To Shiver The Sky | |
Type: | Studio |
Artist: | Christopher Tin |
Cover: | To Shiver the Sky.png |
Recorded: | Abbey Road |
Genre: | World |
Label: | Universal Music Classics |
Prev Title: | The Drop That Contained the Sea |
Prev Year: | 2014 |
Next Title: | The Lost Birds |
Next Year: | 2022 |
To Shiver the Sky is the third studio album by the American composer Christopher Tin. Released in 2020, it features texts about the history of flight ranging from Leonardo da Vinci's writings on flight to John F. Kennedy's "We choose to go to the Moon" speech.[1] [2]
Creation of the album was funded by a Kickstarter campaign. The campaign met its goal in the first 36 hours, and went on to raise $221,415 (over 4 times the initial goal), making it the highest funded classical music Kickstarter project ever.[3] [1]
The song "Sogno di Volare" was composed as a main theme for the 2016 video game Civilization VI.[4]
To Shiver the Sky first spent two weeks on Billboard Top Classical Crossover Albums, peaking at rank 1 the week of 5 September 2020. That same week it placed 6 on Top Classical Albums and 80 for Current Album Sales. It re-entered the Top Classical Crossover Albums chart for a third week the week of October 3, 2020.
Chart | Peak position | |
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US Top Classical Crossover Albums (Billboard) | 1 | |
US Top Classical Albums (Billboard)[5] | 6 | |
US Current Album Sales (Billboard)[6] | 80 |