The Cross of Changes | 
 enlarge | Artist: Enigma
Label: Virgin
Category: Music
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 3750
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 39236
UPC: 724383923687
EAN: 0724383923625
ASIN: B000002U6E
Release Date: January 1, 1994
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | 5 | | • | Eyes Of Truth | | • | Return To Innocence | | • | I Love You... I'll Kill You | | • | Silent Warrior | | • | Dream Of The Dolphin | | • | Age Of Loneliness (Carly's Song) | | • | Out From The Deep | | • | Cross Of Changes |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Haunting, evocative, mysterious, and magnificent, Enigma's Cross of Changes offers nine musical explorations of sound and sensation that dazzle and amaze. The songs unfold in rolling waves, each more complex and richly layered than the last, yet each fully capable of standing alone as a musically satisfying experience. The standout track on this disc is "Return to Innocence", which combines Native American chanting, Celtic harmonies, and a deceptively simple lyric to devastating effect. At once esoteric and elemental, Cross of Changes is a fine example of the best the genre has to offer. --L.A. Smith
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Fails to achieve top marks December 28, 2007
Cliftonville (Warrington, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Following on from the debut album 'MCMXC aD', this follow up showcases Michael Cretu's exploration of musical styles from around the world. This album expands on it's predecessor and in some places is all the better for it. However I don't feel it quite reaches the same pinnacle as 'MCMXC aD'. Why?
Well, take 'Return to Innocence' a brillant track marred by MC's (?) North American Native Indian style chants. With 'I Love You..I'll Kill You', a beautiful sultry number that starts and ends well but is spoiled with a straight out of the 70s cheesy guitar solo sandwiched in between. As for the lyrics, although no doubt well meant, they border on preachy and again slightly cheesy.
Ok, I may be being a little harsh but it's not a perfect album and it does show up MC's vocal limitations. Yet despite all of this I do still like this album with the opening track 'Second Chapter', the sublime 'The Eyes of Truth', and the single 'Age of Loneliness' up there with the best of the first album. I can recommend this album, all be it with the proviso that judicious use of the skip button on your CD player may be necessary.
Its enigmatic defently March 10, 2005
Jamie E. I. Wright
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For me i would say out of the 4 albums Screen behind the mirror,Le roi est mort vive le roi! and Lsd this is my favorite enigma album.Still waiting to MCMXCA>D which could better out those other 3 i think this comes up top.
My classics
6. Dream of the Dolphin
2. Eyes of Truth
3. Return to Innocence
4. I Love You, I'll Kill You
Rounding up some favorite song on the cd but others are amazing too BUY ALL ENIGMA!
Prepare to unwind January 22, 2004
D. Simons (Derbyshire)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is the only CD which I have ever heard which combines relaxation and also borders on the verge of erotic.
Excellent background music for after a good date.
It Still Sounds Great! January 12, 2004
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I originally bought this album when I was a first year university student. I remember playing it over and over with my new found friends thinking I was soooo cool! Well, it's some 10 years later now, and I no longer worry about looking cool, however, I do worry about ever losing my copy of this CD, because even 10 years later it sounds as fresh and inventive as it did all that time ago. Whenever I feel down in the dumps this is the best CD in the world to put on and just forget about everything else! truly a masterpiece that will be around for many more years to come I hope.
Fantastic other-wordly sounds March 6, 2002
andyriley1982@lycos.co.uk
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is an album that, from the sample clips, you may not think is for you. However if you listen to the album proper, you realise that this is quite wrong. Cross of changes is an outstanding, brilliant piece of work that encompases a style of music rarely heared and thus warmly welcome. It is a change from anything really, although individual songs borrow styles from others, especially Return to innocence, which borrows from the Sacred Spirit style of Native American chants with relaxed, spiritual music and lyrics. This album is a must for anyone, it is perfect for any mood, it will uplift you, relax, calm you whatever. The highlights are 'i love you, i'll kill you' and the outstanding and beautiful 'return to innocence', which featured in an advert for peugeot and will stay with you forever; you'll never forget or tire of that song. This is a perfect album and should feature in anyones album collection
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