The Cross of Changes

"Return to Innocence" was definately the song that propelled this cd high on the charts back in 1994 and is still as fresh and beautiful as the first time I heard it! Despite the claim that a reviewer made of the track containing unauthorized samples, that is false! The vocals sampled in the song were in fact never copywrited to begin with and Enigma obtained full permission to use them. Ironically, the controversy over this claim in fact heighted interest in the song and sales of the album even more!

The magnetism of Enigma is far to strong to ever detour people away from it. Not even the harshest critics of this artist have ever been able to explain the continious album sales and steady cult following Enigma has earned or why over a hundred other bands (and radpidly counting) are still attempting to immitate this musical phenomenon without near matched success.

An Enigma indeed!


Buy it!!!   April 22, 2001
fabio longo (Rimini, Italy)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful

So, what can i say...it's great!!! Seriously, it's the best. Micheal Cretu makes you feel the same emotions that he feels when he listens to his own music. He can make a single song become an own album. I bought this cd just few days ago(reading Amazon's reviews) and i found it so incredible!!! You just don't want to stop listening over and over songs you've already listened thousands of time!!! Lyrics tell some historical(like "Silent warrior")and personal(like "The dream of the dolphin")sories. They are very simples but they had made me think how long"...white men came in the name of God...but for the ones who abuse his name there'll be no chance to escape on Judgement day...". I already have their last album(The screen behind the mirrow), and The cross of changes is a bit different from it. The first is made with modern sounds, the second is more primitive but also more original!!! If you like this kind of music, Enigma will explain you how many meanings an album can hide. The only adjective I could say are...inspired, dedicated, historical and marvellous!!! Follow my advice, you'd better buy this cd.


Return to Innocence is chanted by Native " Taiwanese " ~   July 26, 2004
Yang, YU HUA (Taiwan)
8 out of 11 found this review helpful

I love this album; however, Engima refued to give the recognition to the elderly Taiwanese singers ~ And Return to Innocence is chanted by Native " Taiwanese ". It is very sad that the editorial reviews said that it is Native American.... another pain of intellectual ripping off ~~ sigh


The Hypnotic Sounds Of Enigma   August 31, 2003
Alan Caylow (USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

Enigma's second album, 1993's "The Cross Of Changes," continues this recording act's explorations in estoteric, spacey keyboard music, mixed with samples, slamming beats, ethereal vocals, and tribal chants (replacing the chanting monks from the classic first album from 1990). Enigma mastermind Michael Cretu, who also contributes lead vocals on a couple of tracks, has created another astonishing, dreamy soundscape where the music ebbs & flows, and simply takes your breath away. The awesome "Return To Innocence" was the big hit from the album, but there's many other delights such as the powerful "The Eyes Of Truth," the thrilling 9-minute extravaganza "I Love You, I'll Kill You," the Enigma signature "Age Of Loneliness" (from the Sharon Stone movie "Sliver"), the beautiful "Dream Of The Dolphin," and the triumphant "Out From The Deep." I just can't get enough of this awesome group---"The Cross Of Changes" is another hypnotic Enigma classic.


Enigma at its best!   August 3, 2000
Manny Hernandez (Palo Alto, CA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

THIS is the album you should get if you want to get a feel for what Romanian Michael Cretu can put together. Splendid, new age-ish at times, but without becoming the classical "sound of the waves"-type album, soothing and inspiring: these are all ideas that come to my mind when I think of this production.

You'll recall song #3, "Return to Innocence", I'm sure.