Angel of Mine

Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "With this lush number, Eternal confirm their status as the U.K.'s queens of the R&B ballad, at the same time offering a preview of their imminent Greatest Hits album, which is due for release on October 20." British magazine Music Week rated "Angel of Mine" five out of five, picking it as Single of the Week. It was described as a "lush, touching ballad, highlighting their vocal prowess", and, "It cannot fail." The magazine's Alan Jones declared it as "particularly uplifting and enjoyable." ==Track listings==

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Greatest Hits. Studios • Recorded at Sound Gallery Studios (Los Angeles) and H-2-O Enterprises (London, England) • Mixed at Sound Gallery Studios (Los Angeles) Personnel • Rhett Lawrence – writing, all instruments, production, programming, arrangement, mixing • Travon Potts – writing, all instruments, programming, arrangement • Easther Bennett – lead vocals, background vocals • Vernie Bennett – background vocals • Kéllé Bryan – background vocals • Maxx – mixing • Dave Pensado – mixing • Eric White – engineering • Bryan Golder – engineering • Simon Bohannon – engineering • William Catterson – assistant engineering ==Charts==

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American R&B singer Monica recorded "Angel of Mine" for her second studio album, The Boy Is Mine (1998). On her version, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins replaced Lawrence as the song's producer. Jerkins also oversaw mixing along with Dexter Simmons, while recording was handled by Rico Lumpkins. Co-writer Potts commented on Monica's rendition: "Rodney [Jerkins] did an incredible job on the production, and then Monica's interpretation, vocally, was incredible as well. She has such a big voice for someone so young." Monica herself, who was unaware of Eternal's original of "Angel of Mine" until she had recorded her own version the song, described the song about "having a friend that she falls in with, which being human is very easy to do." Sheet music for the song "Angel of Mine" is in the key of D Major in common time with a slow tempo of 96 beats per minute. Critical reception "Angel of Mine" was positively received by Chuck Taylor of Billboard, who called the song "unbelievable" and "absolutely stunning." He also noted its commercial potential, claiming "this song has #1 stamped across its heart." In a retrospective review of the song, Tom Breihan from Stereogum called the song "one more sappy ballad from a time that had no shortage of sappy ballads. But the song has stuck in my head a little more than a lot of the other sappy ballads from that time; the chorus melody is strong enough to pop up in my head whenever I see the song’s title." He further added: "Jerkins kept the sleek acoustic-guitar line from Eternal’s version of the song — a sound so clean that it feels almost unreal. [He] also switched the tempo up a bit and added some subtle synth accents and some itchy drum-machine programming. Those touches aren’t enough to keep "Angel of Mine" from sounding sleepy, but they were enough to set it apart from some of the other pop balladry that was on the charts at the time." Commercial performance "Angel of Mine" was released on 9 November 1998 as the third single from The Boy Is Mine after Lawrence and Clive Davis had worked out a deal which would see Eternal release the song in Europe, while Monica would get to release the song's Jerkins-produced version in North America and Oceania. Following the success of her previous singles, "The Boy Is Mine" and "The First Night", "Angel of Mine" became the album's third consecutive release to reach the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 within nine months. Track listings Notes • denotes additional producer(s) Credits and personnel Credits are adapted from the liner notes of The Boy Is Mine. • Monica Arnold – vocals • Rodney Jerkins – mixing, production • Rhett Lawrence – writer • Rico Lumpkins – recording • Tomi Martin – guitar • Travon Potts – writer • Dexter Simmons – mixing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Decade-end charts Certifications ==References==