Though the notion of chilling out to the theme of “The Exorcist” could sound absurd, “Pure Moods” turned such an enormous hit worldwide, promoting over 2 million copies – that is a complete lot of sequel volumes hit the market. There have been 4 extra “Pure Moods” compilations launched from the late Nineteen Nineties into the early 2000s, together with tracks by artists as different as Sarah McLachlan and Yanni.
On high of that, Virgin Information created “Celtic Moods,” which concentrates on Irish pop, new age, and folks music, “Gregorian Moods,” which took benefit of the mid-90s vogue for Gregorian chanting, “Christmas Moods,” which supplies listeners synth-heavy takes on vacation classics, and the self-explanatory “Instrumental Moods.”
Different collections have been distinctive by way of their eclectic observe listings. “Cinema Moods” mixed excerpts from films as wildly different as “Platoon” — the most effective Vietnam Warfare films of all time – and “Cinema Paradiso.” “Romantic Moods” is comprised fully of jazz tunes as an alternative of licensed tracks and is supposed to set a romantic temper for dates. “Scottish Moods” is the one album in your complete collection to be comprised of music from a single artist — The Munroes.
The entire collection ended with 2004’s “Pure Moods: Celestial Celebration.” It took the compilation’s historical past again to fundamentals and mixed tracks equivalent to Dido’s pop smash “Right here With Me” and has songs from collection mainstays Huge Assault, Sarah Brightman, and Eva Cassidy. It was the proper manner for the long-running collection to exit, and left an impression as robust because the legendary ’90s business did.