Big Shiny Tunes 2
| Big Shiny Tunes 2 | ||||
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | December 2, 1997 | |||
| Length | 66:22 | |||
| Label | WEA | |||
| Various artists chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
"Big Shiny Tunes 2" is the second edition of the MuchMusic compilation series, Big Shiny Tunes. It is the most successful album of the series, being certified Diamond (1,000,000 units) by the CRIA.[2]
The album had been accompanied by heavy advertising in Canada.[3]
Commercial performance
Big Shiny Tunes 2 debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart,[4] with 128,000 units sold in its first week.[5]
Big Shiny Tunes 2 sold 1,233,000 copies.[6] Though discontinued, Big Shiny Tunes 2 was still the third best selling album ever in Canada of the Nielsen SoundScan era as of 2010.[7]
Track listing
- The Prodigy - "Breathe (Edit)"
- Blur - "Song 2"
- Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"
- Smash Mouth - "Walkin' on the Sun"
- Sugar Ray - "Fly" (featuring Super Cat)
- Bran Van 3000 - "Drinking in L.A."
- Marilyn Manson - "The Beautiful People"
- Holly McNarland - "Numb"
- Bush - "Swallowed"
- Matchbox 20 - "Push"
- Collective Soul - "Precious Declaration (Remix)"
- The Tea Party - "Temptation (Edit) (Tom Lord-Alge Mix)"
- The Chemical Brothers - "Block Rockin' Beats (Radio Edit)"
- Wide Mouth Mason - "My Old Self"
- Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
- The Age of Electric - "Remote Control"
- Stone Temple Pilots - "Lady Picture Show"
See also
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Gold/Platinum". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Chris Dafoe, "New Recordings pop Big Shiny tunes 2," The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario: January 22, 1998, pg. C.5.
- ^ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 66, No. 15, December 15 1997". RPM. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "'97 Brings Canada C'Right Revisions". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Nielsen Music 2007 Year End Music Industry Report For Canada". Reuters. 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
- ^ "The Nielsen Company and Billboard's 2009 Canadian Industry Report". Retrieved 2011-04-02.
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