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I find it almost impossible to decide which of Enigma's albums I like the most -- each is a masterpiece in its own right and, although some elements recurr throughout, each nevertheless has a very different sound, tone and "feel". I found MCMXC AD quite different to Enigma's later works -- it's less rock and slightly more ambient, with fewer lyrics and more emphasis on beat and melody. There is also a much greater feeling of sensuality that pervades the album, in fact at first I was quite thrown aback by its overt sexuality. I wonder how many people actually know what and who "Sadeness" is aboutmore…!The first track, "Voice of Enigma" provides our obligatory opening. We then have Enigma's biggest chart hit, "Sadeness", a beautiful, haunting and sexy track that's among my top five Enigma songs. It then seagues into the equally sexy "Find Love" and then a reprise of "Sadeness". "Callas Went Away" is a mellow, low-key but satisfying number, followed by the rousing and invigorating "Mea Culpa". Alas, "The Voice and the Snake" is the only Enigma track that I truly hate and always skip. It sounds silly, bizarre and almost Satantic -- mercifully it only last just over a minute. Things pick up with the largely instrumental "Knocking on Forbidden Doors" and "Back to the River of Belief" which are mainly about atmosphere and mood and are pretty effective as such. Things are capped off by "Rivers of Belief" a gorgeous little song sung by Enigma mastermind Michael Cretu.All in all, this is a great album -- not so much about songs and lyrics as atmosphere and mood. This is probably the most mellow of Enigma's albums, and differing somewhat from their faster, more intense and lyricised later works, MCMXC AD is "chill-out" par excellence. At its best, Enigma's music has a truly unique and wondrous ability to be transcendental -- to whisk you off into a different world entirely. It's just as Sandra seductively purrs in the first track...

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CD

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Retail

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Enigma - Mcmxc a.D. (1991) Retail CD

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