Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits

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Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
Enigma
Released8 October 2001
Recorded1990–2001
Studio A.R.T. (Ibiza, Spain)
Genre
Length76:29
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)
Professional ratings
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Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by the German musical project Enigma, released on 8 October 2001 by Virgin Records. The album, along with Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection brings a close to Michael Cretu's first chapter of Enigma.

Contents

It contains most of Enigma's singles, and selected album tracks, from 1990 to 2001. Three tracks are from Enigma's debut album, MCMXC a.D. (1990), four tracks are from The Cross of Changes (1993), four tracks are from Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! (1996), five tracks are from The Screen Behind the Mirror (2000), and the album also features a new single "Turn Around" and its intro "The Landing".

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

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [29] Gold50,000^
Germany (BVMI) [30] Gold150,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [31] Gold7,500^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [32] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [33] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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