan, The Freedom Sessions includes eight new versions of music tracks with a running time of around 30 minutes.

    Take a trip to Cambodia and Thailand
    with Sarah McLachlan
    The disc played normally on my ageing Philips CD audio deck, which ignored the data in track one. The disc is easy to setup and use on a Macintosh: just pop it into your CD-ROM drive, click on the disc icon and you're in. If you haven't got QuickTime 2.0, you just drag the folder to your Extensions folder and re-boot. As usual, Windows 3.1 users go via the File Manager to start things moving. Navigating around the disc simply involves clicking on various on-screen pictures and icons. There are also "easter eggs" you can click on to reveal surprises, and a help icon if you're not sure what to do.

    There is plenty of extra material on the disc, including a multimedia presentation of her trip to Cambodia and Thailand with the charity World Vision.

    The Freedom Sessions clicks,
    in the value for money stakes
    One of the best sections is the CD screen where you can click on an album cover and see track listings. Click on a song title and you can hear it and on some tracks, even see a video clip. The touring guide shows a map of the places the band visited on their US and Canadian tour and gives Sarah's feelings about the different places. You also get to meet the band, watch QuickTime video clips of songs and go to a merchandising section, where you can order CDs, posters and other goodies.


  • The Cranberries
    Doors and Windows
  • EBN
    Telecommunication
  • Various
    Don't Play Track One
  • The Duratti Column
    Sex and Death
  • Mike Oldfield
    The Songs Of Distant Earth
  • Nyack
    11 Track Player
  • The editors choice
  • The technology