Track Listing

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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4594 in Music
• Released on: 2001-02-06
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
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

Probably the best of the Pure Moods
I have to admit that at first I was a little critical of this CD, but after listening to the first two, I became more positive of Pure Moods. The Pure Moods I was erally good, Pure Moods II was okay, but Pure Moods III is the best in presenting some of the best music of the best New Age stars. Most of the music is from the newest releases of New Age performers, most being in the past 5 years, but even so, they still have old classics like "Cristifori's Dream", "Merry, Christmas Mr. Lawrence", and "The Velocity of Love". What I found to be especially amusing about this compilation is it begins with Enya, the New Age "goddess", and Sarah Brightman, "The Angel of Music". Sarah Brightman has done very well lately in the New Age genre, her beautiful voice never lets her down. Enya has been around for more than 10 years, and "Only If", reminds us that she will not go away soon. I might as well give a special compliment to each song. Moby's "Porcelain", which I've heard in commercails, has very amusing electric sounds. Mono sings sweetly in "Life With Mono". Peter Gabriel has been an important figure in New Age and Pop with Real World Records(good thing the makers of this CD included several Real World artsits). David Lanz's "Cristifori's Dream", not only is my favorite on this album, but brings great honor to the beautiful piano and its inventor. Another song by Geoffrey Oryema, "Land of Anaka", is included. Like "Makambo", its from his most well known album, "Exile". Sacred Spirit made a second album and Pure Moods III includes another one of their Native American interpretations. "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence", carries the same oriental moods of "The Last Emperor". "The Velocity of Love", is one of the best examples of the great keyboardist Suzanne Ciani. "Ever So Lonely" by Shiela Chandra is an example of the unique sounds of New Age. "Virtue" by Jesse Cook, is so reflective, lovely, and fun, just like Ottmar Liebert. The beautiful "Silk Road" by Kitaro, who recently won a grammy, is very peaceful and serene. Even though I've heard and seen much of Blue Man Group and commercials, I enjoyed the sophisticated sounds of "Synaesthetic". Yanni's "Sacred Ground", comes from his more recent "If I Could Tell You", and has many layered sounds and vocals, along with some electric sounds, making it a little different from his previous works. Once again, Pure Mods includes the great band, Enigma, with "Gravity of Love", from "Screen Door Behind The Mirror". I love the classical, opera background of the music. Finally, there is "Deliver Me", from Sarah Brightman's well known, "Eden". This song combines pop, new age, and gospel influence. I can safely say this album is worth listening too, and it shows the best of New Age today. If they make a Pure Moods IV, I hope it well include some older New Age wonders, like Mannhiem Steamroller and George Winston. For now, we have the music of today for our ears.

Stunningly Beautiful
I bought this cd weeks advanced through the telephone after seeing an ad on television for this cd. It was definitely worth the money I paid to have it sent to me first class. Although I do have some of the songs on the cd (Moby's "Porcelain, Sarah Brightman's "Deliver Me", Mono's "Life in Mono", Enya's "Only If" and Enigma's "Gravity of Love") the cd is excellent. One of my personal favorite tracks is "Christphori's Dream" by David Lanz. The melody is fantastic as is the piano playing. Suzanne Ciani's "Velocity of Love" is also another fave. Believe it or not I actually like Yanni's "On Sacred Ground" considering the fact that I don't particularly care for his music. The third volume in the Pure Moods series definitely outranks the other two as my very favorite. I was definitely not disappointed in this cd.

Enigma, Moby, Sarah Brightman ... I'm in awe!!!
I am a big fan of the Pure Moods series, although I thought Pure Moods II couldn't live up to the beauty and enchantment of Pure Moods I, but Pure Moods III returns to basics with a presentation of some of best newage, instrumental and world music artists.

There are the stand alone epic tracks which include the haunting "Porcelain" by Moby, the etherial "Life in Mono" by Mono, the thematic and sensual "Gravity of Love" by Enigma which is easily my favorite track on here, and the inspirational "Deliver Me" by the angelic Sarah brightman. And of course there are plently of beautiful instrumentals as well. I was even suprised to find that I thoroughly enjoyed the song "On Sacred Ground" by Yanni which isn't your typical Yanni either.

Over all it's an ecclectic and diverse yet well blended mix of songs and I can't stress enough how good this cd really is. If you're looking for a relaxing yet soulfull and moving cd that will take your mind to another place, I recommend you buy PURE MOODS at once!

What's especially cool is that inside the booklet it gives you names and cd covers of the albums which each song was taken from so you can easily find and purchase the albums by the artists featured on here. And believe me, when you listen to this you'll find yourself wanting to buy more music from some of these artists like Enya, Enigma, Yanni and Sarah Brightman.

So what are you waiting for? Buy it right now - you won't regret it!