| "Angel" | ||||
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| Single by Jimi Hendrix | ||||
| from the album The Cry Of Love | ||||
| B-side | US Freedom UK Night Bird Flying |
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| Released | April 1971 | |||
| Recorded | July 23, 1970 | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock | |||
| Label | Reprise, Track, Barclay, Polydor | |||
| Writer(s) | Jimi Hendrix | |||
| Producer | Jimi Hendrix | |||
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"Angel" is the name of a song written and recorded by Jimi Hendrix, first released in February 1971 on the posthumous LP The Cry of Love. In April it was released as a single, which failed to chart. In the US the single was backed with "Freedom" and in the UK with "Night Bird Flying".
The song was included on 1997's South Saturn Delta, a compilation of Hendrix demos, unfinished tracks and alternate mixes.
In 1972, Rod Stewart covered "Angel" on his album Never a Dull Moment. This version can also be heard in the 2000 film Charlie's Angels, but is not included in the film's soundtrack album. In the United Kingdom, it reached no. 4 as a double A-side with "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me).[1]
Vinegar Joe covered the song on their second album Rock'n Roll Gypsies released in 1972.
This song was also recorded by singer/songwriter and harpist Dee Carstensen in her 1995 studio album release Regarding The Soul. The album "The Gil Evans Orchestra Play The Music Of Jimi Hendrix" features Angel rendered heavy on saxophone. The Jeff Healey Band also recorded Angel on their 1995 album Cover To Cover.
Some of this song's lyrics were recited at Hendrix's funeral.
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