[Note: This was originally a post to the alt.music.alternative Usenet newsgroup. I’m including it here for completeness. Originally archived here.]
In article <1994Feb9.181628.39...@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>, mbcon...@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Mark Conklin) wrote:
I don’t know why yet, but I like it. Sure -it is not as ground breaking as the first one, but at least it doesn’t sound like a rehash of the first disc.
Have to agree here…in the midst of all the Enigma-bashing that’s popped up, I like the new disc a lot…especially track three, Return to Innocence. Don’t really mind the male vocals on other tracks that much, either…
Besides, without a major change in style and content, there isn’t much Enigma could do to create another groundbreaking album, and still remain Enigma…much of their “sound” is that floaty, dreamy style, and I really don’t mind that they chose to go with mideastern chanting instead of Gregorian on this release. A simple rehash of the first album, while it might still have sounded good, would be boring…