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Enigma's fourth album The Screen Behind the Mirror continues Michael Cretu's explorations into ambient new age, Gregorian chant, world music, and dance rhythms. Cretu's vocals play a more prominent role than on earlier Enigma albums, which, unfortunately, often detracts from the songs' other diverse elements -- which include church bells, Middle Eastern and European choirs, sensuous female vocals, and a wide array of ethnic percussion and instruments. The album's pieces are mixed together continuously and are united thematically by samples and reinterpretations of Orff's "O Fortuna" and other material from Carmina Burana, giving songs like "Endless Quest," "The Gate," and "Smell of Desire" a flowing, cohesive feel. Though it doesn't reveal significant growth or change in Enigma's work, The Screen Behind the Mirror will please fans of the group's other atmospheric works.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
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Jens Gad, Engineer, Guitar, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cretu, Composer, Author, Producer, Engineer, Performer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Andru Donalds, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Enigma, MainArtist - Sandra Cretu, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Houghton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Polydor/Island, a division of Universal Music GmbH ℗ 1999 Michael Cretu
Jens Gad, Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cretu, Producer, Engineer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andru Donalds, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Enigma, MainArtist - Sandra Cretu, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Houghton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Polydor/Island, a division of Universal Music GmbH ℗ 1999 Michael Cretu
Carl Orff, ComposerLyricist - Jens Gad, Engineer, Guitar, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cretu, Producer, Engineer, Performer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andru Donalds, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Enigma, MainArtist - Sandra Cretu, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Houghton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ruth-Ann Boyle, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Polydor/Island, a division of Universal Music GmbH ℗ 1999 Michael Cretu
David Fairstein, Author - Jens Gad, Engineer, Guitar, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cretu, Producer, Engineer, Performer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andru Donalds, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Enigma, MainArtist - Sandra Cretu, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Houghton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Polydor/Island, a division of Universal Music GmbH ℗ 1999 Michael Cretu
Carl Orff, ComposerLyricist - Jens Gad, Engineer, Guitar, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cretu, Producer, Engineer, Performer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andru Donalds, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Enigma, MainArtist - Sandra Cretu, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Houghton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Polydor/Island, a division of Universal Music GmbH ℗ 1999 Michael Cretu
Jens Gad, Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cretu, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Performer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Andru Donalds, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Enigma, MainArtist - Sandra Cretu, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Houghton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Polydor/Island, a division of Universal Music GmbH ℗ 1999 Michael Cretu
Jens Gad, Engineer, Guitar, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cretu, Producer, Engineer, Performer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andru Donalds, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Enigma, MainArtist - Sandra Cretu, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Houghton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Polydor/Island, a division of Universal Music GmbH ℗ 1999 Michael Cretu
Jens Gad, Engineer, Guitar, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cretu, Producer, Engineer, Performer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andru Donalds, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Enigma, MainArtist - Sandra Cretu, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Houghton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Polydor/Island, a division of Universal Music GmbH ℗ 1999 Michael Cretu
Jens Gad, Engineer, Guitar, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cretu, Composer, Author, Producer, Engineer, Performer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Andru Donalds, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Enigma, MainArtist - Sandra Cretu, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Houghton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Polydor/Island, a division of Universal Music GmbH ℗ 1999 Michael Cretu
Jens Gad, Engineer, Guitar, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cretu, Composer, Author, Producer, Engineer, Performer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Andru Donalds, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Enigma, MainArtist - Sandra Cretu, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Houghton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Polydor/Island, a division of Universal Music GmbH ℗ 1999 Michael Cretu
Jens Gad, Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Performer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Cretu, Producer, Engineer, Performer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andru Donalds, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Enigma, MainArtist - Sandra Cretu, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Elisabeth Houghton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ruth-Ann Boyle, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1999 Polydor/Island, a division of Universal Music GmbH ℗ 1999 Michael Cretu
Album review
Enigma's fourth album The Screen Behind the Mirror continues Michael Cretu's explorations into ambient new age, Gregorian chant, world music, and dance rhythms. Cretu's vocals play a more prominent role than on earlier Enigma albums, which, unfortunately, often detracts from the songs' other diverse elements -- which include church bells, Middle Eastern and European choirs, sensuous female vocals, and a wide array of ethnic percussion and instruments. The album's pieces are mixed together continuously and are united thematically by samples and reinterpretations of Orff's "O Fortuna" and other material from Carmina Burana, giving songs like "Endless Quest," "The Gate," and "Smell of Desire" a flowing, cohesive feel. Though it doesn't reveal significant growth or change in Enigma's work, The Screen Behind the Mirror will please fans of the group's other atmospheric works.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:32
- Main artists: Enigma
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Virgin
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1999 Michael Cretu ℗ 1999 Michael Cretu
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