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| | Pure Moods, Vol. IV | | | Music Artist : | | Various Artists | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Virgin Records | | Release Date : | | 2002-10-01 | | Store Price : | | $18.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $18.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. November - Mythos
2. Purify - Balligomingo
3. Shadows In Silence - Enigma
4. Silence - Delerium w/Sarah McLachlan
5. Songs From A Secret Garden - Secret Garden
6. One Man's Dream - Yanni
7. Devotion - Jim Brickman
8. Fields Of Gold - Eva Cassidy
9. Garden of Eden - Govi
10. Theme From Amelie
11. The Sea - George Winston
12. God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters - Moby
13. Main Title (Theme from Chocolat)
14. Angel - Sarah McLachlan
15. She Moves Through The Fair - B-Tribe
16. This Love - Craig Armstrong
17. River of Stars - Paul Schwartz
18. When You're Falling - Afro Celt w/Peter Gabriel
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Nothing tops the original, but this deserves praise...
Submitted on: 2009-07-07 |
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| I like this compilation well, though not so well as the original Pure Moods or even the third. It's got its fair share of songs that qualify as new age and most of them are enjoyable. The beginning is a bit shaky with a song by Mythos called "November" which has voices heard but no lyrics, followed by an OK tune by Balligomingo, "Purify". I'm happy to say Enigma makes yet another appearance - "Shadows in Silence", as the name implies, is one of the few songs where they don't sing, but it too has voices chanting without forming words. The drums and synthesizers make all the difference in the world, though, since I enjoy it much more than "November". Delirium, whom I hated in Pure Moods II, is also back now with Sarah McLachlan to perform the better, mysterious "Silence". Secret Garden contributes a pleasant melody with "Song from a Secret Garden", and Yanni is back from the last two albums, now sticking solely to his pinao in "One Man's Dream". Eva Cassidy, the singer I've gotten to know well as doing many famous songs whom the US discovered posthumously, does a version of Sting's "Fields of Gold" - it doesn't feel like it fits everything else, but that wouldn't be the only case here and I like it too much to care. Jim Brickman, who has since become one of my favorite performers, followers with one of the shortest but best tracks, "Devotion". Govi does a version of Jim Croce's "Time in a Bottle" with an instrumental, "Garden of Eden". The theme from "Amelie" follows and can be enjoyed, but I can't say for the same of the heavily bass-keys-using "Sea" by George Winston. Fortunately, a better pinao song exists in "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" by Moby, who had easily the most-enjoyable work on the "Pure Moods Celestial Celebration Album"...it was good they recognized some talent and kept it! Another soundtrack, from "Chocolat", is contributed by Rachel Portman. I've never mistaken "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan for new age, but can't complain since the soothing piano and gentle lyrics actually fit well. It's odd hearing B-Tribe, whom I'm most familiar with when they sing in Spanish, performing an Irish tune like "She Moves Through the Fair", but this too has enough of a pleasing sound as well as a melody that's not too commonplace to have a place here. Craig Armstrong, who played solo on Pure Moods II and was seen in his element (just typical guitar-playing with a modern singer) on the "Celestial Celebrations", is back with Elizabeth Dando to sing "This Love", quiet and profound as anything else. I don't know who sings in Paul Schwartz's "River of Stars", but the effect is the same. The finale came as a pleasant surprise after such quiet since the array of Afro-Celt Soundsystem's instruments and foreign languages in the background of "When You're Falling" matches well the lyrics Peter Gabriel is singing. There's a bit less continunity with the type of feel that the original Pure Moods tried to put out than the last album released, but there's just enough here to keep it pretty enjoyable. |
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 Most Songs
Submitted on: 2009-05-10 |
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| 80% of songs are great, the other 20% are nice but are clearly movie soundtrack-like. |
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 Glad I didn't pay full price
Submitted on: 2009-03-29 |
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| At the extremely high price of $18+ for this CD, I'm sure glad I went with a re-seller for $8.00. I have all the other Pure Moods and find the music to be both soothing and interesting, but there's nothing new in IV and in fact I'd say the selections are not up to expectations set by listening to the first three. |
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Nice Gift
Submitted on: 2008-01-12 |
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| I purchased this as a gift and it arrived in a very timely manner and the person loved the gift. |
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I'm glad i bought it
Submitted on: 2007-10-02 |
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| It took me til the 4th one to finally break down and by a pure moods cd but i'm glad i did. there are only 1 or 2 songs that i'm not thrilled with but sometimes i'm even in a mood to hear them. i'm more inclined to buy others from the series now. My favorite songs are "november" and "shadows in silence" |
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