| City of Angels | |
|---|---|
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | March 31, 1998 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 71:48 |
| Label | Warner Bros. |
| Singles from City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture | |
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).
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| 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 Alanis 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 Morissette's "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]
The City of Angels soundtrack debuted at number 23 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]
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.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "If God Will Send His Angels" (performed by U2) | 4:31 | ||
| 2. | "Uninvited" (performed by Alanis Morissette) | Alanis Morissette |
| 4:34 |
| 3. | "Red House" (performed by Jimi Hendrix) | Jimi Hendrix | Chas Chandler | 3:49 |
| 4. | "Feelin' Love" (performed by Paula Cole) | Paula Cole | Paula Cole | 5:37 |
| 5. | "Mama, You Got A Daughter" (performed by John Lee Hooker) | John Lee Hooker | 3:41 | |
| 6. | "Angel" (performed by Sarah McLachlan) | Sarah McLachlan | Pierre Marchand | 4:29 |
| 7. | "Iris" (performed by Goo Goo Dolls) | John Rzeznik |
| 4:50 |
| 8. | "I Grieve" (performed by Peter Gabriel) | Peter Gabriel | Peter Gabriel | 8:09 |
| 9. | "I Know" (performed by Jude) | Jude Christodal |
| 4:34 |
| 10. | "Further On Up the Road" (performed by Eric Clapton) | Tom Dowd | 7:26 | |
| 11. | "An Angel Falls" (performed by Gabriel Yared) | Gabriel Yared | Gabriel Yared | 4:54 |
| 12. | "The Unfeeling Kiss" (performed by Gabriel Yared) | Yared | Yared | 3:42 |
| 13. | "Spreading Wings" (performed by Gabriel Yared) | Yared | Yared | 4:25 |
| 14. | "City of Angels" (performed by Gabriel Yared) | Yared | Yared | 7:07 |
| Total length: | 71:48 | |||
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
| End of decade charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) [32] | 2× Platinum | 140,000^ |
| Austria (IFPI Austria) [33] | Gold | 25,000* |
| Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [34] | Gold | 100,000* |
| Canada (Music Canada) [35] | 7× Platinum | 700,000^ |
| Germany (BVMI) [36] | Gold | 250,000^ |
| Japan (RIAJ) [37] | Platinum | 200,000^ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ) [38] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
| Norway (IFPI Norway) [39] | Gold | 25,000* |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [40] | Gold | 25,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI) [41] | Gold | 100,000^ |
| United States (RIAA) [42] | 5× Platinum | 5,500,000 [10] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
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