Goddess in the Doorway

Goddess in the Doorway

Infobox Album | Name = Goddess in the Doorway
Type = Album
Artist = Mick Jagger


Released = 19 November 2001
Recorded = February & May 2000January - February 2001

April - July 2001
Genre = Rock
Length = 56:51
Label = Virgin
Producer = Mick Jagger, Matt Clifford, and Marti Frederiksen,
with Lenny Kravitz,
Wyclef Jean,
Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis and Chris Potter
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9absa9lgq23g link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/114714/mickjagger?pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=triple1 link] |Last album = "Wandering Spirit"
(1993)
This album = "Goddess in the Doorway"
(2001)
Next album = "Alfie"
(2004) |

"Goddess in the Doorway" is the fourth solo album by Mick Jagger and was released in 2001. The most recent offering from Jagger as a solo artist, it marked his first release with Virgin Records, whom he has been contracted with as a member of The Rolling Stones since 1991.

Following 1993's "Wandering Spirit" by Jagger, and The Rolling Stones' "Bridges to Babylon" in 1997 and the extended Bridges to Babylon Tour, he began to work on demo material in 2000, finally reaching the studio in the spring of 2001. Although Jagger would primarily work with Marti Frederiksen and Matt Clifford as producers, he also sanctioned the talents of Lenny Kravitz and Wyclef Jean to help create "Goddess in the Doorway". And while the songs would largely be composed by Jagger, he endeavored to work with some collaborators, namely, Kravitz and matchbox twenty singer Rob Thomas. The recording of many of the songs is shown in the film "Being Mick".

While recording was underway, many of Jagger's musician friends, including Bono, Pete Townshend, Thomas, Kravitz, Jean and Joe Perry all contributed. Townshend, in fact, was the initiating force behind the album. After having heard some of Jagger's demos, he told him that they didn't sound like Rolling Stones songs and that Jagger should record them on his own.

By the end of the summer, "Goddess in the Doorway" was completed and the Kravitz-produced (and almost self-performed) "God Gave Me Everything" was put forward as the lead single that October. Although the song failed to become a significant hit, "Goddess in the Doorway" - with its hybrid of different styles - was released the following month to among the strongest reviews Jagger had received - including his tenure with The Rolling Stones - in years, with Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner bestowing a five-star instant classic rating upon the album. However, not everyone was as effusive. Keith Richards, never comfortable with Jagger's solo career since it began in 1985, mocked the album by calling it "Dogshit in the Doorway". [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,1099640,00.html]

While the critical approval of "Goddess in the Doorway" was gratifying for Jagger, the album only reached #44 in the UK and #39 in the US.Following this, he returned to work with The Rolling Stones on "Forty Licks" and "A Bigger Bang" and their respective worldwide Licks and A Bigger Bang Tours. Besides his soundtrack work with David A. Stewart on "Alfie" in 2004, and the best of collection The Very Best Of Mick Jagger released in 2007, "Goddess in the Doorway" remains Mick Jagger's latest solo release to date.

Track listing

All songs by Mick Jagger, except where noted.

#"Visions of Paradise" (Mick Jagger, Rob Thomas, Matt Clifford) – 4:02
#* "Features Rob Thomas on backing vocals"
#"Joy" – 4:41
#* "Features Bono on co-lead vocal"
#"Dancing in the Starlight" – 4:06
#"God Gave Me Everything" (Mick Jagger, Lenny Kravitz) – 3:34
#* "Features Lenny Kravitz on backing vocals, guitar, bass guitar, drums"
#"Hide Away" – 4:31
#* "Features Wyclef Jean on electric and Spanish guitar"
#"Don't Call Me Up" – 5:14
#"Goddess in the Doorway" (Mick Jagger, Matt Clifford) – 4:56
#"Lucky Day" – 4:51
#"Everybody Getting High" – 3:55
#"Gun" (Mick Jagger, Matt Clifford) – 4:39
#* "Tracks 2 and 10 feature Pete Townshend on guitar"
#"Too far Gone" – 4:34
#* "Tracks 9 and 11 feature Joe Perry on guitar"
#"Brand New Set Of Rules" – 7:39
#* "Features Jagger's daughters, Elizabeth and Georgia May, on backing vocals"
#* "Includes a hidden track of lounge music after the main song concludes"

B-sides:
#"Blue" (Mick Jagger) – 5:40
#* "B-side of the European single "God Gave Me Everything"
#* "B-side of the British single "Visions of Paradise"
#"If Things Could Be Different" (Mick Jagger)" – 4:49
#* "Japan bonus track"
#* "B-side of the European single "Visions of Paradise"
#* "B-side of the British single "Visions of Paradise"

Musicians

* Robert Aaron - Keyboards, Horn, Flute
* Kenny Aronoff - Drums, Native American Drums
* Ian Thomas Band - Drums
* Bono - Vocals
* Lenny Castro - Percussion
* Paul Clarvis - Percussion
* Matt Clifford - Piano, Hammond Organ, Fender Rhodes, Mellotron, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals, Programming, Drum Programming, String Arrangement, Horn Arrangement
* Kyle Cook - Guitar
* Mike Dolan - Guitar
* Jerry Duplessis - Bass
* Christian Frederickson - Bass
* Marti Frederiksen - Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Backing Vocals, Drum Loop, String Arrangement
* Martin "Max" Heyes - Drum Programming
* Elizabeth Jagger - Backing Vocals
* Georgia May Jagger - Backing Vocals
* Mick Jagger - Vocals, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar, Harmonica, Percussion, Backing Vocals
* Wyclef Jean - Electric Guitar, Spanish Guitar
* Jim Keltner - Drums
* Steve Knightley - Cello
* Lenny Kravitz - Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Tambourine, Backing Vocals
* Milton McDonald - Guitar
* Joe Perry - Guitar
* Mikal Reid - Trumpet, Loop Programming
* Craig Ross - 12-String Acoustic Guitar
* Neil Sidewell - Trombone
* Steve Sidwell - Trumpet
* Phil Spalding - Bass
* Rob Thomas - Backing Vocals
* Pete Townshend - Guitar
* Ruby Turner - Backing Vocals
* Chris White - Tenor Saxophone

Charts

Album

Singles

Charts and Sales

UK: #44, 4 weeks on Top 75 (44-52-69-72)
* Sales: 60,000 (B.P.I)

US: #39, 8 weeks on Top 200 (39-59-77-96-103-132-163-192)
* Sales: 321,000 (Soundscan - June 2007)

EUROCHART: #6, 9 weeks on Top 100 (6-9-22-35-35-54-81-99-0-0-94)
* Worldwide sales: 1.200,000 (Virgin, March 2002)

Miscellanea

* The song "God Gave Me Everything" was featured in the film, Bruce Almighty.


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