Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits

Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Enigma
Released 8 October 2001
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza,
1990–2001
Genre New-age, ambient
Length 76:29
Label Virgin
Producer Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology

The Screen Behind the Mirror
(2000)		 Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits
(2001)		 Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection
(2001)

Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits is a 2001, multi-million selling, greatest hits album by the musical project Enigma. The album, along with Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection brings a close to Michael Cretu's first chapter of Enigma. It contains most of Enigma's singles and songs from 1990 to 2001.

The album takes 3 songs from the first album, MCMXC a.D., 4 songs from The Cross of Changes, 4 songs from Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!, 5 songs from The Screen Behind the Mirror, and also features a new single "Turn Around" and its intro "The Landing".

Among the notable singles that were not included in the compilation album were "The Rivers of Belief", "Out from the Deep" and "The Eyes of Truth".

Track listing

  1. "The Landing" (Michael Cretu) – 1:04
  2. "Turn Around" (Cretu, Jens Gad) – 3:51
  3. "Gravity of Love" (Cretu) – 3:59
  4. "T.N.T. for the Brain" (Cretu) – 5:18
  5. "Modern Crusaders" (Cretu) – 3:53
  6. "Shadows in Silence" (Cretu) – 4:19
  7. "Return to Innocence" (Curly M.C., Kuo Ying-nan, Kuo Hsiu-chu) – 4:15
  8. "I Love You ... I'll Kill You" (Curly, David Fairstein) – 8:01
  9. "Principles of Lust" (Curly) – 3:08
  10. "Sadeness (Part I)" (Curly, F. Gregorian, Fairstein) – 4:15
  11. "Silence Must Be Heard" (Cretu, Gad) – 4:46
  12. "Smell of Desire" (Cretu, Fairstein) – 4:32
  13. "Mea Culpa" (Curly, Fairstein) – 4:31
  14. "Push the Limits" (Cretu, Gad) – 3:48
  15. "Beyond the Invisible" (Cretu, Fairstein) – 4:50
  16. "Age of Loneliness" (Curly) – 4:10
  17. "Morphing Thru Time" (Cretu) – 5:26
  18. "The Cross of Changes" (Cretu) – 2:15

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[1] Gold 50,000^
Germany (BVMI)[2] Gold 150,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[3] Gold 100,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Greece 1
Portugal 1
Germany 4
New Zealand 3
Norway 6
Hong Kong 6
Europe 7
Denmark 9
Netherlands 10
Austria 10
France 11
Sweden 10
Hungary 10
Thailand 10
Switzerland 12
Italy 18
Belgium 19
Spain 20
Canada 25
UK 29
US Billboard 200 29
Japan 30
Czech Republic 43
Ireland 46

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2001 The Billboard 200 29
Top Internet Albums 15

Reception

References

  1. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Enigma – LSD-Love, Sensuality, Devotion". Music Canada.
  2. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Enigma; 'Love Sensuality Devotion')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  3. ↑ "British album certifications – Enigma – Love Sensuality Devotion". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Love Sensuality Devotion in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search