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Song · 1998 · Soft rock

Angel (Sarah McLachlan)

Sarah McLachlan

1998

★ 3.9 editorial score

Piano, upright bass, a drum machine, and McLachlan writing about a Smashing Pumpkins keyboardist's overdose with startling tenderness.

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Subject

Addiction Consolation Escape

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