City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture

City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	March 31, 1998 (U.S.)
Length	71:48
Label	Warner Bros.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
National Catholic Reporter	(positive)[2]

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).

Release history

The album reached number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart in early June and remained there for three non-consecutive weeks. It was the seventh-best-selling album of 1998 in the U.S. and the second-best-selling soundtrack album, with 3.5 million copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan.^[3] The RIAA certified it five times platinum in February 1999,^[4] and it peaked at number three on the Canadian Albums Chart.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.^[7] "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.^[8] "Uninvited" reached number one on the Top 40 Mainstream and peaked inside the top five on the Adult Top 40.

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."^[6] 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".^[6] 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".^[9]

Track listing

1. "If God Will Send His Angels" by U2 – 4:31
2. "Uninvited" by Alanis Morissette – 4:34
3. "Red House" by Jimi Hendrix – 3:49
4. "Feelin' Love" by Paula Cole – 5:37
5. "Mama, You Got A Daughter" by John Lee Hooker – 3:41
6. "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan – 4:29
7. "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls – 4:50
8. "I Grieve" by Peter Gabriel – 8:09
9. "I Know" by Jude – 4:34
10. "Further On Up The Road" by Eric Clapton – 7:26
11. "Angel Falls" (Gabriel Yared) – 4:54
12. "Unfeeling Kiss" (Gabriel Yared) – 3:42
13. "Spreading Wings" (Gabriel Yared) – 4:25
14. "City Of Angels" (Gabriel Yared) – 7:07

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

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1998	The Billboard 200	1
	Australian ARIA Albums Chart

End of decade charts

Chart (1990-1999)	Position
U.S. Billboard 200[10]	49

See also

• Number-one albums of 1998 (U.S.)

Notes

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ National Catholic Reporter review
3. ^ Pollack, Mark. "Dion named recording industry's top artist of '98". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. December 24, 1998. Retrieved November 11, 2006.
4. ^ "Gold & Platinum - Searchable Database". RIAA. Retrieved November 11, 2006.
5. ^ "City of Angels (Original Soundtrack) - Billboard Albums". Allmusic and Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2006.
6. ^ ^{a b c} Rosen, Craig. "'City' A Set-Up For New Alanis, Goo Goo Dolls Albums". Yahoo! Music. August 27, 1998. Retrieved November 11, 2006.
7. ^ Cairney, Richard. "Cover Story". SEE Magazine. March 19, 1998. Retrieved November 11, 2006.
8. ^ Feniak, Jenny. "Dolls still dancing". Edmonton Sun. November 6, 2006. Retrieved November 11, 2006.
9. ^ Scally, Robert. "The charts are alive with the Sound of Movies". Discount Store News. September 7, 1998. Retrieved November 11, 2006.
10. ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). "1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s". Billboard. http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&lr&rview=1&pg=RA1-PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved October 15, 2010. 

References

• U.S. charts compiled and published by Billboard magazine (http://www.billboard.com/).

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