Enigma - Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! (1996) (FLAC-EAC)

Enigma: Biography

Enigma are the brainchild of Michael Cretu (b. 18 May 1957 as Mihai Creţu, Bucharest, Romania).
Acheived commercial success after popularising a brand of chill-out music utilising
Gregorian chants and dance music rhythms.

Album Review (c/o Amazon)

It's fair to say Le Roi Est Moi... is more of the same. It's got the monks, it's got that woman
talking jibberish ("The first is the father, the second is the mother... and the third is the child"),
and it has that cheesy sounding guy spouting out horse throat meaningless vocals at the top
of his (admiteddly very competent) voice. It's would also be fair to point out that this is the least
'inventive' of all of the Enigma albums. But over-inventiveness often leads to rather inconsistent
wobbly albums, Name one Orbital Album that doesn't have at least a couple of tracks that suffer
from rather crazy obviously untried incoherent musical idea's. Dont get me wrong, I love originallity,
but I also reckon this album doesn't suffer because it offers nothing new. It is pure consistent, typical
Enigma and it is absolutely marvellous. Every track sends you into an almost comatose state of
relaxation of which ime sure is exactly Michael Cretu's aim.

This is an absolute must, 45 minutes of aural bliss if occassionaly a tad corny, but its so good you just wont care.

- Standout tracks -

Beyond The Invisible (Pure quintessential Enigma; monks, woman, horse-throat guy and an awesome mellow melody)

The Child In Us (Such a beautiful tune, one of the finest Enigma tracks ever)

The Roundabout ("I yeh, I yeh.." how hard does that vocal hit you! This song gells soo well)







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Enigma - Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!
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Artist....................................: Enigma
Album..............: Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!
Genre..................,.................: New Age
Source........................................: CD
Year........................................: 1996

Ripper: Exact Audio Copy V1.0 b1 & HP DVD RW AD-7701H

Codec...........: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version.........: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality.......: Lossless, (avg. compression: 58 %)
Channels..............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags...............................: VorbisComment

Information..: Original 1996 European Pressing


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Included....: NFO, SFV, M3U, LOG, CUE
Covers................: Front Back CD


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Tracklisting
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1. Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! [01:57]
2. Morphing Thru Time [05:47]
3. Third Of Its Kind [00:19]
4. Beyond The Invisible [05:00]
5. Why! ... [04:59]
6. Shadows In Silence [04:21]
7. The Child In Us [05:06]
8. T.N.T. For The Brain [04:26]
9. Almost Full Moon [03:26]
10. The Roundabout [03:38]
11. Prism Of Life [04:55]
12. Odyssey Of The Mind [01:40]


Playing Time.................: 45:38
Total Size...............: 276.83 MB

NFO generated on.....: 7/9/2011 6:09:42 PM

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Cat No: CDVIR60
Barcode: 7 24384 20662 8
Other (Label Code): LC 3098
Other (Rights Societies): BEL/BIEM

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