Enigma - Seven Lives Many Faces (2008)

Artist...............: Enigma
Album................: Seven Lives Many Faces
Genre................: Pop
Source...............: Cd
Year.................: 2008
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy
Codec................: Flac
Information..........: TntVillage
Covers...............: Front
Total Size...........: 444 Mb


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Enigma mastermind Michael Crétu took a self-described "omnicultural" approach to his seventh release under the moniker, and while that progressive, pioneering notion looks good on paper, any sharp stylistic changes to the project's signature sound on Seven Lives Many Faces are subtle, to say the least. Once again, Crétu seamlessly blends ethnic fusion, new age, and neo-classical electronica into the perfect background music for a European tourism campaign commercial, peppering each track with his seemingly endless arsenal of samples, both new and old. When Enigma strikes a balance between the two worlds, as is the case on the elegant (and surprisingly muscular) first single "Seven Lives" and its spiritual and melodic counterpart "La Puerta del Cielo" (the latter most resembles the band's most notable hit, "Sadeness, Pt. 1") the results are quietly stunning, but in more cases than not, the new age, fortune-cookie derived lyrics (especially when sung in English) mirror the unimaginative, two-chord melodies that carry them along.




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Tracklist
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Disc 1

01. Encounters
02. Seven Lives
03. Touchness
04. The Same Parents
05. Fata Morgana
06. Hell's Heaven
07. La Puerta Del Cielo
08. Distorted Love
09. Je T'aime Till My Dying Day
10. Déjá Vu
11. Between Generations
12. The Language Of Sound
13. Data Track


Disc 2

01. Superficial
02. We Are Nature
03. Downtown Silence
04. Sunrise
05. The Language Of Sound (Slow Edit)