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- Seven Lives Many Faces
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Enigma
Released 2008

Seven Lives
04:25
21,577 plays

Encounters
03:12
17,802 plays

Touchness
03:36
17,729 plays

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- 1
- Encounters
- 03:12
- 17,802 plays

- 2
- Seven Lives
- 04:25
- 21,577 plays

- 3
- Touchness
- 03:36
- 17,729 plays

- 4
- The Same Parents
- 05:20
- 16,830 plays

- 5
- Fata Morgana (Instrumental)
- 03:24
- 15,940 plays

- 6
- Hell's Heaven (Instrumental)
- 03:52
- 15,246 plays

- 7
- La Puerta Del Cielo
- 03:28
- 16,350 plays

- 8
- Distorted Love
- 04:11
- 15,169 plays

- 9
- Je T'aime 'Till My Dying Day
- 04:19
- 15,194 plays

- 10
- Déjà Vu (Instrumental)
- 02:56
- 15,416 plays

- 11
- Between Generations
- 04:31
- 15,882 plays

- 12
- The Language Of Sound (Instrumental)
- 04:21
- 13,316 plays

- 13
- [CD-Rom Track]
- 00:00
- 17 plays

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album review

Enigma mastermind Michael Crétu took a self-described "omnicultural" approach to his seventh release under the moniker, and while that progressive, pioneering notion looks good on paper, any sharp stylistic changes to the project's signature sound on Seven Lives Many Faces are subtle, to say the least. Once again, Crétu seamlessly blends ethnic fusion, new age, and neo-classical electronica into the perfect background music for a European tourism campaign commercial, peppering each track with his seemingly endless arsenal of samples, both new and old. When Enigma strikes a balance between the two worlds, as is the case on the elegant (and surprisingly muscular) first single "Seven Lives" and its spiritual and melodic counterpart "La Puerta del Cielo" (the latter most resembles the band's most notable hit, "Sadeness, Pt. 1") the results are quietly stunning, but in more cases than not, the new age, fortune-cookie derived lyrics (especially when sung in English) mirror the unimaginative, two-chord melodies that carry them along. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

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- - Seven Lives Many Faces
  - - By kristaanna
    - 12/5/2008 03:09:56
  - Inspirational, intriguing, captivating, adventerous.
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