| Bless a Brand New Angel | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Benny Mardones |
| Cover: | Benny Mardones Bless a Brand New Angel 1998 album cover.jpg |
| Released: | 1998 |
| Studio: | Capitol Studios and Hollywood Sound Recorders (Hollywood, California) |
| Length: | 38:54 |
| Label: | Crave |
| Producer: | Joel Diamond Jim Ervin Maurice Starr |
| Prev Title: | Stand By Your Man |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | A Journey Through Time |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
Bless a Brand New Angel is the sixth studio album from American singer Benny Mardones, released by Crave in 1998.
Both Bless a Brand New Angel and its title track (which was released as a single) failed to generate commercial success. As "Bless a Brand New Angel" began generating airplay in the United States, Crave was shut down in July 1998.[1] On June 19, 1998, the Gavin Report listed "Bless a Brand New Angel" under adult contemporary as "chartbound", with the single having generated 46 reports and 671 spins.[2] In 1999, Bless a Brand New Angel was reissued as Angel by Fuel 2000.[3] The title track achieved further airplay, with the Gavin Report reporting 87 spins and placing the song at No. 35 on their Adult Contemporary chart.[4]
Tomas Mureika of AllMusic described Bless a Brand New Angel as "standard fare" from Mardones, but praised his vocals as "strong". He added: "While it lacks the punch of his 1980s material, Bless a Brand New Angel contains more soulful rockers in the tradition that Mardones has made solidly his own." In a review of the title track, Larry Flick of Billboard described it as "meticulously designed for AC playlists". He praised Mardones' "raspy voice" which he felt "makes for a nice contrast against the track's oh-so-pretty piano/string arrangement".[5]