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So, I highly recommend this CD for just anything. This music is also good if one is depressed, is feeling bad, had a bad day, or just want to relax. Somehow, when I listen to this music, I get a new direction in life. I love all of the Pure Moods volumns. For listening to in the car, at night, or what have you. It helps a person think and meditate. It's truly music that revives a person. When I wants to sit and think, I turn off the lights and listening to this music.
Already the listener feels delighted then saddened, in that order, from listening to these - but will surely feel dismayed at the following "Life in Mono" (by Mono), which sounds more like an annoyance of a pop-rock song than anything else. Suzanne Ciani's "Velocity of Love" is as beautiful as the name suggests, as well. Enya starts us off with the upbeat, "Only If", and an excellent contrast is provided with Moby's "Porcelain" following, though it isn't one of his new age songs (like the later albums offer). Ryuichi Sakamato uses chimes and synthesizers in "Merry Christmas, Mr. This album is excellent - it's the best of all the Pure Moods discs, with the obvious exception of the original.
Enigma, now on their 4th appearance with Pure Moods, does an excellent job with "Gravity of Love", and Sarah Brightman's "Deliver Me" is a wonderful finale. Yanni actually doesn't play his piano in "On Sacred Ground", but I find the chimes, flutes, and choir more breathtaking than any of his other songs. Lawrence", which makes a joyous sound, during holidays or not. Things only go uphill from there. There are only about 20 English words in it; the rest is a foreign language that I don't understand but still find pleasant. "Synaesthetic" is not new age, but I don't care since both the song and its creators, the Blue Man Group, are enjoyable on any album. Geoffrey Oryema returns with acclaimed producer/musician Brian Eno to play and sing "Land of Anaka". Jesse Cook's guitar-based "Virtue" and Kitaro's "Silk Road" don't thrill me much as the other tunes here, but are satisfactory.
Many artists who unfortunately weren't in Pure Moods II are back, as well as some they just noticed. I don't care for Sheila Chandra's "Ever so Lonely/Eyes/Ocean" but I'll admit that it is a new age song. The music here is almost equal to that of its predecessor. Fortunately, Peter Gabriel offers a piano version of "Games without Frontiers", and powerful pianist David Lanz's lovely "Cristofori's Dream" touches the soul. Sacred Spirits, which seems to be the 2nd-favorite of the collections after Enigma, uses a new singer to provide the vocals for "Dela Dela" - though the one heard in Pure Moods and (slightly) Pure Moods II is heard for a moment, after wildlife and flutes fade into the other voice.
IPure Moods Vol I, I think is still the best I did not find that I enjoyed it as much as Pure Moods, Vol.
I only listen to that track about 33% of the time. 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 would like to make a burn of this CD that does not contain that song.Everything else rocks my socks.Buy Pure Moods. (I sporadically listen to it, just to see if I can hear it differently that time). 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 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. If you are looking for meditation or tranquility from daily stress I recommend not only this CD, but the entire collection. You just reconnect yourself spiritually in this material world. Also, if you like gospel, I'm sure you'll love these even though is not quite gospel music. I have all the Pure Moods collection and keep buying more New Age music. I feel I've invested my money in good music.
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