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Review of Enigma : Push the Limits The second single from 'The Screen Behind The Mirror', the top 40 2000 album by Michael Cretu's ongoing new age/ dance project Enigma. Unavailable as a commercial single in the U.S., this import release features four versions of 'Push The Limits', including two remixes of the tune! Tracks 'Push The Limits' (Radio Edit, ATB Remix, Album Version & ATB Radio Remix) plus the video. Digipak.
Users's Reviews - Enigma : Wicked songI don't know which version of the song I love the most,the version from the album The Screen Behind The Mirror or the ATB Remix,I think both.Push The Limits is a excellent song to dance to or just meloy out to.
Your latest reviews - Enigma : Perfect for the genre
I've had this disc for so long I don't remember when I bought it. It's always been a favorite CD, which I never tire of hearing. It begins with the famed Enigma, and the rich melody and English and French(?) lyrics of "Return to Innocence", continuing to the 17th soothing jazz rhythm of Lily was Here" prefomed by Eurhythmics' David Stewart. (The latter is the only song I don't really enjoy; it's a great song but doesn't seem to fit among the other new age tunes). The disc is aptly named; each song gives the listener a mood by hearing it and some are even named for moods - namely "Sadness", the favorite Enigma's 2nd hit on this disc, and "Yana-Naha" (translating to "Wishes of Happiness and Prosperity") by Sacred Spirits. "Return to Innocence" is soothing and beautiful; though the instruments in it are electric, they still sound powerful. The popular "Sail Away (Orinoco Flow)" follows it, with Enya's rich voice. Deep Forest's "Sweet Lullaby" consists of foreign words and flue notes, while "Oxygene Part IV" uses the great Jean Michele Jarre's synthesizers to relax the mind. Even to those who have not seen "The Exorcist" Mike Outfield's "Tubuler Bells Part 1" gives an eerie feeling, as does its successor "Sadness", when the Frencch monks' chants and singing is exchanged for a deeper, more rapid voice and heavy breathing. Adiemus submits its famed song of the same name, with woodwinds and a handsome choir. "Crockett's Theme" by one-hit wonder Jan Hammer is brillant with the guitar and drums, and I often wonder why this never made it into the top 100 for a 2nd hit. Ennio Morricane also does a theme tune, this one from "The Mission", which emits interesting sounds for about a minute and a half, only to be followed by David Byrne's Oscar-winning "The Last Emperor". After "Yana Nayah" and its rich Indian lyrics comes Angelo Bedelementi's acclaimed "Fire Walk with Me" (from Twin Peaks). This is the last theme song, giving way to another song which ended up being used as a theme, though not originally - Geoffrey Oryma's "Makambo", composer Mark Isham's slow instumental "My Wife with Champagne Sholders" and one of my favorites, Michael Nyman's piano masterpiece "The Promise". I have a habit of enjoying the initial tracks on a CD most. liking them less and less as it draws toward the end, but Nyman's tune is an exception; it ranks with "Adiemus" and all before it. However, Stewart's tune does follow that rule, and I almost dislike it because it's the only tune to use a sax and drums with no chimes or woodwinds. All the others are classics I'll play over and over. It's the crowned jewel of new age collections.