Shine On (Sarah McLachlan album)

Shine On is the eighth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, released on 6 May 2014 by Verve Records.

Three years since her last release, Laws of Illusion, McLachlan began production of the new album with her longtime collaborator/producer, Pierre Marchand.

Unlike its predecessor, which dissected the dissolution of her marriage, Shine On eases up on the heartbreak and lets McLachlan show an earthier side.

For that reason, I made an effort to write with people I hadn't written with before and to try different producers, like Bob Rock, to take some of the songs in a different direction."

In addition to experiment new sounds, McLachlan also changed things on the lyrical front: “I wanted to tell a new story.