Enigma - Seven Lives Many Faces (2 CDs)
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Free Music Review: El peor de Enigma
Hit: 3 Stars
Antes pensaba que "Voyageur" era el peor disco de Enigma, pero poco a poco le he ido cogiendo el gusto, y veo que tiene canciones muy buenas dignas de convertirse en clásicos como "Total eclipse of the moon", "The piano", "Voyageur", y "Following the sun". El resto es muy bueno si se percibe como un disco de pop. Aquel es un disco de cuatro estrellas. A este le doy tres gracias a "Seven lives", "La puerta del cielo" y algunos momentos de "Distorted love", "Je'taime 'till my dying day", y por "Touchness". Así y todo, pocas de estas canciones llegan a la calidad de los anteriores trabajos de Enigma. De hecho, por momentos me parecen imitaciones de su viejo estilo, haciendo cruce con un sonido más a lo "Voyageur", pero en serio me parece que este es el más débil de los lanzamientos bajo el sello Enigma. Ni siquiera veo nada enigmático en sus sonidos, salvo un poco en los vocales de "La puerta del cielo". Me ilusioné mucho y me defraudó en total este álbum casi por completo!!!
Les recomiendo mil veces más "A posteriori"
El segundo CD no es gran cosa. Sólo me llama la atención "We are nature"
Free Music Review: Passionate, but not persuasive....
Hit: 3 Stars
I am a longtime Enigma fan and a composer by training. While the production values and many signature Enigma sound artifacts are very present, I simply did not enjoy this offering as much as previous efforts.
The compositions seemed, to me, to be overly repetitive. Two words kept coming into my mind: "House Trance". I found myself clicking through the songs before they finished. I didn't find enough melodic or harmonic development to keep me interested. It's unfortunate for me, but I am sure this offering will please many others, regardless.
Free Music Review: Enigma: Seven Lives Many Faces
Hit: 3 Stars
This is not my favorite Enigma CD, and I have many. There are only two songs I really like.Free Music Review: When did Enigma become a hip-hop act?
Hit: 2 Stars
I have been a passionate fan of Enigma since their 1990 debut "MCMXC a.D." Their follow up, "The Cross of Changes," was admirable. But Enigma became a force to be reckoned with, as demonstrated by their breathtaking, powerhouse 1996 album "Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!" ("The King is Dead, Long Live the King!"). The subsequent three albums have had their moments, but Enigma has yet to top "Le Roi..."
With the release of their seventh album, "Seven Lives Many Faces," Enigma has hit a new low. The bulk of the album is a string of uninspired and second-rate hip hop tracks, with very little of the majesty and sweeping grandeur of the band's best work. High points on the album include the tracks "La Puerta Del Cielo," "Je T'aime Till My Dying Day," and "Deja Vu." While these three tracks do feature the brand of emotionally lush soundscapes that Enigma is known for, on a stronger collection they would be considered weaker offerings. The second disc of this special edition set fares worse. Four of the five selections are, politely, mere detritus. However, the track "Sunrise" is the clear highlight of not only the bonus disc, but also the main entree. "Sunrise" is a beautifully poignant instrumental featuring some of the most heart-achingly beautiful song writing Enigma has featured since their 1994 song, "The Dream of the Dolphin." But something seemed naggingly familiar about "Sunrise." Then it hit me: Enigma had pretty much lifted "Sunrise's" chord progression directly from the song "Metamorphosis" by Boydstun, which was featured in the PBS miniseries "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan, the soundtrack of which was recently re-released as an extended and remastered 2-disc set.
Bottom line: I don't buy Enigma albums to listen to hip-hop. In fact, I loathe hip-hop. I hope the next album is a return to the beautiful and emotionally powerful sonic explorations that made me fall in love with them so many years ago.
Free Music Review: Come on Cretu, Your Killing Me
Hit: 2 Stars
Lets be honest, Enigma used to be something to move to. You guys know. That was a factor in you owning the first one. MCMXC to The Screen Behind the Mirror were good; I even bought both LSD's. But you knew back at E2 that things could go south quick by Cretu cranking out those kooky lyrics. I remember hearing that "man is the dream of the dauphin" and thinking "strange, I had no idea anyone knew what dauphins dreamed about," but hey, I was working and ignored it. Nothing quite like moving to the beat and then hearing about the American Indians being destroyed by "The Cross of Changes" to help move ya.
But 14 years later, he's been unchecked and now its way too weird. Seriously, do you want to be doing your thing and then all of a sudden hear "we all have the same parents." That's the kind of weird that would have never gotten people to buy Enigma 2, much less MCMXC.
So no, I don't expect another MCMXC or even "Le Roi ..." (we could't be so lucky) but come on. Just compile great music and mix's and muzzle the weird religious/anti-religious stuff. I just want to move to the music.