A three-disc set that devoted an album each to greatest hits, remixes, and previously unreleased material, The Platinum Collection saw a worldwide release in 2010. Enigma's seventh studio album, Seven Lives Many Faces, arrived in 2008 and continued their streak of Billboard 200 appearances. The next year, a greatest-hits package entitled Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits arrived, compiling most of Enigma's singles as well as new track "Turn Around." Lightening the production formula somewhat, fifth studio album Voyageur landed in 2003, with A Posteriori following in 2006. Enigma 3: Le Roi Est Mort, Vive le Roi! followed in 1996.īy the time of 2000's Screen Behind the Mirror, the initial hype surrounding the band had died down, but there was a die-hard Enigma fan base offering enough support to keep the project going, despite the album falling short of platinum sales. were replaced in part with samples of Native American singing, best exemplified by hit single "Return to Innocence." The album was the group's second to climb to number one on the U.K. The flute samples and breathy spoken vocals of MCMXC a.D. On their second album, 1993's Cross of Changes, some of the old-world elements remained, but the new age angle came to the forefront in a set of slick, radio-friendly dance-pop tracks. The samples of Gregorian chants that were employed heavily throughout the album were used without permission, and these uncleared samples eventually led to a lawsuit that was settled out of court. Several other singles were issued from the album as its unexpectedly lengthy time in the spotlight continued. Powered by excitement for the single, the album was also a multi-platinum success, eventually selling over four million copies in the United States alone and spending the next five years on the Billboard Top 200 chart. was released in December of that year and lead single "Sadeness (Pt.
He recorded the first material for this project over the course of 1990 with creative input from collaborators David Fairstein and Frank Peterson. In 1988, the couple moved to Ibiza, Spain, and Cretu began working out of a home studio on the project that would become Enigma. This began a fascination for Cretu with incorporating the archaic sounds into a more contemporary music format. When working with his wife, German dance-pop artist Sandra, on her 1987 single "Everlasting Love," he'd used some brief samples of Gregorian chant in the song's intro. He had been involved in music for a while at that point, having released several solo albums as well as worked as a producer with other artists. Over the next three decades, Enigma would release upwards of eight albums and collections, many of which spent time in the Billboard charts.Įnigma were formed in 1990 by Bucharest native Michael Cretu. I)," which immediately became an international hit and the calling card for their unique sound. The project arrived with their 1991 single "Sadeness (Pt. His breakthrough – even on a global scale – came with the debut single “Maria Magdalena” and the associated album The Long Play by his girlfriend and later wife Sandra.A worldbeat dance fixture of the late 20th century and beyond, having sold tens of millions of albums worldwide, Enigma were an instant success with their unlikely combination of new age tones, chilled-out club production, and samples of Gregorian chant. After first successful steps as a soloist, he decided to pull the strings as a producer and composer.
Although primarily a classically trained concert pianist, he soon turned to pop music and worked with Frank Farian and Boney M, amongst others. Michael Cretu, born in 1957 in the Romanian capital of Bucharest, came to Germany during the mid-seventies. The release date for all these products is July 23, 2021. The compilation Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits, originally released in 2001, will also be made available again on standalone vinyl.
Including the titles MXMXC a.D, The Cross Of Changes, Le Roi Est Mort, Viva Le Roi, The Screen Behind The Mirror, Voyageur, A Posteriori, Seven Lives Many Faces and The Fall Of A Rebel Angel, the titles will also be re-released on vinyl as separate records as well as in the box set, which will be exclusively available on the Universal website. The Complete Studio Collection rounds up the eight studio albums from Enigma, originally released between 19.