The Freedom Sessions is an album by Sarah McLachlan which was released on December 6, 1994 on Nettwerk in Canada and March 28, 1995 on Arista Records in the United States. The album consisted primarily of previously unreleased alternative versions and remixes of McLachlan recordings, plus a cover version of "Ol' 55" by Tom Waits. Many of the tracks were recorded during the same sessions as McLachlan's 1993 album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy.