Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

Touch [Barrel of Monkeys]

Our next stop on our Sarah McLachlan tour is Touch, which was on the Touch album (1988)



Looking back, I think part of my melancholy toward Sarah Mclachlan at the start is that I never actually liked her first two albums. Although I will say, Solace grew on me as I got older.

For some reason, even though it came earlier than Surfacing, I don't remember listening to Fumbling Towards Ecstasy until much later. That album would've converted me much sooner. It is probably still my favourite.

But for a long time, my friend only had the Touch and Solace albums to play, neither of which particularly spoke to me in my late teens. Especially the Touch album.

The "Touch" song is an instrumental piece, which I find dull. I'm not great at listening to long instrumentals because I'm forever anticipating the move to more, but more never comes.

So, if I find it dull, why is it here? Even if you love an artist and can play them on repeat, there has to be a song (or album) that you skip. Touch will nearly always be a skip for me.