Enigma Mcmxc A.D. by Enigma (1992) Music
by Enigma

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unknownjane90May 2015

All I can say is if you're a fan of Enigma, we should discuss over coffee. Most guys didn't like Enigma when it first hit the radio waves, but I couldn't stop listening. Thinking back to those days....I think I want to make a mixed tape - Enigma, Duran Duran, the Cranberries, the Verve (they sing Bittersweet Symphony, right)...

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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 12-FEB-1991

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