Moods

Track Listings

1. Sadness - Enigma

2. Crockett's Theme - Jan Hammer

3. Orinoco Flow - Enya

4. Song for Guy - Elton John

5. Songbird - Kenny G.

6. Twin Peaks Theme [Instrumental] - Julee Cruise

7. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto

8. Chariots of Fire - Vangelis

9. Only You - Praise

10. Lily Was Here - Candy Dulfer, Dave Stewart

11. Spanish Steps - Van Morrison

12. Ah, Sweet Dancer - Michael O'Suilleabhain,

13. Inspector Morse (Main Theme) - Barrington Pheloung

14. C' Est le Vent, Betty (Theme from Betty Blue) - Gabriel Yared

15. Chi Mai - Ennio Morricone

16. Arrival - Mike Oldfield

Moods,Various Artists,Time Music,Adult Alternative Pop/Rock,Adult Contemporary,Easy Listening,Ethnic Fusion,Pop,Progressive Electronic

Moods

Tracks:

Return To Innocence - Enigma
Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) - Enya
Sweet Lullaby - Deep Forest
Oxygene Part lV - Jean Michele Jarre
X-Files Theme (DADO Paranormal Activity Mix) - DJ Dado
Tubular Bells Part 1 (Edit) - Mike Oldfield
Sadeness - Enigma
Adiemus - Adiemus
Crockett's Theme - Jan Hammer
Theme From 'The Mission' - Ennio Morricone
Main Title Theme (The Last Emperor) - David Byrne
Wishes Of Happiness & Prosperity - Sacred Spirits
Theme From Twin Peaks-Fire Walk With Me - Angelo Badalamenti
Makambo - Geoffrey Oryema
My Wife With Champagne Shoulders - Mark Isham
The Promise - Michael Nyman
Lily Was Here - David A. Stewart

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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

Customer Reviews:

Only Needs A Bit Of M E H D I.......2007-07-31

Oh, Wow! This is a cd that will be liked by all who enjoy M E H D I, E N I G M A or E N Y A. It is the very essence of good new age. So tranquil, yet so spirited, this cd is a refreshing break from my well-worn collection, I just keep wanting to listen to it over and over again. I am amazed! It reminds me somewhat of the others in the series, but still very unique. This is music to the soul. Absolutely relaxing, as well.

ALSO RECOMMENDED: M E H D I ~ Instrumental Paradise Volume 8 .JUST GO LISTEN TO THE SAMPLES ... A TRUE GEM !

A classic.......2007-06-14

Great compilation of electronic music for it's time. A lot of depth to it, you don't get to the 5th or 6th song and start getting into what seems like "filler".

Classical relaxation.......2007-05-20

I loved the music on here they are so peacful like the xfiles theme tubular bells with the overy babbling melody and crockettes theme which was the best song with no vocals and they saved the best for last LILY WAS HERE with excellent non vocaling music with lite accoustic guitars and perfect saxaphone playing with a touch of soothing melody. My mothers into spiritual things mostly and she loves this pure moods mix of peacful music. I use to listen to this while I sleep I loved it but now I sleep with the fan on because I love to hear the sound of the fan while I sleep.

New Age as a child? Really?.......2007-05-17

I must have been around six or seven when I came across this cd through the TV ads. I couldn't buy it myself but I loved the music. It wasn't until I was much older and borrowed it from the library did I remember how much I loved this. I uploaded some of the songs onto my computer, only because I had downloaded some of them already. I started listening to the other pure moods and it's still the same.

Flowing music between ambient, new age, and soft electronica it pulls up its own forrest of emotion as it pulls you closer into the center of yourself. YOu find those pieces of you again that you haven't discovered. A must have for anyone wanting to get in touch with themselves, or just don't know how to relax after a hard day at work.

The Sway.......2007-05-16

I must admit, I've always felt kind of silly for owning this CD. Yet it's got wonderful songs on it. Each one sets a tone that carries you throughout. I've had this CD for years and I still pull it out and listen to it.

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Pure Moods, Vol. III
Almost Perfect!!
AWESOME!
One of the best!
One of the Best in the New Age Genre

Pure Moods, Vol. III
Various Artists , Blue Man Group , Brian Eno & Geoffrey Oryema , David Lanz , Enigma , Enya , Jessie Cook , Kitaro , Moby , and Eight Others
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ASIN: B000058TCH
Release Date: 2001-02-06

Tracks:

Only If - Enya
Porcelain - Moby
Life in Mono - Mono
Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel
Christphori's Dream - David Lanz
Land of Anaka - Brian Eno and Geoffrey Oryema
Dela Dela - Sacred Spirit
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto
Velocity of Love - Suzanne Ciani
Ever So Loney - Sheila Chandra
Virtue - Jessie Cook
Theme from Silk Road - Kitaro
Synaesthetic - Blue Man Group
On Sacred Ground - Yanni
Gravity of Love - Enigma
Deliver Me - Sarah Brightman

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What's most surprising about the Pure Moods series is not that it is so popular, but that the music on it actually represents some of the best New Age and modern instrumental music, rather than scraping the barrel. For every piece of Enya pop froth--like her "Only If," which opens the album--there is a deep and impassioned exploration like Sheila Chandra's virtually a cappella "Ever So Lonely/Eyes/Ocean." Yanni's bombastic "On Sacred Ground" is balanced by Moby's soulful trance groove, "Porcelain." Sometimes those juxtapositions don't work out well. The overwrought romanticism of pianist David Lanz's "Cristofori's Dream" can only suffer being sandwiched between the soul-searing vocals of Peter Gabriel's "Games Without Frontiers (Massive/DB Mix)" and the Geoffrey Oryema/Brian Eno hymn, "Land of Anaka." With more than a quarter of the album drawn from the 1980s, there are some influential early gems here for new listeners, including Kitaro's wistful "Silk Road" and Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence." --John Diliberto

Customer Reviews:

Pure Moods, Vol. III.......2007-01-12

I did not find that I enjoyed it as much as Pure Moods, Vol. I

Pure Moods Vol I, I think is still the best

Almost Perfect!!.......2006-11-16

Anyone who's actually reading an online review of a Pure Moods album has to be, in my most humble of opinions, an established fan of the franchise, and I'm no exception: I LOVE Pure Moods. I have all 5 installments and Christmas Moods.

But on Pure Moods III, there is one song that simply does not belong: "Silk Road" by Kitaro. That has to be the most annoying, shrill, plodding sequence of sounds I've ever come across. I only listen to that track about 33% of the time. (I sporadically listen to it, just to see if I can hear it differently that time.) I would like to make a burn of this CD that does not contain that song.

Everything else rocks my socks.

Buy Pure Moods.

AWESOME!.......2006-09-06

If you are looking for meditation or tranquility from daily stress I recommend not only this CD, but the entire collection. I have all the Pure Moods collection and keep buying more New Age music. I feel I've invested my money in good music. I listen to pretty much anything from soft music, Rock, Salsa, Calypso to Dance-Techno music, but when I don't feel like listening to loud music, I listen to these CD collection, specially on a Sunday to reconnect with relaxation to start another heavy woking week. Also, if you like gospel, I'm sure you'll love these even though is not quite gospel music. You just reconnect yourself spiritually in this material world.

One of the best!.......2006-05-17

Pure Moods volume 3 is probably the second best in the series after the original Pure Moods. With mainstays such as Yanni and Enigma how can you go wrong? Powerful tracks like "Deliver Me" from Sarah Brightman and Peter Gabriel's "Games without Frontiers" highlight this release. As with the rest of the Pure Moods series this is very good and worthy of repeat listenings. Other great CD's include Imogen Heap, any Digital Moodz CD and Enigma's 1st CD or LSD.

One of the Best in the New Age Genre.......2005-12-02

Pure Moods: Vol. 3 is one of my favorite New Age CDs, which is such beautiful mix of sublime music from various artists. Suprisingly, the CD both energizes and calms.

Games Without Frontiers by Peter Gabriel has such a satisfying, mellow groove, yet it seems to take the spirit straight to higher plains. It's not only ear candy, but enhances altered states of consciousness.

On Sacred Ground is one of my favorite Yanni songs, and it's on here, too! All I can say is "major goosebumps." It's like being in the Universal Cathedral of Spirit and having God sing to you.

Diva Sarah Brightman adds her smooth soprano voice to the track called Deliver Me. It has a pop groove, but weaved into the background is the etheric keyboards that gives it that flavor that appeals to both the ear and the spirit. When I listen to this song, I feel my heart chakra just blow wide open, receiving the love that the Universe provides in abundance.

Dela Dela by Sacred Spirit starts off with a deep flute reminiscent of a Native American ceremony. Although a pop beat ensues, the song is still undergirded by the strings, which makes it feel orchestral, but very tribal. The tribal aspects is punctuated by what sounds like Native American chanting, but then the female lead takes over once again. It's a song that penetrates, daring you to look away...but you just can't. Then it segues back into the strings, which sucks you right back in to the groove.

The only song I'm not particularly crazy about is Enya's Only If; it's a good song, but so much of Enya's music is overplayed, especially for movie trailers and soundtracks.

This CD contains Christofori's Dream (the 1988 piano masterpiece) as well as songs by Moby, Brian Eno, Enigma, and others, for a total of 16 songs.

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One Stormy Night
The rain, the train and other things
Incredible Innovative for Time
nighttime
One Stormy Night- Great Plains Nostalgia

ONE STORMY NIGHT
Mystic Moods Orchestra
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MYSTIC MOODS ORCHESTRA PLAYS NIGHTTIDE
Mystic Moods Of Love
MORE THAN MUSIC
The Sea
STORMY WEEKEND

ASIN: B0002KQO7G
Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

A Dream
Minstrel Soy
Sayonara
One Stormy Night
In Your Arms
Free Island
Aja Toro
Hot Bagel
Local Freight
Autumn Leaves

Customer Reviews:

One Stormy Night.......2007-06-08

I purchased this way back when on a 33 1/3 record and had always wanted to get the CD of it. Listening to the CD brought back all the old memories of how relaxing and great the music was. I think the recording level could have been better as much of the time you are only listening to the rain fall and when some of the orchestra selections begin it is nearly impossible to hear it without turning the sound up (then down).
Still, a great CD!!

The rain, the train and other things.......2007-03-12

ONE STORMY NIGHT was a landmark album. Released in 1965, this was a first time attempt to blend music and nature sound effects, specifically, a California thunderstorm. The album was a great success, and spawned a whole series of MYSTIC MOODS LPs over several decades. Another "first" this one can lay claim to is the earliest use of a fully transistorized mixing board.

At various moments throughout ONE STORMY NIGHT, thunderclaps, cloudbursts and other sounds blend perfectly with the tone of the songs. The orchestrations are appropriately restrained and pensive. A sound collage of freight train and rain is quite effective, as well. This is still a most lovely set of easy listening music, and is highly recommended.

Incredible Innovative for Time.......2007-02-16

First heard this music in the 60's -- it is still wonderful and
innovative and emotional. I never tire of listening.

nighttime.......2007-01-16

old album but the best mood music ever i still love it even if it is 30 yrs old

One Stormy Night- Great Plains Nostalgia.......2007-01-12

"One stormy Night" captures the essence of the nostalgic side of life on the Great Plains in the 40's and 50's. The audio backdrop is a slow moving thunderstorm enhanced by the lazy, soft music of the Mystic Moods Orchestra
punctuated by occasional loud claps of thunder and enhanced by the distant barking of a hound and the lonesome wail of a steam locomotive's whistle.

The theme is versatile- solitary relaxation, romantic background music, or
the last sounds before dropping off for a nights sleep. It's an essential element of anyone's collection.

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No where near as good as the first
Another Editorial Review
Stunning and extraordinary compilation, a must have!
AWESOME!
Wonderful

Pure Moods, Vol. II
Various Artists , Adiemus lll , Clannad , Craig Armstrong , Dave Koz , Delerium , Dream Academy , Loreena McKennitt , Massive Attack , and Various Others
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ASIN: B00000DMH7
Release Date: 1998-11-17

Tracks:

The Mummers' Dance - Loreena McKennitt
Montezuma
The Cradlesong
Nightingale - Yanni
Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy
Zarabanda (Saraband) - Adiemus lll
Euphoria (Firefly) - Delerium
Weatherstorm - Craig Armstrong
Teardrop (Edit) - Massive Attack
Theme From Harry's Game - Clannad
Chariots Of Fire
Breezin'
Emily - Dave Koz
2 The Night - Ottmar Liebert
Beyond The Invisible
The Mystic's Dream - Loreena McKennitt

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For listeners with a sincere interest in the broad variety of music loosely aligned under the New Age banner, Pure Moods II will strike your ears as something less than a high-concept showcase for the genre and more as a mulligan stew of easy-listening favorites. This is not necessarily a bad thing; yet a recording marketed to the general public as a comprehensive, current, state-of-the-art overview of atmospheric music shouldn't include such ill-fitting oddities as George Benson's "Breezin'," a lite-funk relic from 1976, or "Emily" from jazz saxophonist Dave Koz. Happily, the 77-minute, 16-track sampler offers far more items of interest than irritation. It reaches back to 1983 to remind us of an ahead-of-its-time display of Celtic mysticism from Clannad ("Theme from Harry's Game"), and it both opens and closes with superb selections from one of the genre's most admired artists, Loreena McKennitt--very appropriate since, one could argue, discussions on the future of New Age should both begin and end with McKennitt's name. Despite its few warts, Pure Moods II is a good listen overall. --Terry Wood

Customer Reviews:

No where near as good as the first.......2007-06-14

I loved the first CD, so got the 2nd one. Quite dissapointed. I thought a handful of the songs on 2 were good, such as Firefly, but overall it just seems like they threw together a bunch of songs to sell a copy of a popular CD.

Another Editorial Review.......2006-11-06

"Pure Moods was such an unexpected success that it launched a number of spinoffs and, eventually (and perhaps somewhat inevitably), Pure Moods II. Although it isn't quite as consistent as its predecessor -- George Benson's 'Breezin`' feels out of place among among these atmospheric cuts, but not nearly as much as Massive Attack's menacing 'Teardrop' -- but fans of the first will still find it to quite enjoyable, especially since it features Vangelis' 'Chariots of Fire,' Loreena McKennitt's 'Mummer's Dance' and Dream Academy's 'Life in a Northern Town,' three major oversights from the first Pure Moods. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide"

Stunning and extraordinary compilation, a must have!.......2006-09-11

What a marvelous collection of mesmerizing music this is. I have been listening to this album all week, as I can't get it out of my head. Pure Moods are one my favorite collections as they bring awareness of similar music that goes together so well. The beauty of this album is the mix of music that evokes a certain mood, while not sounding all too similar.

Starting off with Loreena McKennitt's "The Mummers Dance" a hypnotic song from the first note that sounds like time travel from ancient Byzantium to the mystic Celtic seas followed by Montezuma, one of my favorite Cusco pieces. Cusco is a duet of two German keyboard players Michael Holm and Kristian Schultze who make their enigmatic music sound very original and South American. The music is not traditional; it's a mix of outer space, new age and pan flutes. Very interesting and incredibly likable.

"Nightingale" by Yanni is just incredible, every time I have it on I almost forget I am listening to music, I simply feel it and I am always amazed at how gorgeous it sounds and whenever I hear this song it feel like the first time I am hearing it as it stuns me.

Another favorite of mine, Adiemus makes an appearance, the interesting figment is that
the language is made up by Karl Jenkins, the sounds are not meant to distract the listener from the music. It is a mix of classical and world music with great freedom of movement and is the kind of music they use in breathtaking movie soundtracks.

Delerium's "Euphoria" almost sounds like a Madonna song, is lovely and spirited with a breath of enigma. There is also "The Weather Storm" by Craig Armstrong, another strong musical piece that does sound like an actual storm of music.

"Teardrop" by Massive Attack sounds like song everything knows they heard somewhere but they don't know what it is. My favorite part is the base beat, it sounds like the human heart.

The rest of the performers from Lovely and church like Clannad which make me feel like I am in an ancient monastery listening to the monks, to "Chariots of Fire" a classic from Vangelis to wonderful and earthy "Breezing" that sounds like the first day of spring to Enigma, to me the empress of New Age. This collection is stellar and each song is a 5 star to me.

This cd makes me happy; it's relaxing, lovely, and addictive and provides great inspiration when I need it to concentrate while I work on my art. Each song has been carefully hand picked to hit the listener with a magnitude of emotion and I cannot recommend it enough to anyone who needs to sit back and be transported. The songs feel like caresses of ancient wind on the face and make me feel like I have been meditating for hours. Pure Moods is an excellent cd to pick up by someone who needs an introduction to new Age and relaxing music. So far this has been my favorite disc, but they are all lovely.

- Kasia S.

AWESOME!.......2006-09-06

Wonderful.......2006-05-31

I bought this based on the cover, I was at a flea market and loved the purple and intersting artwork. Now I have lost the cover but know where the cd is at all times, only 4 songs are songs I could live without (11-14) the rest are wonderful, amazing and truly a joy to listen to. I will be checking out the samples of the other pure moods, to see which one I will make my own, next. A great way to relax after a stress filled day, or start the day listening on the drive to work.

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Another Great Edition in a Great Series.
Very happy
Another Editorial Review
AWESOME!
The latest and best Pure Moods CD

Pure Moods, Vol. IV
Various Artists , Mythos , Balligomingo , Enigma , Delerium with Sarah McLachlan , Secret Garden , Yanni , Jim Brickman , Eva Cassidy , and Eight Others
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ASIN: B0000667OG
Release Date: 2002-10-01

Tracks:

November - Mythos
Purify - Balligomingo
Shadows In Silence - Enigma
Silence - Delerium w/Sarah McLachlan
Songs From A Secret Garden - Secret Garden
One Man's Dream - Yanni
Devotion - Jim Brickman
Fields Of Gold - Eva Cassidy
Garden of Eden - Govi
Theme From Amelie
The Sea - George Winston
God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters - Moby
Main Title (Theme from Chocolat)
Angel - Sarah McLachlan
She Moves Through The Fair - B-Tribe
This Love - Craig Armstrong
River of Stars - Paul Schwartz
When You're Falling - Afro Celt w/Peter Gabriel

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More potpourri than unified high concept, the fourth installment in the Pure Moods series nevertheless provides an interesting collage of acts associated with techno, ambient, alt-pop, and New Age genres. For some listeners, that means the transition from the rhythmic mystical-ethereal vibe of the first four tracks (from Enigma, Mythos, Delerium, and Sarah McLachlan and a splendid piece from Balligomingo) to a trilogy from New Age romanticists ( Secret Garden, Yanni, and pianist Jim Brickman) may seem a little disjointed. Ditto for the segue from George Winston's impressionistic 1980 solo piano piece, "Sea," to a Steve Reich-like minisymphony from Moby). And the concluding Afro-Celt Sound System track, a spirited, mandolin-driven piece with Peter Gabriel on vocals, is a stylistic island unto itself. Still, most fans of easy-listening contemporary music (particularly the adventurous ones) should find this an agreeable assortment of music from artists who infuse their craft with stronger-than-usual spiritual and emotional subtexts. --Terry Wood

Customer Reviews:

Another Great Edition in a Great Series........2007-03-31

You got to hand it to Virgin Records. The PURE MOODS sreies of discs has been extremely sucsessful. They have been able to allow mood music gain a very wide audience without being too Way Out New Age or too commercial. This is the fourth disc in the series and it scores big like the others ( although #2 is my favourite). This disc has eighteen tracks, and a lot of them are under four minutes in length. But that does not mean they are filler.

A lot of reviewers gripe that the series is losing its edge and is catering to public appeal. Any compilation will never satisfy everybody. Criticisms range from "heard these songs before" to "too much piano" to "the same old artists". Remember this is music to put you in a certain mood of relaxation or peace or whatever. It is not to be taken too seriously. I for one enjoy having this music playing whether I am resting, working or enjoying company with friends.

There are some stunning tracks. I love the first four songs which set a great mood. I know SILENCE by Delerium and Sarah McLachlan is on many chillout albums but it is still an amazing performance and her vocal is overwhelming! If I do have a mild criticism of the album, it is that from Track 5 onwards the music does seem stripped down apart from one or two exceptions. Maybe a different playing order would have helped. Tracks 5-9 are pleasant to listen to but do tend to be similar in arrangement and tempo. Track 10 livens things up with Yann Tiersen's LA VALSE d'AMELIE but it is a short track. The Moby track on the other hand is too long and monotonous and sems very out of place here. The next track, however is a gem. Rachel Portman's theme from Chocolat is very beautiful and delicate. This and SILENCE are the two tracks I listen to the most. The album does sag until near the end. McLachlan's ANGEL is a little dull. Seems like it has been on the radio a lot but I do not listen to radio so it is new to me. B-Tribe's version of SHE MOVED THROUGH THE FAIR is just wrong. Coming from Ireland, I have heard so many wonderful versions of this song that could have been included. This track has a vocal that seems to drag the whole song down and the music seems to merge different musical elements without sucsess. THIS LOVE and RIVER OF STARS could be the same song. However the former is too long. Thankfully the last track lifts the spirits. WHEN YOU'RE FALLING has the Afro-Celt Soundsystem perfoming with guest vocalist Peter Gabriel and it adds a much needed oomph to close the album. This great song had the worst possible luck in succeeding because the very original video had to be pulled soon after it was released in August 2001 on account of the horrific events on 9/11. I will not go into any detail but you will find the video on You Tube and you will understand why it is rarely shown after watching it.

Hope to review the other mood albums soon. Times are listed below with song title listed first:

1. November - Mythos 4.58
2. Purify - Balligomingo 4.14
3. Shadows in silence - Enigma 4.19
4. Silence - Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan 6.34
5. Song from a secret garden - secret Garden 3.31
6. One man's dream - Yanni 2.45
7. Devotion - Jim Brickman 3.36
8. Fields of gold - Eva Cassidy 4.42
9. Garden of eden - Govi 2.54
10. La valse d,Amelie - Yann Tiersen 2.00
11. Sea - George winston 2.41
12. God moving over the face of the waters - Moby 5.45
13. Main titles from Chocolat - Rachel Portman 3.08
14. Angel - Sarah McLachlan 4.28
15. She moved through the fair - B-tribe 5.00
16. This love - Craig Armstrong feat. Elizabeth Fraser 6.18
17. River of stars - Paul schwartz 4.03
18. When you're falling- Afro-celt soundsystem feat. Peter Gabriel 5.14

P.S. Check out some British Chillout compilattion albums if you can. There are some amazing artists that you do not hear about in the USA like The Beloved, Kinobe, Groove Armada, The Chemical Brothers, Royksapp, Everything But The Girl, Goldfrapp, Zero 7 and many others.

Very happy.......2007-01-16

I use this cd for my yoga practice, it's wonderful.
Highly recommend.

Another Editorial Review.......2006-11-06

"Apparently the only mood that matters is one of pensive melancholy. Nearly every track on this addition to the series is set in a minor key. Some are played solo, like George Winston's new age relic 'Sea.' Some are crammed with odd instrumentation, as in the briefly startling last section of Yann Tiersen's 'La Valse d'Amélie.' Some have entire orchestras sawing away. There are ambitious works like Moby's 'God Moving Over the Face of the Waters,' whose attempts to marry grandeur and minimalism are somewhat undercut by the monotony of a cymbal sample repeated too predictably. There are vocals, the best being the late Eva Cassidy's breathtaking treatment of Sting's 'Fields of Gold.' And there are yawners, such as Yanni's 'One Man's Dream,' which he may, in fact, have recorded while asleep, or 'This Love,' sung by Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins over a groove that suggests the tread of a drugged somnambulist, and Govi's 'Garden of Eden,' which sounds way too much like 'Chim Chim Cheree' to take seriously. And yet, all of it creates the same gray impression -- which, of course, is the point, in which case credit must be paid to those who selected and sequenced these performances. Will upcoming installments offer some variety -- a hap-hap-happy compilation, for instance, set in major keys, with handclap rhythms and smiley vocals? ~ Robert L. Doerschuk, All Music Guide

AWESOME!.......2006-09-06

The latest and best Pure Moods CD.......2005-07-16

I am enjoying all of the Pure Moods CD's 1 to III and looked forward to getting album when it finally was released. This CD continues the superb unrelenting new age/tribal fest that in this CD is exemplified with some beautiful golden oldie songs like Eva Cassidy's 'Fields of Gold' that is a legendary song to lay down to and relax. Delerium's 'Silence' featuring the enchanting supple voice of Sarah McLachlan is wonderful. She also sings her hit song 'Angel' that would be a fitting burial song at a funeral. Enigma's 'Shadows In Silence' was my pick of the album, a ambient instrumental that relaxes you immediately. This is a must for fans of new age music who like a splash of many artists on 1 CD.

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My favorite!
Thanks, Dad (redux)
Neil Diamond's "Moods"
Can you wear out a CD?
Great record !

Moods
Neil Diamond
Manufacturer: Mca Special Products
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002PBI
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Song Sung Blue
Porcupine Pie
High Rolling Man
Canta Libre
Captain Sunshine
Play Me
Gitchy Goomy
Walk On Water
Theme
Prelude In E Major
Morningside

Customer Reviews:

My favorite!.......2007-02-04

This is my favorite Neil Diamond CD of all time. It's just classic! I like every single song. Neil Diamond is brilliant!

Thanks, Dad (redux).......2006-09-19

I grew up listening to "Moods" on my dad's 8-track player, and it moved me in a big way. I figured out later it was the heavy emotional undercurrent that runs through the album. Yes, even the sing-song "Song Sung Blue," which is ultimately cheery, is about trying to beat back the blues.

Besides the hits and semi-hits, there are some amazingly creative and well-written folk-blues songs here that you've probably never heard of, and almost all carry the air of introspection. And every one is beautiful in its own (often simple) way.

Okay, maybe "Porcupine Pie" is downright silly, but it's super-catchy and I give him credit for putting it on the album. Some will probably fault "Moods" for being a big maudlin in spots. That's been Neil's achilles heel throughout his career, yet his over-the-top approach is also what has energized his best songs (and some of his worst).

Talk about brave: listen to his newest CD, the Rick Rubin-produced "12 Songs," and you'll hear the raw vulnerabilities of an aging pop star. All the great emotion of "Moods," but unfortunately not as solid a song list. Every song on "Moods" is original, catchy, and moving in its own way. And a few can bring a tear to your eye if you're in just the right mood. ("Captain Sunshine" kills me every time.)

Recently I logged on to finally buy a CD to replace the cassette that replaced the album that replaced the 8-track, and I was shocked to see that you can get "Moods" for about 6 bucks! Seems to me that supply-and-demand has gone very wrong, but for you it's a great low-risk opportunity to discover this (dare I say it) *lost classic.*

Thank you Neil, for your moods.

Neil Diamond's "Moods".......2005-08-29

Great CD. It replaced our old worn-out LP. Nice to have Neil to sing for us once again.

Can you wear out a CD?.......2002-03-23

If you are a Neil Diamond fan and you don't have this CD, get it! If you are just discovering Neil, start with this album! It is one of his best! "Song Sung Blue" and "Play Me" became major hits, but the other songs on here are like true gems as well. Especially "Cante Libre", "Gitchy Goomy" and "Walk on Water". And "Captain Sunshine" has become one of my favorite songs. There just isn't a bad song on this album! In a year or two I'll let you know the answer to the above question!

Great record !.......2002-03-07

I love this CD! I used to have it on cassette,played it till it broke!My favorite tracks are canta libre,play me,and morningside.I love morningside,its a beautifully written song with a wonderful melody,almost spiritual to listen to as much of Neils work is.I definitely recommend this disc as part of any Neil Diamond collection!

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Those times!
The ultimate baby boomer "atmosphere" CD!
Sit back and read a book music
The Romantic Moods Of Jackie Gleason
HOW SWEET THE SOUND IS!

The Romantic Moods Of Jackie Gleason
Jackie Gleason
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002UFK
Release Date: 1996-11-05

Tracks:

Melancholy Serenade
The Best Is Yet To Come
I Can't Get Started
When Your Lover Has Gone
Out Of Nowhere
But Beautiful
I'm In The Mood For Love
From Russia With Love
Mystery Street
If I Should Lose You/Tenderly
If He Walked Into My Life
Ruby
Glamour
Days Of Wine
Misty
You And The Night And The Music
Moonglow
Mad About The Boy
For All We Know
Lover Man/Smile

Tracks:

Melancholy Serenade (1959)/Yesterdays
That Certain Party
The Moonlight
Midnight Sun
Laura
A Taste Of Honey
Brazil/I Love Paris/'Allo, 'Allo, 'Allo
The Last Dance
Darn That Dream
You Oughta Be In Pictures
But Not For Me
The Shadow Of Your Smile
Willow Weep For Me
It All Depends On You
Lawrence Of Arabia
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody
Deep Purple/Blue Velvet
That's All
The Girl From Ipanema
Moon River

Customer Reviews:

Those times!.......2007-03-28

Jackie Gleason was certainly one of the most respected, reminded and at least to my mind admired musical arrangers around the world. During his untiring activity, in which the music owned a major significance, importance and imaginative flight around the theme of love, where the suggestion and romantic mood was part of language, propitious for the ineffable encounter between two souls in love, the melodic tunes, lavish lyricism and outstanding inspiration all though these four previous decades make of this double album a true must not only for all those who want to enjoy an easy to listen music, besides, there's a lot of marvelous enchantment and majestic display of evocative sounds around a very selected repertoire.

The ultimate baby boomer "atmosphere" CD!.......2006-11-21

This will bring back memories not of an artist, but of an era! Wow, from the very beginning I was transported back to the early '60s. Fabulous.

Sit back and read a book music.......2005-09-23

Among all the things Jackie was, he was a superb arranger of music. He knew what made people stop and listen to his music. Grab that book you have been wanting to read, turn on some Jackie Gleason music.

The Romantic Moods Of Jackie Gleason.......2004-01-18

This compilation features a lot of Gleason's more lush tunes.There is a few brass ones but most of them are lush.Meloncholy seranade is one of the brass ones though.If you love beautiful music you will love the following songs on this cd.

Glamour This is one of my favorites and also you occasionally here an organ mixed with the strings.

The Last Dance

I Can't Get Started

Ruby

The Shadow Of Your Smile

Midnight Sun

There are others.Almost every song on this cd is garnered with heavy lush strings and accompined by Bobby Hacket's horn.This Gleason cd get's played on dish networks easy instrumentals channel 973 and also gets played at wktz at jones.edu.A lot of beautiful music stations use to play these songs by Gleason.
Unfortuanly most music stores like best buy and media play have decided not to carry this title they use to but it's good to know you can still get it from amazon.com.Just put this cd on when you want to relax.It's ashamed radio stations don't play relaxing music by Jackie Gleason,Percy Faith,Frank Chacksfield,the 101 Strings and others any more but at least we can enjoy them on cd.I also recommend Jackie Gleason's instrumental favorites cd.It has got a lot of beautiful music that isn't on this one if you can still find it.A lot of people usually associate Gleason with the honeymooners tv show but they don't realize he was an important beautiful music artist as well.

HOW SWEET THE SOUND IS!.......2003-11-03

IF THIS BOX SET ONLY HAD THE SONG "MIDNIGHT SUN", THAT IN ITSELF WOULD BE WORTH THE PRICE. THIS SONG IS SO BEAUTIFULLY DONE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE OTHER GREAT SONGS AS WELL LIKE "LAURA", "THAT'S ALL", "RUBY", "IF HE WALKED INTO MY LIFE". ALL DONE IN THE BEAUTIFUL RELAXING SERENE STYLE THAT THE JACKIE GLEASON ORCHESTRA IS KNOWN FOR.

Pure New Age Moods: A 5 Disc CD/DVD Box Set with 37 Audio Tracks and over 4 Hours of Soothing New Age Music from all Four Corners of the Globe!

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Nice Listening Music if the CD's play properly
New Age Pure Moods
Not Pure Moods

Pure New Age Moods: A 5 Disc CD/DVD Box Set with 37 Audio Tracks and over 4 Hours of Soothing New Age Music from all Four Corners of the Globe!
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Big Eye Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000A2H2L8
Release Date: 2005-08-02

Tracks:

The Rain Forest
Tabatinga
Earth's Last Frontier
The Waterfall
Temple In The Jungle
Sunset In The Rainforest
The Conquistadors
The Amazon
Rainy Season
Lada Bay

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Eye Of The Tiger
Sunset Over Tenganan
Jakarta Winds
Journey To Ulan Danu
Festival Of Kamasan
Temples Of Tarah Lot
Lake Batur
Tales Of Times Past
Skyline At Dusk

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Carmel River
Legend Of Garradata
Hurricane Point
Pfeiffer Beach
Ventana Wilderness
Little Sur River
Morro Bay
Rocky Creek
Islands Of Life

Tracks:

Boteti River
Botswana Song
Cry Of The Kalahari
Deception Valley
Kadu Ritual
Kubu Island Retreat
Melon Dance
Pans Of Makgadkgadi
Gemelan Lullabye

Customer Reviews:

Nice Listening Music if the CD's play properly.......2007-03-18

I was disappointed in the CD's because the 5th CD in the grouping of 5 CD's doesn't play on my Bose CD player. I even tried to play it on another CD player without any luck. The first 4 CD's are quite nice to listen to.

New Age Pure Moods.......2006-08-28

This is not one of the Pure Moods selections but still it does have some good music on the discs. The music is pretty well done and it is great to just sit back and relax to. I don't think it is cheaply made and the sound is very good and clean. I recommend it if you like this New Age type of music. Well worth the price as far as I am concerned. Four discs of music (37 pieces) and a DVD with 55 minutes of music with a slide show on top of it. Enjoy yourself.

Gerald Baes

Not Pure Moods.......2006-01-09

This album is NOT part of the Pure Moods series. Most of the songs are cheaply done or imitations.

Do NOT buy.

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masterpiece

Tijuana Moods
Charlie Mingus
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000P46Q18
Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

Dizzy Moods
Ysabel's Table Dance
Tijuana Gift Shop
Los Mariachis
Flamingo
A Colloquial Dream (Scenes In the City)

Customer Reviews:

masterpiece.......2007-05-23

one of Mingus's best, to be sure, which means, of course, that it's one of the best in the history of American music. a bona fide classic, there's not much that I could say about Tijuana Moods that hasn't already been said elsewhere by other far more gifted critics than myself. at any rate, Shafi Hadi's alto and tenor work with Mingus, for one, was never better than it was on this session. worth owning in any release, but if you can track either down new and at a reasonable price, spring for the single disc or double disc RCA/Bluebird reissues from 1996 and 2001 which feature alternate takes of the whole session. while all these additional performances make for great listening, the composite alternate of Ysabel's Table Dance, in particular, is simply stunning, if not possibly superior to the master. buy and enjoy.