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Enigma – “MCMXC a.D.” The first, the best.
The group led by Romanian Michael Cretu revealed themselves to the general public with a great hit from 1991, “Sadeness” which combined flutes, Gregorian chants, new age, and a hint of dance into a loop. This “MCMXC a.D.” is probably the best album by Enigma. Afterward, only a few successful tracks (“Return To Innocence”) and a repetitive formula.
When this album was released, Enigma established themselves as a great dance revelation, as they managed to bring unusual and truly original sounds to the clubs.
After “Sadeness”, another single was released, “Mea Culpa” which followed the same path as the launch single. It's an alluring, drowsy, engaging sound, at times you can even hear a bit of trip hop and “The Book of Secrets” by Loreena McKennit.
But the real problem with this album is that there's nothing else; if you don't like the singles, it's not worth buying this album, which is slightly boring and repetitive in the long run, with a spirit that doesn't fully convince.
Enigma continued to make records; in '94 with their second work “Cross of Changes” there was a clear conversion to pop, while with the subsequent albums (“Enigma 3: Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi” 1997, “The Screen Behind The Mirror” 2000, “Voyageur” 2003), the band was followed only by a loyal niche and never again achieved global success. Even though Enigma didn't add anything to the history of music, they were still a good chapter, a good transitional group that turned dance floors into sanctuaries for a short time. If you like the genre, don't miss the first and best album of the band.
Tracklist Lyrics and Samples
01 The Voice of Enigma (02:23)
Good evening
This is the voice of Enigma
In the next hour
We will take you with us
Into another world
Into the world of music, spirit and meditation
Turn off the light
Take a deep breath
And relax
Start to move slowly
Very slowly
Let the rhythm be your guiding light
03 Callas Went Away (04:31)
Callas went away.
But her voice, forever stay.
Callas went away,
She went away.
God bless you.
04 Mea Culpa (05:03)
French:
Kyrie eleison
Christe eleison
Je ne dors plus
(The time has come)
(The time has come)
Je te desire
(The time has come)
(The time has come)
Prends moi
Je suis à toi
Mea culpa
Je veux aller au bout de mes fantasmes
Je sais que c'est interdit
Je suis folle.
Je m'abandonne
Mea culpa
Kyrie eleison
Christe eleison
Je suis là et ailleurs
Je n'ai plus rien
Je deviens folle
Je m'abandonne
Mea culpa
Je ne dors plus
Je te désire
Prends moi
Je suis à toi
Kyrie eleison
Christe eleison
Je suis là et ailleurs
Je veux tout
Quand tu veux
Comme tu veux
Mea culpa
Kyrie eleison
English:
Lord have mercy
Christ have mercy
I can't sleep anymore
(The time has come)
(The time has come)
I desire you
(The time has come)
(The time has come)
Take me
I'm yours
I'm guilty
I want to go to the end of my fantasies
I know it is forbidden
I am crazy
I am letting myself go
I'm guilty
Lord have mercy
Christ have mercy
I am here and somewhere else
I have nothing more
I am becoming crazy
I am letting myself go
I'm guilty
Je ne dors plus
I can't sleep anymore
I desire you
Take me
I'm yours
Lord have mercy
Christ have mercy
I am here and somewhere else
I want everything,
When you want,
As you like
I'm guilty
Lord have mercy
06 Knocking on Forbidden Doors (04:24)
Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte
Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui
07 Back to the Rivers of Belief: Way to Eternity / Hallelujah / The Rivers of Belief (10:38)
...quem quaerimus adjutorem, nisi te, Domine...
Sancte Deus, Sancte fortis, Sancte misericors Salvator,
amarae morti ne tradas nos.
Take me back to the rivers of belief
Take me back to the rivers of belief
my friend
I look inside my heart
I look inside my soul
I promise you
I will return
And when the Lamb opened the seventh seal
silence covered the sky
Take me back to the rivers of belief
Take me back to the rivers of belief
my friend
I look inside my heart
I look inside my soul
I'm reaching out for you
Lets hope one day
We'll rest in peace
on my rivers of belief
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