Enigma - MCMXC A.D.
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Artist: EnigmaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1992-06-29
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
- The Voice of Enigma - Enigma, Curly M.C.
- Principles of Lust: Sadeness/Find Love/Sadeness (Reprise) - Enigma, Curly M.C.
- Callas Went Away - Enigma, Curly MC
- Mea Culpa - Enigma, Curly MC
- The Voice & the Snake - Enigma, Curly M.C.
- Knocking on Forbidden Doors - Enigma, Curly MC
- Back to the Rivers of Belief: Way to Eternity/Hallelujah/The Rivers of - Enigma, Curly M.C.
Music reviews of MCMXC A.D.
Music Review: A gratifying listening experience
Rating: 3 Stars
MCMXC A.D.--Enigma's debut album--was released in 1990. The seven compositions are seamless and play like an extended piece. The material is in a New Age musical direction. The album's sound quality is pleasing. I have always enjoyed listening to this piece of work over the years. Words to characterize MCMXC A.D. would be mysterious, refined, smooth, and creative. I like every one of the tracks. The Gregorian chants, the sounds of the flute, and the pulsating beats are what I find most memorable about this album. The disc is just over 40 minutes. MCMXC A.D. is recommendable.
Description of MCMXC A.D.
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 -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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