MCMXC A.D.

Enigma
Label: Virgin Records Us
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Audio CD
Release date:29th June 1992

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Track Listing

1. Voice of Enigma Lyrics
2. Principles of Lust: Sadeness/Find Love/Sadeness (Reprise)
3. Callas Went Away Lyrics
4. Mea Culpa Lyrics
5. Voice & the Snake
6. Knocking on Forbidden Doors Lyrics
7. Back to the Rivers of Belief: Way to Eternity/Hallelujah/The Rivers of

Album Description

Reissue of Enigma's double platinum & top 10 debut from 1990 with a six track bonus CD shrinkwrapped on top of the CD album and featuring three mixes apiece of 'Sadeness - Part I' (Meditation Mix, Extended Trance Mix and Violent US Remix) and 'Mea Culpa -

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So much unnecessary fuss was made over Enigma's juxtaposition of the sexual and sacred. After all, Prince had been doing it for years, and his take on it was far more interesting--and a lot more daring. But Enigma's MCMXC A.D. did manage to work a lot of people into a lather, both on the dance floor and behind the pulpit. Their inclusion of chanting monks in "Sadeness," over wooshy ambient noises and a slower hip-hop-appropriated beat was a sensation. "Callas Went Away" promised more than it could deliver, although "Mea Culpa" stands as one of the few shining moments on the CD. The idea of mixing new age aural wallpaper with beats that you can do a slow grind to is actually rather intriguing. Spicing it up with controversial religious chants isn't a bad idea either. But there's got to be something personal to it. After the initial novelty wears off, there's nothing to MCMXC A.D. other than bland, cold, impersonal repetition. Now, that might be what most people are used to, but what's so sexy about it? --Steve Gdula

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