The Cross of Changes - Enigma - New Age/Ambient

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The Cross of Changes is the second studio album by the German musicalproject Enigma,headed by Romanian-German musician and producer Michael Cretu, released on 6 December 1993by Virgin Recordsinternationallyand Charisma Records inthe United States. Following the unexpected worldwide commercial success of thefirst Enigma album, MCMXC a.D. (1990),Cretu began to write and record music for a new album at A.R.T. Studios, his home studio in Ibiza,Spain. Cretu samples songs from several artists, including Vangelis and U2.

The Cross of Changes was a commercial success.It became Enigma's second consecutive number one album in the United Kingdomand peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200 inthe United States, where it sold over two million copies. In 1994, four singleswere released: "Return to Innocence","The Eyes of Truth","Age of Loneliness(Carly's Song)", originally written especially for thefilm Sliver, and"Out from the Deep".A special limited edition was released in 1994.