''City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture'' is the

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for the film '' City of Angels'', released by

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on March 31, 1998 (see

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Reception

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'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

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' 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.html" ;"title="Supposed_Former_Infatuation_Junkie.html" ;"title="'Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie">'Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie'' and ''Dizzy Up the Girl">Supposed_Former_Infatuation_Junkie.html" ;"title="'Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie">'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." Bob Bell, a new release buyer for the Wherehouse Entertainment chain of stores in

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, 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 ... tbrought them back into our minds". 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".

Commercial performance

The ''City of Angels'' soundtrack debuted at number 23 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart on the issue dated 18 April 1998. 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. ''City of Angels'' finished the year as the seventh highest-selling album of 1998. To date the soundtrack has sold 5.5 million units in the United States and has been

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five times

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by the

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. Additionally, it peaked at number three on the Canadian charts and has sold over 700,000 copies in the country. 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.

Singles

Its two singles, the

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's " Uninvited", were released to U.S. radio in March and were still receiving substantial radio airplay by the following August.Rosen, Craig
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. August 27, 1998. Retrieved November 11, 2006. 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. "Iris" reached number one on ''

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and

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charts in the U.S., and it spent a record amount of time atop the

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''. November 6, 2006. Retrieved November 11, 2006. "Uninvited" reached number one on the Top 40 Mainstream and peaked inside the top five on the Adult Top 40.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

End of decade charts

Sales and certifications

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 *

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– Guitar (Acoustic), Producer *Chas Chandler – Producer *Chris Chaney – Bass *Dickie Chappell – Programming, Engineer *Jude Christodal – Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals *Jason Cienkus – Soundtrack Coordination *

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– Performer *Paula Cole – Producer, Performer *Alan Coleman – Assistant Engineer *Katherine Delaney – Design *Tom Dowd – Producer *Flood – Producer *Meabh Flynn – Assistant Engineer *

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– Bass, Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Sampling, Performer *Ben Georgiades – Engineer *

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– Producer, Performer *Keith Grant – Engineer *Steve Griffen – Engineer, Associate Producer *Isobel Griffiths – Orchestra Contractor *Steve Hall – Mastering *Chris Haynes – Second Engineer *

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– 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, Electric Guitar *Damir Prcic – Chamberlin *

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– Mixing *Harry Rabinowitz – Conductor *David Rhodes – Guitar *Carmen Rizzo – Programming * Georges Rodi – Programming *Charles Roven – Executive Producer *

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– Guitar, Vocals *

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– 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 *

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– Producer, Orchestration

References

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