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New Age music, ambient electronica, and spiritualized hip-hop received their first major, K-Tel-like treatment in 1996 when Virgin Records assembled Pure Moods. The "As Seen on TV" compilation quickly became a hot seller, and it would be nice to think that its popularity has as much to do with the music as the marketing. To be sure, Pure Moods offers genre hits aplenty: from Enya's "Orinoco Flow" to "Sadness" from Enigma; from a dance mix of the "X-Files Theme" to edits of vintage electronica from Mike Oldfield (Tubular Bells) and Jean Michele Jarre (Oxygene). Beyond other selections of beat-enhanced chants and a few other popular themes ("The Mission," "Twin Peaks"), the album, refreshingly, also includes a few selections noteworthy only for their originality and quality. A three-track section near end of the 70-minute disk features affecting soft African chants from Geoffrey Oryema, followed by "My Wife with Champagne Shoulders," a dollop of regal, faintly ethereal romanticism from master film scorer Mark Isham, then a robust piano workout, "The Promise" from Michael Nyman (The Piano). With so many elements of interest on its 17 tracks, the album's broad diversity is sure to have broad popularity. --Terry Wood
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I bought this to replace the much loved, lost original. The cover picture may be the same and certainly fooled me but the contents were not - less tracks and some different ones too. No doubt a good album but not up to the excellent standards of the original
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I highly recommend this CD - i can not think of a better recording to relax to. Whatever mood you're in, this compilation can focus your mood and really help you concentrate, or even just leave your mind free to wonder. i love it!
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I had the original on cassette (remember those) it's now long since lost. Great for relaxing to. Biggest critisism:- the removal of Malcolm Mclarren's Aria on air (British Airways Advert Theme.) I would pay for it all over again just for that track! I still gave the rest 4 stars though, so it aint all that bad.
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finding the Balance in life
an old favourite that I owned in the nineties on cassette & recently brought on cd, has many uplifting tracks full of inspiration~
Published 4 months ago by sticky-sweet
Pure Quality.
Some reviews which appear here should belong to the 97 version of this album, because this 94 one does have the missing tracks, including McLaren's memorable 'Aria on Air'. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Sentinel
PURE MOODS 1994 release
This original 1994 release is a fabulous collection of tracks. Makes long car journeys much more enjoyable!. Read more
Published 16 months ago by StarMaiden
Pure Moods
I bought this as a replacement froma cassette but was a little disappointed as it did not contain the same tracks as the original cassette, condition is ok
Published on 26 Sep 2009 by Mrs. A. Bagnall
Great music!!!
This is a superb CD with a wide diversity of music. You cannot fail to find something that will either relax or enchant you - great "mood" music to play in the background..... Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2009 by Mr. Leigh Baildham
Wonderful mood music
I love sitting and listening to this album and I feel I am taken along with the music. It really does stir the emotions. Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2004 by Smallvillenews
Ultimate Chillin' Sounds
This has been out for quite some time yet every time i listen,
it still relaxes and enchants me and i wish there was more compilations out there like this one. Read more
it still relaxes and enchants me and i wish there was more compilations out there like this one. Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2002 by "charleneverity"
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