Pure Moods

Infobox Album | Name = Pure Moods
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Various Artists


Released = April 29, 1997
Originaly Released = 1994
Recorded = various dates
Genre = New Age
Length = 69:04
Label = Virgin
Producer =
Reviews =
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"Pure Moods" is a series of compilation albums of New Age music released by Virgin Records. The series focuses on the genres of New Age and World Music. Several artists are featured regularly throughout the series such as Enigma, Enya, Adiemus, Sacred Spirit, Moby and Yanni.

The original volume of the series was initially promoted and sold by direct response television commercials. The first volume was initially released in 1994, with a different track listing to the 1997 re-release. There are eight albums released by Virgin Records in the series-- five "main entry" albums and three spin-off albums (Celtic, Scottish and Instrumental). "Scottish Moods" stands alone as an album featuring a single performer, David Methen and the Munros, while all the others are albums featuring multiple groups.

Pinnacle Records has released a similarly-named series of albums using the "Pure x Moods" naming scheme, such as "Pure Rock Moods", "Pure Tranquil Moods", etc but these albums are unrelated to the series released by Virgin Records.

Track listings

Pure Moods (original 1994 release)

#"Return to Innocence" - Enigma - 4:10
#"Sweet Lullaby" - Deep Forest - 3:51
#"Crockett's Theme" - Jan Hammer - 3:34
#"Oxygène Part IV" - Jean Michel Jarre - 3:19
#"Orinoco Flow" - Enya - 3:46
#"Tubular Bells Part 1" (opening excerpt) - Mike Oldfield - 4:59
#"Chariots of Fire" - Vangelis - 3:26
#"The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise" (theme from "The Piano") - Michael Nyman - 3:13
#"Chi Mai" - Ennio Morricone - 5:04
#"Inspector Morse Theme" - Barrington Pheloung - 2:08
#"Sadeness" - Enigma - 4:16
#"Little Fluffy Clouds" - The Orb - 4:02
#"Only You" - Praise - 3:38
#"Aria on Air" - Malcolm McClaren (as used on a British Airways commercial) - 4:09
#"Lily Was Here" - David A. Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer - 4:18
#"Songbird" - Kenny G - 4:59
#"Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence" - Ryuichi Sakamoto - 4:29
#"Theme from "" - Angelo Badalamenti - 5:01
#"Theme from "The Mission" - Ennio Morricone - 2:52
#"Another Green World" - Brian Eno - 1:31

Pure Moods

#"Return to Innocence" - Enigma - 4:10
#"Orinoco Flow" - Enya - 3:46
#"Sweet Lullaby" - Deep Forest - 3:51
#"Oxygène Part IV" - Jean Michel Jarre - 3:19
#"X-Files Theme" - DJ Dado - 3:30
#"Tubular Bells Part 1" - Mike Oldfield - 4:59
#"Sadeness" - Enigma - 4:16
#"Adiemus" - Adiemus - 3:59
#"Crockett's Theme" - Jan Hammer - 3:34
#"Theme from "The Mission" - Ennio Morricone - 2:52
#"Main Title Theme from "The Last Emperor" - David Byrne - 4:03
#"Yeha-Noha (Wishes Of Happiness And Prosperity)" - Sacred Spirit - 4:26
#"Theme from "" - Angelo Badalamenti - 5:01
#"Makambo" - Geoffrey Oryema - 5:01
#"My Wife with Champagne Shoulders" - Mark Isham - 5:32
#"The Promise" - Michael Nyman - 3:13
#"Lily Was Here" - David A. Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer - 4:18

Pure Moods II

#"The Mummers' Dance" – Loreena McKennitt – 6:08
#"Montezuma" – Cusco – 5:18
#"The Cradlesong (DaWa)" (remix) – Sacred Spirit – 4:00
#"Nightingale" – Yanni – 5:44
#"Life in a Northern Town" – Dream Academy – 4:18
#"" – Adiemus – 4:37
#"Euphoria (Firefly)" – Delerium – 4:36
#"Weather Storm" – Craig Armstrong – 6:05
#"Teardrop" (edit) – Massive Attack – 4:10
#"Theme from Harry's Game" – Clannad – 2:27
#"Chariots of Fire" – Vangelis – 3:31
#"Breezin'" – George Benson – 5:39
#"Emily" – Dave Koz – 5:30
#"2 the Night" – Ottmar Liebert – 4:19
#"Beyond the Invisible" (short radio edit) – Enigma – 3:43
#"The Mystic's Dream" – Loreena McKennitt – 7:43

Pure Moods III

#"Only If..." – Enya – 3:18
#"Porcelain" – Moby – 3:31
#"Life in Mono" – Mono – 4:27
#"Games Without Frontiers" (Massive Attack / David Bottrill remix) – Peter Gabriel – 5:18
#"Cristofori's Dream" – David Lanz – 6:03
#"Land of Anaka" – Geoffrey Oryema and Brian Eno – 5:19
#"Dela Dela" – Sacred Spirit – 4:42
#"Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" – Ryuichi Sakamoto – 4:36
#"The Velocity of Love" – Suzanne Ciani – 4:27
#"Ever So Lonely / Eyes / Ocean" – Sheila Chandra – 3:24
#"Virtue" – Jesse Cook – 4:08
#"Theme from Silk Road" – Kitaro – 4:30
#"Synaesthetic" – Blue Man Group – 5:32
#"On Sacred Ground" – Yanni – 7:07
#"Gravity of Love" – Enigma – 3:57
#"Deliver Me" – Sarah Brightman – 4:00

Pure Moods IV

#"November" – Mythos – 4:58
#"Purify" – Balligomingo – 4:14
#"Shadows in Silence" – Enigma – 4:19
#"Silence" – Delerium featuring Sarah McLachlan – 6:34
#"Songs from a Secret Garden" – Secret Garden – 3:31
#"One Man's Dream" – Yanni – 2:45
#"Devotion" – Jim Brickman – 3:36
#"Fields of Gold" – Eva Cassidy – 4:42
#"Garden of Eden" – Govi – 2:54
#"La Valse d'Amélie (Theme from "Amélie")" – Yann Tiersen – 2:00
#"Sea" – George Winston – 2:42
#"God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" – Moby – 5:45
#"Main Titles (From "Chocolat")" – Rachel Portman – 3:09
#"Angel" – Sarah McLachlan – 4:28
#"She Moves Through the Fair" – B-Tribe – 5:00
#"This Love" – Craig Armstrong featuring Elizabeth Fraser – 6:19
#"River of Stars" – Paul Schwartz – 4:04
#"When You're Falling" – Afro Celt Sound System featuring Peter Gabriel – 5:17

Pure Moods: Celestial Celebration

# "Here with Me" – Dido – 4:16
# "Building a Mystery" (live) – Sarah McLachlan – 4:08
# "Love of Strings" – Moby – 6:12
# "More Than This" – Charlie Hunter featuring Norah Jones – 4:11
# "Wake Up in New York" – Craig Armstrong featuring Evan Dando – 3:32
# "Have a Day / Celebratory" – The Polyphonic Spree – 4:39
# "Amado Mio" – Pink Martini – 4:48
# "San Antonio" – Kinky – 3:33
# "Euphoria" (edit) – Delerium – 4:35
# "Voyageur" (Chillout Mix) – Enigma – 4:54
# "Crescent Silver Scythe" – Sheila Chandra – 3:48
# "I Don't Know What I Can Save You From" (Röyksopp Remix) – Kings of Convenience – 4:16
# "Weather Storm" – Massive Attack – 5:01
# "Harvest Moon" – Cassandra Wilson – 5:03
# "The Chokin' Kind" – Joss Stone – 3:38
# "Days Go By" (Acoustic Version) – Dirty Vegas – 2:46
# "Ain't No Sunshine" – Eva Cassidy – 3:25
# "What a Wonderful World" – Sarah Brightman – 3:41

Celtic Moods

# "Overture (Rob Roy/The Rieving Party)" - Carter Burwell - 4:43
# "Theme From Harry's Game" - Clannad - 2:30
# "Samain Night" - Loreena McKennitt - 4:31
# "Only A Woman's Heart" - Eleanor McEvoy - 3:38
# "Strange Boat" - The Waterboys - 3:03
# "Invisible To You" - Mary Coughlan - 4:30
# "The Call To Dance Medley (Westburne Reel, Andy Renwick's Ferret)" - Leahy - 4:07
# "The Gaelic Reels" - Capercaillie - 1:08
# "Sleepy Maggie" - Ashley MacIsaac - 5:29
# "The Crib Of Perches/Carmel Maloney Mulhaire's" - Matt Malloy - 3:30
# "Blackbird" - Sharon Shannon - 3:37
# "Heroine" - The Edge & Sinéad O'Connor - 4:26
# "No Frontier" - Mary Black - 3:59
# "The Island" - Paul Brady - 5:26
# "Caide Sin Don Te Sin?" - Altan - 3:14
# "Ride On" - Christy Moore - 4:06
# "Woodbrook" - Michael O'Suilleabhain - 3:29

Scottish Moods

# "Dark Island" - David Methven and the Munros - 2:48
# "Amazing Grace" - David Methven and the Munros - 2:03
# "My Home" - David Methven and the Munros - 2:37
# "Skye Boat Song" - David Methven and the Munros - 2:32
# "Highland Cathedral" - David Methven and the Munros - 2:51
# "Hasten And Come With Me" - David Methven and the Munros - 2:47
# "Scots Wha Hae" - David Methven and the Munros - 2:44
# "Flower Of Scotland" - David Methven and the Munros - 3:20
# "Scottish Soldier" (Green Hills Of Tyrone) - David Methven and the Munros - 4:26
# "El Alamein" - David Methven and the Munros - 3:07
# "Lord Lovat's Lament" - David Methven and the Munros - 2:42
# "Ye Banks And Braes" - David Methven and the Munros - 3:27
# "Abide With Me" - David Methven and the Munros - 2:30
# "Ae Fond Kiss" - David Methven and the Munros - 3:51
# "Morag Of Dunvegan" - David Methven and the Munros - 1:56
# "Auld Lang Syne" - David Methven and the Munros - 1:58
# "Glengarry's Lament" - David Methven and the Munros - 2:00

Instrumental Moods

# "In The Full Moon Light" - 3rd Force - 4:40
# "Knocking On Forbidden Doors" - Enigma - 3:54
# "Barcelona Nights" - Ottmar Liebert - 4:03
# "Montezuma" - Cusco - 4:07
# "Dawa (Cradlesong)" - Sacred Spirits - 4:15
# "Heat (From The Fifth Element)" - Eric Serra - 2:54
# "Tempest" - Jesse Cook - 2:58
# "Cliffs Of Dover" - Eric Johnson - 3:44
# "Midnight Express" - Neal Schon - 5:10
# "Weather Storm" - Massive Attack - 4:59
# "Samba Pa Ti" - Santana - 3:09
# "Sure-As-Not (Full Whack Dub)" - Afro Celt Sound System - 6:51
# "Widescreen" - Vanessa-Mae - 3:53
# "Gabriel's Oboe (From The Mission)" - Ennio Morricone - 2:13
# "Cristofori's Dream" - David Lanz - 6:02
# "Gathering Of The Tribes" - Craig Chaquico - 4:54