City of Angels (soundtrack)

City of Angels
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released March 31, 1998 (U.S.)
Genre Pop, Rock
Length 71:48
Label Warner Bros.
Singles from City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture
  1. "Uninvited"
    Released: 24 February 1998[1]
  2. "If God Will Send His Angels (Remix)"
    Released: 2 March 1998[1]
  3. "Iris"
    Released: 7 April 1998[1]
  4. "Angel"
    Released: 24 November 1998

City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album for the film City of Angels, released by Warner Bros. Records on March 31, 1998 (see 1998 in music).

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
National Catholic Reporter(positive)[3]

Yahoo! Music's Craig Rosen, who called the album "a stroke of marketing genius", speculated that executive producer Rob Cavallo, who was head of Morissette and the Goo Goo Dolls' management firm, "was instrumental in making sure the soundtrack provided a nice set-up for the forthcoming Morissette and Goo Goo Dolls albums [Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie and Dizzy Up the Girl, respectively] ... Record executives and managers love big hits from soundtracks, especially when they dovetail into a new release by one of their artists. That's the case with both Morissette and the Goo Goo Dolls and it's not a mere coincidence."[4] Bob Bell, a new release buyer for the Wherehouse Entertainment chain of stores in Torrance, California, said the marketing of the album was "amazing" and attributed its early strong sales to "Uninvited". He said of the Goo Goo Dolls that the soundtrack "helped to re-establish them ... [it] brought them back into our minds".[4] Robert Scally wrote of "Uninvited", "Placing exclusives on soundtracks ... has been a successful tactic for creating a buzz around the album while highlighting the musical artist".[5]

Commercial performance

The City of Angels soundtrack debuted at number twenty-three on the Billboard 200 chart on the issue dated 18 April 1998.[6] The following week it entered the top ten at number seven and eventually reached the runner-up position for three weeks until it topped the charts in early June, selling 165,000 copies.[7] City of Angels finished the year as the seventh highest-selling album of 1998.[8] To date the soundtrack has sold 5.5 million units in the United States and has been certified five times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[9][10] Additionally, it peaked at number three on the Canadian charts and has sold over 700,000 copies in the country.[11]

Elsewhere, the soundtrack also performed well, reaching number one in Australia, Germany, New Zealand and Switzerland. It has been certified Platinum in Japan and multi-Platinum in Australia.[12]

Singles

Its two singles, the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" and Alanis Morissette's "Uninvited", were released to U.S. radio in March and were still receiving substantial radio airplay by the following August.[4] An internet and radio leak of "Uninvited" in early March forced Warner Bros. to release the entire soundtrack to radio before it became available in stores. According to a publicity manager for Warner Music Canada, the measure was "an inconvenience" taken to stop radio stations from playing low-quality versions of the song downloaded from the internet.[13] "Iris" reached number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, Top 40 Mainstream and Adult Top 40 charts in the U.S., and it spent a record amount of time atop the Hot 100 Airplay chart.[14] "Uninvited" reached number one on the Top 40 Mainstream and peaked inside the top five on the Adult Top 40.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)PerformerLength
1."If God Will Send His Angels"
4:31
2."Uninvited"
4:34
3."Red House"
3:49
4."Feelin' Love"
5:37
5."Mama, You Got A Daughter"
3:41
6."Angel"
4:29
7."Iris"
4:50
8."I Grieve"
8:09
9."I Know"
4:34
10."Further On Up the Road"
7:26
11."An Angel Falls"
4:54
12."The Unfeeling Kiss"
3:42
13."Spreading Wings"
  • Gabriel Yared
4:25
14."City of Angels"
  • Gabriel Yared
7:07
Total length:71:48

Record charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
scope="row" Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] 1
scope="row" Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16] 2
scope="row" Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] 8
scope="row" Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[18] 21
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[19] 3
scope="row" Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[20] 28
European Albums (Billboard)[21] 2
scope="row" French Albums (SNEP)[22] 31
scope="row" German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] 1
Irish Albums (IRMA)[24] 9
Malaysian Albums (RIM)[24] 4
scope="row" New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[25] 1
scope="row" Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[26] 3
scope="row" Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[27] 29
scope="row" Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] 1
scope="row" US Billboard 200[29] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1998) Position
German Albums Chart[30] 25

End of decade charts

Chart (1990-1999) Position
U.S. Billboard 200[31] 49

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[32] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[33] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[34] 7× Platinum 700,000^
Germany (BVMI)[35] Gold 250,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[36] Platinum 200,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[37] Platinum 15,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[38] Gold 25,000^
United States (RIAA)[39] 5× Platinum 5,500,000[10]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Preceded by
It's Dark and Hell Is Hot by DMX
MP Da Last Don by Master P		 Billboard 200 number-one album
June 13–19, 1998
July 4–17, 1998 		Succeeded by
MP Da Last Don by Master P
Armageddon (soundtrack) by Various artists
Preceded by
Adore by The Smashing Pumpkins		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
June 21–27, 1998
July 12–18, 1998 		Succeeded by
Try Whistling This by Neil Finn

Personnel

  • Howie B – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
  • James Barton – Mixing
  • John Bell – Orchestration
  • Dario Rossetti Bonell – Guitar (Acoustic)
  • Carlos Bonnell – Guitar (Acoustic)
  • Danny Bramson – Producer, Music Supervisor
  • Francis Buckley – Engineer
  • Greg Burns – Second Engineer
  • David Campbell – String Arrangements
  • Rob Cavallo – Guitar (Acoustic), Producer
  • Chas Chandler – Producer
  • Chris Chaney – Bass
  • Dickie Chappell – Programming, Engineer
  • Jude Christodal – Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
  • Jason Cienkus – Soundtrack Coordination
  • Eric Clapton – Performer
  • Paula Cole – Producer, Performer
  • Alan Coleman – Assistant Engineer
  • Katherine Delaney – Design
  • Tom Dowd – Producer
  • Flood – Producer
  • Meabh Flynn – Assistant Engineer
  • Peter Gabriel – Bass, Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Sampling, Performer
  • Ben Georgiades – Engineer
  • The Goo Goo Dolls – Producer, Performer
  • Keith Grant – Engineer
  • Steve Griffen – Engineer, Associate Producer
  • Isobel Griffiths – Orchestra Contractor
  • Steve Hall – Mastering
  • Chris Haynes – Second Engineer
  • Jimi Hendrix – Performer
  • Ben Hillier – Mixing Assistant
  • John Lee Hooker – Performer
  • Paul Hulme – Engineer
  • Alan Jenkins – Programming
  • Jude – Performer
  • Manu Katche – Drums
  • Paul Kimble – Chamberlin
  • Rob Kirwan – Assistant Engineer
  • Carys Lane – Vocals
  • Nick Lashley – Guitar (Acoustic)
  • Dave Lawson – Programming
  • Tony Levin – Bass
  • Jolie Levine-Aller – Project Coordinator
  • Brian MacLeod – Drums
  • Pat Magnarella – Executive Producer
  • Clif Magness – Guitar (Electric), Producer
  • Dominique Mahut – Percussion
  • Mike Malinin – Percussion, Drums
  • Pierre Marchand – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
  • Conal Markey – Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
  • Sarah McLachlan – Performer
  • Metro Voices – Choir, Chorus
  • Alanis Morissette – Vocals, Producer, Performer
  • Roger Moutenot – Engineer, Mixing
  • Jamie Muhoberac – Piano, Keyboards
  • Gary Novak – Percussion, Drums
  • Jennie O'Grady – Director
  • Steve Osborne – Producer, Mixing
  • Matt Palmer – Assistant Engineer
  • Tim Pierce – Mandolin
  • Damir Prcic – Chamberlin
  • Jack Joseph Puig – Mixing
  • Harry Rabinowitz – Conductor
  • David Rhodes – Guitar
  • Carmen Rizzo – Programming
  • Georges Rodi – Programming
  • Charles Roven – Executive Producer
  • Johnny Rzeznik – Guitar, Vocals
  • Rafa Sardina – Second Engineer
  • Bill Sewell – Bass (Upright)
  • Allen Sides – Engineer, Mixing
  • Kenneth Sillito – Violin, Leader
  • Mark "Spike" Stent – Engineer, Mixing
  • Alex Swift – Programming
  • Robby Takac – Bass
  • U2 – Performer
  • Scott Welch – Executive Producer
  • Kirsty Whalley – Programming
  • Will White – Percussion
  • Rolf Wilson – Violin, Leader
  • Nick Wollage – Assistant Engineer
  • Gabriel Yared – Producer, Orchestration

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ National Catholic Reporter review
  4. 1 2 3 Rosen, Craig. "'City' A Set-Up For New Alanis, Goo Goo Dolls Albums". Yahoo! Music. August 27, 1998. Retrieved November 11, 2006.
  5. ↑ Scally, Robert. "The charts are alive with the Sound of Movies". Discount Store News. September 7, 1998. Retrieved November 11, 2006.
  6. ↑ "Billboard". 110 (16). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1 August 1998: 84. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Billboard". 110 (24). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 13 June 1998: 120. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  8. ↑ Pollack, Mark. "Dion named recording industry's top artist of '98". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. December 24, 1998. Retrieved on 24 January 1998.
  9. ↑ Searchable database of U.S. certifications. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on 24 January 2014.
  10. 1 2 Caulfield, Keith. "Ask Billboard: Answers to readers' questions about the 'Grease' Soundtrack, Whitney Houston and Crossfade". Billboard. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "City of Angels (Original Soundtrack) - Billboard Albums". Allmusic and Billboard. Retrieved on 28 January 2014.
  12. ↑ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1999年1月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. January 1999 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese). Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan. 472: 9. March 10, 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
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  14. ↑ Feniak, Jenny. "Dolls still dancing" Archived 2007-06-23 at Archive.is. Edmonton Sun. November 6, 2006. Retrieved November 11, 2006.
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  21. ↑ "Billboard". 110 (35). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2 May 1998: 126. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
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  23. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Soundtrack – City of Angels". GfK Entertainment Charts.
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  32. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
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