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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Virgin Records Us
Salesrank: 25057
Released: February 6, 2001 |
| Our Price: $10.68 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Pure Moods, Vol. III 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
Editorial Review:
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
Pure Moods, Vol. III Reviews:
Pure Moods is one of the Greatest Series Every 
2009-08-23 - I love all of the Pure Moods volumns. It's truly music that revives a person. It helps a person think and meditate. When I wants to sit and think, I turn off the lights and listening to this music. 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. So, I highly recommend this CD for just anything. For listening to in the car, at night, or what have you.
Good - good enough, at least 
2009-07-07 - This album is excellent - it's the best of all the Pure Moods discs, with the obvious exception of the original. Many artists who unfortunately weren't in Pure Moods II are back, as well as some they just noticed. 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). 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. Fortunately, Peter Gabriel offers a piano version of "Games without Frontiers", and powerful pianist David Lanz's lovely "Cristofori's Dream" touches the soul. Geoffrey Oryema returns with acclaimed producer/musician Brian Eno to play and sing "Land of Anaka". There are only about 20 English words in it; the rest is a foreign language that I don't understand but still find pleasant. 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. Ryuichi Sakamato uses chimes and synthesizers in "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence", which makes a joyous sound, during holidays or not. Suzanne Ciani's "Velocity of Love" is as beautiful as the name suggests, as well. I don't care for Sheila Chandra's "Ever so Lonely/Eyes/Ocean" but I'll admit that it is a new age song. Jesse Cook's guitar-based "Virtue" and Kitaro's "Silk Road" don't thrill me much as the other tunes here, but are satisfactory. "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. Things only go uphill from there. 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. 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. The music here is almost equal to that of its predecessor.
Pure Moods, Vol. III 
2007-01-11 - I did not find that I enjoyed it as much as Pure Moods, Vol. I
Pure Moods Vol I, I think is still the best
Almost Perfect!!
2006-11-16 - 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 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 only listen to that track about 33% of the time. (I sporadically listen to it, just to see if I can hear it differently that time.) I would like to make a burn of this CD that does not contain that song.
Everything else rocks my socks.
Buy Pure Moods.
AWESOME!
2006-09-06 - If you are looking for meditation or tranquility from daily stress I recommend not only this CD, but the entire collection. I have all the Pure Moods collection and keep buying more New Age music. I feel I've invested my money in good music. 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. Also, if you like gospel, I'm sure you'll love these even though is not quite gospel music. You just reconnect yourself spiritually in this material world.
