Black Angel (album)

Black Angel is the fourth studio album by British singer-songwriter Mica Paris. It was released on August 10, 1998 by Cooltempo / Chrysalis, her first and last for these labels. This album was Paris' last album to chart in the UK Top 200 to date and features production from Boy George and Raphael Saadiq

The album has received acclaim from critics and purchasers, giving top marks and scores upon reviewing the album. Many have complimented the vocal delivery that Paris provides on the album and the state that the felt the 'connection' Mica had with the songs. The album peaked at number fifty-nine in the UK albums chart but failed to chart elsewhere.

Three singles were released from the album, two of which managed to chart in the top 200 of the UK Singles Chart. Lead single from the album; "Stay" only managed to scrape a place in the UK Top 40, entering and peaking at #40. The second single, "Carefree" failed to chart at all becoming her first single to do so. The third and final single; "Black Angel" peaked at #72. This is Mica's last single to chart in the UK to date.

Reception

Commercial reception

Black Angel debuted and peaked at number fifty-nine on the UK Albums Chart making it her first album to miss out on a place in the UK Top 40 albums. The album only charted for one week, meaning it failed to live up to the sales of her previous three studio albums. "Black Angel" was Paris' last album to chart in the UK Top 200 to date.

Singles

Three singles were released from Black Angel. The lead single from the album was "Stay". The single fared poorly in the charts, especially for a lead single from an album, entering the charts and peaking at number forty. "Stay" fell to number seventy-two the next week before dropping out of the charts completely. The second single lifted from the album was "Carefree". The single performed worse than the previous release and became Paris' first single to fail to chart within the UK Top 200. The third and final single to be released from the record was the title track, "Black Angel". It performed better than the previous single, however it only managed to chart low, at number seventy-two, before falling off the charts the following week. This was Mica's last single to chart in the UK.

Tracklisting

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Interlude"	1:49
2.	"Stay"	4:21
3.	"Is It Good Enough?"	5:12
4.	"Carefree"	4:13
5.	"Let Me Inside"	3:55
6.	"Black Angel"	5:33
7.	"Perfect"	4:37
8.	"Hate To Love"	4:27
9.	"Waiting"	4:09
10.	"I'll Give You More"	4:29
11.	"Love's Song"	5:18
12.	"Don't Say Goodnight"	7:01
13.	"Baby Angel"	4:20
14.	"I Should've Known Better"	5:05
Total length:		59:24

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	59

Credits

Credits obtained from the album's information on Allmusic.

Managerial

Executive producers – Mica Paris

Visuals and Imagery

Design – Ian Ross
Photography – Regan Cameron

Performance credits

Lead vocals – Mica Paris
Background vocals – Mica Paris, Chris Ballin, Jackie Farris, Jackie Gouche, James Ingram, Julian Jackson, Yana Johnson, Marva King, Jackie Simley, Stephen Simmonds, Alisha Warren

Instruments

Bass – Boy George, Nick Hannan, Raphael Saadiq, Stuart Zender
Drums – Dodge, Julian Jackson, John Paris
Flugelhorn - Colin Graham
Flute - Chris Margary,
Guitar – Kevan Frost, Randy Hope-Taylor, John Themis
Keyboards – Peter Adams, Julian Jackson, Paul Johnson, Kojo
Percussion – Julian Jackson
Piano – Marcus Brown, James Ingram, Wayne Linsey,
Saxophone – Ben Castle, Chris Margary, Jay Work
Recorder - Gareth Lucking, Jummy Sloan
Trombone – Skip Waring
Trumpet – Raul d'Oliveira, Colin Graham, Skip Waring

Technical and production

Arrangement – Mica Paris, Richard Hewson (strings), Julian Jackson (guitar)
Composing – G.Brown, W.Hale, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, Chris Jasper, Nick Moroch, Mica Paris, John Themis, John Turnbull
Engineering – Nick Hannan, Alan Jenkins, Avril MacKintosh, Bill Malina,
Engineering assistants – Paul Naguna
Mixing – Marcus Brown, Guy Farley,
Production – Boy George, Guy Farley, Richie Stevens, Stephen Simmonds, Julian Jackson, Mica Paris
Programming – Marcus Brown, Julian Jackson, Richie Stevens

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