''Pure Moods'' is the first United States release of a series of compilation albums of

new-age music New-age is a genre of music intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation technique, relaxation, and optimism. It is used by listeners for yoga, massage, meditation, and reading as a method of stress management to bring about a state of ecs ...

released by

Virgin Records Virgin Records is a record label owned by Universal Music Group. It originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman. It grew to be a worldwid ...

. The original was titled ''Moods – A contemporary Soundtrack'' and released in the UK in 1991. This was followed by ''Moods 2'' in 1992. The series focuses on the genres of

new-age New Age is a range of spiritual or religious practices and beliefs which rapidly grew in Western society during the early 1970s. Its highly eclectic and unsystematic structure makes a precise definition difficult. Although many scholars conside ...

ambient Ambient or Ambiance or Ambience may refer to: Music and sound * Ambience (sound recording), also known as atmospheres or backgrounds * Ambient music, a genre of music that puts an emphasis on tone and atmosphere * ''Ambient'' (album), by Moby * ...

, world music, and to a lesser extent,

downtempo Downtempo (or downbeat) is a broad label for electronic music that features an atmospheric sound and slower beats than would typically be found in dance music. Closely related to ambient music but with greater emphasis on rhythm, the style may ...

trip-hop Trip hop (sometimes used synonymously with "downtempo") is a musical genre that originated in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol. It has been described as a psychedelic fusion of hip hop and electronica with slow tempos ...

and

smooth jazz Smooth jazz is a genre of commercially-oriented crossover jazz and easy listening music that became dominant in the mid 1970s to the early 1990s. History Smooth jazz is a commercially oriented, crossover jazz which came to prominence in the 19 ...

. Several artists are featured regularly throughout the series such as

Massive Attack Massive Attack are an English trip hop collective formed in 1988 in Bristol by Robert "3D" Del Naja, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws, Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. The debut Massive Attack album ''Blue Lines'' was release ...

Moby Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, singer, producer, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "among the ...

Delerium Delerium is a Canadian new-age ambient electronic musical duo that formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act Front Line Assembly. Throughout the band’s history, their musical style has encompassed a ...

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Enya Enya Patricia Brennan (; ga, Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin; born 17 May 1961), known professionally by the mononym Enya, is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician known for modern Celtic music. She is the best-selling Irish solo arti ...

, Adiemus,

Sacred Spirit Sacred Spirit is a German musical project by Claus Zundel, Ralf Hamm, Pecy, and Markus Staab. The music is of electronic, new age, world, and ambient genres. Sacred Spirit's total worldwide album sales are estimated at over 15 million copies. Fo ...

and

Yanni Yiannis Chryssomallis ( el, Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης; born November 14, 1954), known professionally as Yanni ( ), is a Greek-American composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer. Yanni continues to use the musical shorthand ...

. The original volume of the series was initially promoted and sold by

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commercials. The first volume was initially released in 1994, with a different track listing from the 1997 re-release. There are twelve albums released by Virgin Records in the series — five "main entry" albums and six spin-off albums (

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...

, Scottish,

Instrumental An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to instru ...

, Romantic, Gregorian and

Christmas Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus, Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people Observance of Christmas by country, around t ...

). ''Scottish Moods'' stands alone as an album featuring a single performer, David Methen and The Munros, while all the others are albums featuring multiple artists.

Track listings

''Pure Moods'' (original 1994 release)

''Pure Moods'' (1997 re-release)

Release Date: April 1, 1997
Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 42186
UPC: 7 24384 21862 1

''Instrumental Moods'' (original 1995 UK release)

Release Date: November 6, 1995
Label / Catalogue Number: Virgin Records UK: VTCD 65
UPC: 7 24384 11232 5

''Cinema Moods'' (1995)

Release Date: 1995

''Gregorian Moods'' (1997)

Release Date: July 1997
Label / Catalogue Number: Virgin Records UK: VTCD 171

''Celtic Moods'' (1997)

Release Date: November 11, 1997
Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 44951

''Instrumental Moods'' (1998)

Release Date: February 24, 1998
Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 45397

''Christmas Moods'' (1998)

Release Date: October 20, 1998
Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 46753

''Pure Moods II'' (1998)

Release Date: November 17, 1998
Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 46796

''Scottish Moods'' (1999)

Release Date: February 23, 1999
Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 46986

''Pure Moods III'' (2001)

Release Date: February 6, 2001
Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 50935

''Pure Moods IV'' (2002)

Release Date: October 1, 2002
Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 12082

''Romantic Moods'' (2002)

Release Date: 2002

''Pure Moods: Celestial Celebration'' (2004)

Release Date: February 24, 2004
Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 96797

References

External links

Pure Moods collection promo on YouTube''Pure Moods, Vol.2'' on AllMusic
{{Authority control Compilation album series New-age compilation albums 1994 albums