Instruct: Classify a review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Excellent, yet not the best.

Sarah, with all her talent and options, did extremely well on this album. However, it does not compare to Fumbling Towards Ecstacy. The songs, at many points, get too lyrical, too syrupy. While portraying a complete atmosphere and story, Surfacing lacks the definition of difference between tracks that Fumbling exhibits ALONG WITH a mastery of pulling all the selections into one complete package. I highly recommend this album, and all her others, but if you want to hear Sarah's best, I would suggest you get Fumbling.