Armageddon - The Album (2LP, Translucent Red vinyl, Number 1426)
Rarity - Sealed
Aerosmith (A1, A3, B4, C2), Journey (A2), ZZ Top (B1), Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band (B2), Shawn Colvin (B2), Jon Bon Jovi (C1), Patty Smyth (C3), Our Lady Peace (D1), Chantal Kreviazuk (D2), Trevor Rabin (D3), Steven Tyler (D4)
Written by Diane Warren (A1), Jack Blades (A2), Jonathan Cain (A2), Neal Schon (A2), Jack Blades (A3), Joe Perry (A3), Steven Tyler (A3), Tommy Shaw (A3), Billy Gibbons (A4), Dusty Hill (A4), Frank Beard (A4), Bob Seger (A5), Karl Wallinger (A6), Steven Tyler (A7), Tom Hamilton (A7), Aldo Nova (A8), Jon Bon Jovi (A8), John Lennon (A9), Paul McCartney (A9), Glen Burtnik (A10), Patty Smyth-MacEnroe (A10), Raine Maida (A11), John Denver (A12), Trevor Rabin (A13), Diane Warren (A14), Harry Gregson-Williams (A14), Trevor Rabin (A14)
2LP, Gatefold
Numbered edition (number 1426)
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Translucent Red
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Audio Fidelity
Original label : Columbia
Produced by Glen Brunman, John Kalodner, Kathy Nelson
Executive-Producer – Jerry Bruckheimer
Originally released in 1998
Reissued in 2016
Tracks :
Side A
- I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
- Remember Me
- What Kind Of Love Are You On
Side B
- La Grange
- Roll Me Away
- When The Rainbow Comes
- Sweet Emotion
Side C
- Mister Big Time
- Come Together
- Wish I Were You
Side D
- Starseed
- Leaving On A Jet Plane
- Theme From Armageddon
- Animal Crackers
Reviews:
« A would-be blockbuster soundtrack for a would-be blockbuster, Armageddon is a strange album, as far as carefully tailored soundtracks go. Sometime during production, Columbia evidently bet that Aerosmith, whom they recently acquired for millions of dollars, would be a big draw. That was before Nine Lives bombed and the group lost much of their teen following. Nevertheless, the album features no less than four Aerosmith tunes, including the singles "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" and "What Kind of Love Are You On," both of which are pretty standard latter-day Aerosmith songs that are outclassed not only by "Sweet Emotion," but even their hamfisted cover of "Come Together." Those four songs provide the core of an album that is clearly aimed at a "mature" audience -- well, with new songs from Shawn Colvin, Patty Smyth, Jon Bon Jovi, Trevor Rabin, and Journey (complete with new vocalist Steve Augeri), plus oldies by ZZ Top and Bob Seger, the album was never really intended for a young audience. Of course, stumbling post-grungsters Our Lady Peace and fledgling folk chanteuse Chantal Kreviazuk are added as attractions for younger audiences, but they don't add much to the stodgiest "event movie" soundtrack in memory. And that's really too bad, because if there's one audience that buys into event movies, it's adolescents -- and, for all of its many flaws, Godzilla at least knew that much. » AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.44