Big Shiny Tunes 2

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Big Shiny Tunes 2
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Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedDecember 2, 1997
Length66:22
Label WEA
Various artists chronology
Big Shiny Tunes
(1996)		Big Shiny Tunes 2
(1997)		 Big Shiny Tunes 3
(1998)
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Big Shiny Tunes 2 is the second edition of the MuchMusic compilation series, Big Shiny Tunes . The album had been accompanied by heavy advertising in Canada. [2] It is the best-selling album of the series, having sold 1,233,000 copies. [3]

Contents

Commercial performance

Big Shiny Tunes 2 debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, [4] with 128,000 units sold in its first week. [5] It ended up being the third best-selling album of 1997 in Canada, [6] despite being on sale for less than a month of the year. By March 1998, the album was certified Diamond by the CRIA for sales of 1 million units. [7]

Big Shiny Tunes 2 went on to sell 1,233,000 copies before going out of print. Despite being out of print, Big Shiny Tunes 2 is still the fourth best-selling album ever in Canada of the Nielsen SoundScan era as of 2020. [8]

Track listing

  1. The Prodigy - "Breathe (Edit)"
  2. Blur - "Song 2"
  3. Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"
  4. Smash Mouth - "Walkin' on the Sun"
  5. Sugar Ray - "Fly" (featuring Super Cat)
  6. Bran Van 3000 - "Drinking in L.A."
  7. Marilyn Manson - "The Beautiful People"
  8. Holly McNarland - "Numb"
  9. Bush - "Swallowed"
  10. Matchbox 20 - "Push"
  11. Collective Soul - "Precious Declaration (Remix)"
  12. The Tea Party - "Temptation (Edit) (Tom Lord-Alge Mix)"
  13. The Chemical Brothers - "Block Rockin' Beats (Radio Edit)"
  14. Wide Mouth Mason - "My Old Self"
  15. Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
  16. The Age of Electric - "Remote Control"
  17. Stone Temple Pilots - "Lady Picture Show"

See also

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Chris Dafoe, "New Recordings pop Big Shiny tunes 2," The Globe and Mail , Toronto, Ontario: January 22, 1998, pg. C.5.
  3. ↑ "Nielsen Music 2007 Year End Music Industry Report For Canada". Reuters. Jan 4, 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 66, No. 15, December 15 1997". RPM. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  5. ↑ "'97 Brings Canada C'Right Revisions". Billboard . Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  6. ↑ "ALBUMS : Top 100 of 1997". Archived from the original on 2001-03-20. Retrieved 2025-01-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ↑ "Gold/Platinum". Music Canada . Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  8. ↑ "The Nielsen Company and Billboard's 2009 Canadian Industry Report" . Retrieved 2011-04-02.


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