The Crow: City of Angels (soundtrack)

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The Crow: City of Angels
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Soundtrack album by
various artists
ReleasedJuly 29, 1996
Genre Alternative rock, heavy metal, industrial rock, gothic rock, hip hop
Length74:00
Label Hollywood
Producer Jeff Most
The Crow soundtrack chronology
The Crow: Original Motion Picture Score
(1994)
The Crow: City of Angels
(1996)
The Crow: Salvation
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Chart positions
YearChartPosition
1996US Billboard 200 8 [3]

The original soundtrack of The Crow: City of Angels , the sequel to the 1994 film The Crow , was released on July 29, 1996, by Hollywood Records. The album includes a cover of the Fleetwood Mac song "Gold Dust Woman" by Hole, as well as tracks by other heavyweight artists such as White Zombie, Korn, Deftones and Iggy Pop. Like the original Crow soundtrack, a song by Joy Division (one of O'Barr's favorite bands) is covered, "In a Lonely Place" by Bush.

Contents

Initial pressings contained a small Crow comic in the CD booklet, written by John Wagner and illustrated by Dean Ormston.

Hole, Filter, Tricky and Rob Zombie all returned for the soundtrack of The Crow: Salvation .

According to RIAA, the album has been certified Platinum with sales exceeding 1 million copies in the United States. [4] The album was reportedly banned in Korea and Singapore. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)PerformerLength
1."Gold Dust Woman" (originally performed by Fleetwood Mac) Stevie Nicks Hole 5:09
2."I'm Your Boogie Man" (originally performed by KC and the Sunshine Band) Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch White Zombie 4:29
3."Jurassitol" Richard Patrick, Brian Liesegang, Matt Walker, Geno Lenardo, Frank Cavanagh Filter 5:12
4."Naked Cousin" PJ Harvey PJ Harvey 3:56
5."In a Lonely Place" (originally performed by Joy Division) Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner Bush 6:01
6."Tonite Is a Special Nite" (Kaos Mass Confusion Mix; from The Hell E.P. , 1995) Tricky, A. Campbell, Robert Diggs Tricky vs. Gravediggaz 4:45
7."Shelf Life"Jason Ross, Jason Pollock Seven Mary Three 4:49
8."Knock Me Out" (from In Flight , 1996) Linda Perry, Marty Willson-Piper, Grace Slick Linda Perry featuring Grace Slick 6:51
9."Paper Dress" Vaden Todd Lewis, Darrel Herbert Toadies 4:44
10."Spit" Brijitte West NY Loose 5:54
11."Sean Olson" Brian Welch, Jonathan Davis, David Silveria, James Shaffer, Reginald Arvizu Korn 4:48
12."Teething" Stephen Carpenter, Chi Cheng, Abe Cunningham, Chino Moreno Deftones 3:34
13."I Wanna Be Your Dog" (live at Rock for Choice 1995; originally performed by The Stooges) Dave Alexander, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Iggy Pop Iggy Pop 4:45
14."Lil' Boots" Lisa Papineau, Tyler Bates Pet4:10
15."City of Angels" Frost, Gilbert RueDaFlores, Julio Gonzalez, Tony Gonzalez, Kevin Gully, Cold 187um Above the Law featuring Frost 4:53
Total length:74:00

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [6] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [7] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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