History YMMV / SarahMcLachlan

** "Possession" is an ObsessionSong from the POV of a stalker. Not helped that the lyrics were based on real letters Sarah received.

** "Possession" is an ObsessionSong from the POV of a stalker. Not helped that the lyrics were based on real letters McLachlan received.

* EarWorm:
** "Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet surrender is all that I have to give."
** "And I will be the one to hold you down, kiss you so hard. I'll take your breath away..."
** "The world is on fire. It's more than I can handle."
** "Yeah, you're working... building a mystery... and choooosing sooooo carefully..."
** "We are born... innocent..."
** "In the arms of the angel... fly away from here..."
** "Into the fire...I'm reunited!!"
** "It's a looooong waaayyyyy down..."
** "I'm on fiiiiiiiiiiiiire!!!!"
** "I wiiiiill remember yoooooou... Will yooooou remember meeeeee?"

** Give her credit. She at least avoided having cynics ask why she didn't donate the money rather than spend it on the video.

** To be fair it suffers from EarlyInstallmentWeirdness (being on one of her first two albums).

* BannedInChina: The original video for "Possession" was apparently too spooky or something for America, so they made another one.
* CreatorBreakdown: Played straight or inverted after the birth of her daughter.
** The songs "U Want Me 2" and "Don't Give Up on Us" were written in reaction to the breakup of her marriage.
** The reason behind the four-year gap between ''Fumbling Towards Ecstasy'' and ''Surfacing'' was due to the fact that Sarah was unable to come up with anything new for the record, and ended up taking 6 months off.
* DevelopmentHell: From 1997-2010 she produced a total of ''3'' proper studio records. Laws of Ilusions was released nearly 7 years after her last album Afterglow, which was released over 6 years after ''it's'' precdecessor, ''Surfacing''. Much of it had to do with the fact that she has been busy being a mother. Additionally, ''Surfacing'' came nearly 4 years after it's predecessor, due to Sarah being mentally exhausted and unable to come up with anything new.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: See MagnumOpus.

* MagnumOpus: ''[[GrownTheBeard Fumbling Towards Ecstasy]]'' is generally regarded as this.

* MemeticMutation: [[http://chzichcafterdark.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/funny-pictures-every-time-with-this-fucking-commercial.jpg Hi, I'm Sarah McLachlan]], and I'm about to [[TearJerker ruin your]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gspElv1yvc&feature=player_embedded WHOLE FUCKING DAY!]]

** Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet surrender is all that I have to give.
** And I will be the one to hold you down, kiss you so hard. I'll take your breath away...
** The world is on fire. It's more than I can handle.
** Yeah, you're working...building a mystery...and choooosing sooooo carefully...
** We are born...innocent...
** In the arms of the angel...fly away from here...
** Into the fire...I'm reunited!!
** It's a looooong waaayyyyy down...
** I'm on fiiiiiiiiiiiiire!!!!

* SignatureSong: "Angel" and "I Will Remember You", which happen to be two huge {{Tear Jerker}}s used in films.

* MemeticMutation: [[http://chzichcafterdark.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/funny-pictures-every-time-with-this-fucking-commercial.jpg Hi, I'm Sarah McLachlan]], and I'm about to [[TearJerker ruin your]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gspElv1yvc&feature=player_embedded WHOLE FUCKING DAY]]
* MagnumOpus: ''Fumbling Towards Ecstasy'' is generally regarded as this.

* MagnumOpus: ''Surfacing'', ''Fumbling Towards Ecstasy'', and ''Solace'' have all been cited as this.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: "Black" is by far her creepiest song ever.

* TearJerker:
** [[ToyStory "When She Loved Me."]] That is all.
** "Man-Erg" & "Fallen".
** One has to mute the TV every time "Angel" plays over a montage of sad animals during that ASPCA commercial.
*** What about the one with "The Answer" playing over it? ''Cast me gently into morning, for the night has been unkind'' combined with a montage of abused animals.
** "I Will Remember You" is probably one of the saddest "goodbye" songs one could ever listen to, and has been used for ''two'' different series finales: ''MelrosePlace'' and ''{{Felicity}}''.
** And for BuffyTheVampireSlayer fans everywhere, "Full Of Grace".
*** Even without that association, this song is sad enough. Add in ''that ending'', and it only gets worse.
** "I Love You", to those who fell in love with someone, but was/is too scared to tell them.

** Give her credit.She at least avoided having cynics ask why she didn't donate the money rather than spend it on the video.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Pick one.
* EarWorm
* TearJerker: [[ToyStory "When She Loved Me."]] That is all.
** Let's not forget her singing on those ASPCA commercials.
** "Angel". A prime OneWomanWail.