So I started listening to samples of songs from the Pure Moods series, and then I knew I had to get it. I decided to start with the first of the three CDs.

And WOW! These songs are incredible! This is not pop, rock, rap, or anything you'd hear these days. This is just plain COOL. I like every song, but my favorites are "Adiemus", "Yeha-Noha", "Return to Innocence", "The Last Emperor", and "Crockett's Theme". When I heard "Crockett's Theme", I knew I had purchased a great CD.

Every one of these songs seems to carry you away to another world, where you're lost in your own dreams. You simply forget everything around you as you listen to the enchanting harmonies and distinctive melodies. Even if you can't understand what they're saying, you love how it's so different from whatever you hear on the radio these days.

You haven't heard great music until you've heard this CD. I can't wait to get the next one in the series.


It was worth it   January 7, 2001
David H. (Jefferson City, MO United States)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful

About two to three years ago I saw the "Pure Moods" CD advertised on TV and I was at first attracted by the very popular "Return to Innocence" by Enigma, though I did not but it. This last Christmas I received it from a family member, and I'll have to say I was not dissapointed. This CD was everything I hoped it be. It's basically a sampler of various New Age and World music artists. "Return to Innocence" is perhaps the introductry to the rest of the CD, though its pop-rock style does not always agree with the rest of the CD. It has great variety, with the bouncy "Orinoco Flow", the strong chorals "Sweet Lullaby" and "Adiemus", the African chant "Makambo", or the electronic "X-Files Theme" and "Tubular Bells Pt.1." There are a few oddities on the CD, however. Though it is definitely New Age, "Oxygene Pt. 4" is also definitely not worthly of the rest of the album. The jazzy "Lily Was Here" is not 'pureley mooded.' "My Wife With Champagne Shoulders" may be a pretty song, but it's not the New-Agey type sound the other songs have. Though there are a few reservations, over all this is one of my favorite CDs and I strongly recommend it to anyone who likes to take a musical journey.


Divine Pleasure   September 21, 2001
Clarissa (Ontario, California)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

This is firmly New Age at its finest. Here, assembled in one stunningly crafted compilation, is the perfect unity of New Age unmarred. Within this disk derives ambient, light touches of electronica, and uplifting, somewhat spiritualized hip-hop. With songs selecting all the way from Enigma's exhilerating "Sadness" to Enya's "Orinoco Flow" you can't help but be ignited by this flame of unparalleled power. It just reaches far and wide to grab you into its world of innocence and romanticism. Emanating from the core of this album are some of the most emotional and enchanting songs I've ever heard. I've actually been working on a tragic love story and for certain scences have used Micheal Nyman's "The Promise" and Ennio Morricone's "The Mission" for inspiration. These songs project and conjure some of the most amazing images in my mind that it's almost like being taken back into my tales... Other favorites include "Return To Innocence" by Enigma and, of course, Angelo Badalamenti's "Fire Walk With Me" which sort of has a religious feel... Pure Moods 3 has the most diversity, I think, but just adjacent to the 2nd in this divine series this is definitely the best New Age has to offer.