The Crow: City of Angels (soundtrack) explained

The Crow: City of Angels
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:various artists
Cover:crowangels.jpg
Released:July 29, 1996
Genre:Alternative rock, heavy metal, industrial rock, gothic rock, hip hop
Length:74:00
Label:Hollywood
Producer:Jeff Most
Chronology:The Crow soundtrack
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:The Crow: Salvation
Next Year:2000

The original soundtrack of , 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.

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.[2] The album was reportedly banned in Korea and Singapore.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Top 200 Albums Billboard 200 chart . Billboard . . January 2, 2019.
  2. Web site: Gold & Platinum . .
  3. Web site: Crow Soundtrack Banned . https://web.archive.org/web/20221209140443/https://www.mtv.com/news/lakgei/crow-soundtrack-banned . dead . December 9, 2022 . 1996-08-14 . 2023-01-27 . MTV . en.