Enigma - Sadeness (Part II) (Official Video)
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a true Enigma fan would adore this, thanks Michael for this gift. Come to Perú!
Anggun has such a strong voice, which is perfect for this track.
THIS is just AMAZING!!! deep, ecstasy, sensuality, spirituality... DIVINE!
I love Enigma since the 90's ❤️
Same..return to innocence always makes me feel different after listening to it. It's beautiful!
Bonjour pump or rukna bhai
Same. ❤❤❤❤
Anggun + Enigma = Perfect combination
I love this track. It is full of classical and modern elements. Love the overall feel. Very dark themed and proper for the name: Sadeness.
Finally, Michael Cretu invades us with his wonderful universe, please come to our worlds and fill your esepcional music. Part II sadeness wonderful. Enigma forever.
Spectacular! Loved it!
Anggun at her best!
Love this song!! Finally Enigma and Anggun collaborated. my life is complete
Damn! Anggun's voice is so beautiful, her vocals is absolutely amazing
this is amazing but I need anggun's voice more
Anggun is gorgeous. Her voice is strongly established.
so that her okay..yes very attractive
is she from Nepal?
@@gracie99999 Indonesia
Anggun has such a powerful voice, I just love her! Michael always knew to select great voices.
Why did I know it was Anggun's voice? She dos have a powerful voice
You can't expect him to make the same song as the first one. Sadeness Part. I and ll are different.Anyway, this is amazing! Very artistic and unique. Cretu has made another masterpiece and Anggun gave its justice. I love it so much!
Of course not, but the thing with major hits in every field is that every time someone tries to make an extension, it fails. Not just music, I'm talking movies, shows, games etc. If it was something completely new I'd be all for it, but it's modified samples from MCMXC
so true
It is samples from MCMXCa.D. but that samples makes Enigma to be Enigma . I really expected this , this is the real Enigma sound . It's GREAT !!!!
How old are you? 9? This is not about winners or losers, this is about ear for music. This do not aport anything new! It is plain, tasteless, with no soul in it! repetitive and boring to death. Period!
NEVER In your miserable life boy. I have listened to Enigma since the very beginning back in (and with) MCMXC a.D. I've earned the RIGHT TO CRITICIZE with fundaments. My criticism is too savage for your sentimentalisms Ò‿Ó
Nevermind the comparison, but if Picasso and DaVinci returned from the dead and created another painting, there would be a LOT of people complaining and criticizing it. It´s just how internet works nowadays. In my opinion , Enigma is art. And like any other art, there will be people who like it, and people who don´t. We all appreciated the freedom and geniality of Enigma songs over the years, and that´s because Cretu does what he feels like. If he think´s that´s how Sadeness Part II should sound. We are free to accept it or not. Let´s just respect the artist will regarding its own piece. An artist, should NEVER have to explain his art.
the problem is that the "part ii" generates too many expectatives. "Part i" is, if not a hymn, a milestone. it's recognizable, it had a huge impact and it was way catchier (pls note that catchier doesn't mean better or worse).
if someone clicks here with half of the expectations i had, they still be frustrated becase of comparision. This one has to be judge by itself but it is hard when you label it as "part ii".
Well said, man! Well said! I respect and appreciate this track for sure and it's not that I find it bad, it's just disappointing for me. But I'm happy to see most seem to approve. That's great!
RidwanYoung Amazing comment
but it seems that you did not translate the first letter of SADEness or did not understand it, it's about the marques de SADE and sadomasochism, and the lyrics are the continuation of the first song, you could say that now the woman is 28 years older and now He tells:
Part 1 - 1990:
Tell me
Sade give me
Tell me
what is it that you seek?
The rightness of wrong
The virtue of vice
Sade tell me why the Gospel of evil?
What is your religion? Where are your faithful?
If you are against God, (so) you are against man
Tell me why blood for pleasure?
Pleasure without love?
Is there no longer any feeling in man's Faith?
Sade are you diabolical or divine?
Tell me
Hosanna
Sade give me
Hosanna
Tell me
Hosanna
Sade give me
Hosanna
Now the woman is 28 years older and now she tells: part 2 - 2016 says:
Love
Pain
Hope
Desire
Live
Die
Come home
I am your destiny
Sade I understood
Sade I follow you
See me now
Feel me now
All your life
You've been waiting for tonight
Now's the time to get it right
So dare to fly
All your life
You've been waiting to be free
Trade your pride for ecstasy
That'll make you
Reach the sky
Sade J'ai compris
Sade understandme
Sade Je you suis
Sade get me.
Bravo!
Both Enigma and Anggun are a perfect fit. I am so glad that they have collaborated with each other.
«Sadeness Part II» lyrics/paroles:
Amour (Love)
Douleur (Pain)
Espoir (Hope)
Désir (Desire)
Vivre (to Live)
Mourir (to Die)
Viens chez-moi (Come over to mine)
Je suis ton destin (I am your destiny)
Sade J'ai compris (Sade I have understood)
Sade Je te suis I follow thee/I am thee*)
See me now
Feel me now
All your life
You've been waiting for tonight
Now's the time to get it right
So dare to fly
All your life
You've been waiting to be free
Trade your pride for ecstasy
That'll make you
Reach the sky
Sade J'ai compris (Sade I have understood)
Sade Je te suis (Sade I follow thee/I am thee*)
*In french the first person singular of the verb to follow, which is suivre in its infinitive, is the same as the first person singular of to be, être in its infinitive, both being je suis. Cretu has made a nice play on words with this final double entendre, although it may be more correct to say «je suis toi» than «je te suis» in regards to saying "I am thee/you" in FR (francophones please correct me so), I still believe Cretu has made a nice finishing touch to this song's lyrics. I used the second person singular in this case in my translation (using thee over you) as it's slight achaicanistic state fits the style of music as well as it's lyric on this line much better than "you", in my opinion, as well as it's personal context being useable with only one other person. Though the second person singular thou is still modern english, we sadly do not use it in EN the way that most indo european languages still commonly do.
On the album the following track after «Sadeness Part II» is a track called «Confession of the Mind», which melds from it's predecessing track (as almost all Enigma tracks indeed do so). At the beginning of this track a Sandresque voice whispers "Come, follow me", an allusion no doubt to Sadeness Part II's finale lyric and possibly Cretu's way of letting us know it is indeed "I follow thee".
Thank you!
Excelente !
the whole "Enigma" album 2016/2017 "The Fall of A Rebel Angel" (feat. Anggun) is about me, Rizki Ferdian means Richard Light Bearer (Fer/Per/Ber is old indo european words means to carry, to bear. Dian/Diana means Divine/Light).
Aquarius, Age of Aquarius
Aquarius Sun + Aquarius Moon
Aries Ascendant
Capricorn: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune, Midheaven
Scorpio: Saturn, Mars, Pluto
Sagittarius Uranus
Gemini North Node, Sagittarius South Node
Pisces: Lilith, Fortune
Me, Wednesday (Day of Woden/Odin)
1 February 1984, GMT +7 (Indonesia), 9:33AM.
Numerology 1, 4, 7, 7, 33.
Complete multiracial, multilingual. Living around the world since child alone on my own especially since Mother passed away with younger sister just after her birth, 6 November 1986, Mother was 27 years old (29 July 1959), I was 2,8 years old.
I am a former muslim preacher in my teenage, no longer muslim, no longer religious, not into any religion, studied religions earlier than majority of people, that's why I am fluent in formal Arabic.
8 years The Netherlands and surrounding, fluent in Dutch, French, etc.
And many other years many places.
Religions are men made to control to enslave less knowing majority.
Je te suis is simply "I follow you"
I am thee/you = Moi je suis Vous/Toi
the whole "Enigma" album 2015/16 "The Fall of A Rebel Angel" (feat. Anggun) is about me, Rizki Ferdian means Richard Light Bearer (Fer/Per/Ber is old indo word means to carry, to bear. Dian/Diana means Divine/Light).
Aquarius, Age of Aquarius
Aquarius Sun + Aquarius Moon
Aries Ascendant
= Man with Crown/Horn, misinterpreted by religious as Evil Lucifer.
Capricorn: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune, Midheaven
Scorpio: Saturn, Mars, Pluto
Sagittarius Uranus
Gemini North Node, Sagittarius South Node
Pisces: Lilith, Fortune
Me, Wednesday (Day of Woden/Odin)
1 February 1984, GMT +7 (Indonesia), 9:36AM.
Complete multiracial, multilingual. Living around the world since child alone on my own especially since Mother passed away with younger sister just after her birth, 6 November 1986, Mother was 27 years old (29 July 1959), I was 2,8 years old.
I am a former muslim preacher in my teenage, no longer muslim, no longer religious, not into any religion, studied religions earlier than majority of people, that's why I am fluent in formal Arabic.
8 years The Netherlands and surrounding, fluent in Dutch, French, etc.
And many other years many places.
Religions are men made to control to enslave less knowing majority.
Religion = region rely on legion and legislation.
#Aquarius #AgeOfAquarius
WOW Mr Cretu you're a creative genius and Angunn your vocals are outstanding. So some of you are disappointed? Cannot be true Enigmatic fans. All Enigma tracks have their own element with a mysterious sound and video that intrigues us to what the next track will sound like...
I can't wait for the new album!!
me too:)
Awaiting for the entire album. Always loved Enigma
ME TOO
my dreams comes true the video is so epic
song is a masterpiece
10/10
Agreed!
I'm unfortunately disappointed. There is no structure or chorus to the song like in the first one. For me, 7/10.
It's not supposed to be like the first one
It's ur fault coming here with a sadness part 1 in ur mind
Why would you think it would be anything like the first one? Each song needs their own identity.
I hope the album doesn't follow suit. Sorry to say the track is mediocre by Enigma standards.
Michael and Anggun are superb. I cried watching and listening. Profound and epic.
anggun and micheal cretu are simply badass together, amazing new track.
No.1. BILLBOARD DANCE/ELECTRONIC CHART IS AMAZING ALBUM. CONGRATS ANGGUN, ENIGMA & TEAM. ANGGUN VOICE IS SWAG (SOMETHING WE ASIAN GOT).
i love the part when Anggun sighing... her voice is stunning as well at the end of the song
Love it....great work again Mr. Cretu
masterpiece!!!
The opus of the entire album is even unpredictable to me if this is a start.
Absolutely marvellous!!!! I'm Enigma addicted, I want more and more!!! Thank you Michael Cretu !!! 👍👌👏😘😍
same, enigma really opened things up for me creatively in a sense..used to listen to enigma a lot..
though it makes complete sense from all angles yet still in a sense something different dream like and I’ve been hooked
even if not attended to listening for a bit
but back
This album is the most highly anticipated one for me for the whole decade. I am so grateful Enigma has come back and just as incredible as the previous albums. I always find myself in a delightful decadent euphoria.
Anggun is Fantastic, i hope she the next time get "grammy", great singer
10/10 Masterpiece' brand new track! Enigma' returns.
Divine music! Anggun voice is amazing! Michael Cretu is a real genius composer!!!
sounds so creepy and mysterious.. it sounds sadder than part 1.. it has that sadeness in it emotionally
I need a longer version! More Anggun, please!
Great work Michael Cretu! Thank you!
yeah dude!!!anggun!!
yesss more Anggun but we still have like 2 other songs from Anggun on this new album right?
Yessssss, more anggun voice!!
anggun!!!anggun!!!anggun!!!
😍😍😍😍😍
I think this is a track that has to grow on you. After a few listens this has ENIGMA written all over it. Part of a long heritage back in the early 1990s, I hear so much Enigma elements woven in each part of this track. In my opinion a true PART DEUX. Excellent work, master Cretu.
anggun gak koar2 langsung kolab dgn musisi berkualitas dan albumnya langsung no 1 di billboard. nama anggun jg dikenang billboard yg dlu sukses dgn snow on the sahara. bukti anggun penyanyi ternama dan berkualitas internasional dan gak ngaku2 tapi diakui pihak luat negeri. salut dah sama anggun.
🔥🔥🔥ШЕДЕВР
anggun's voice so powerfull and amazing!!
I don't know why everyone hates this so much. I thought it was great, gave me chills! Looking forward to the full release!
Actually, from all the likes to dislikes I'd say it's hardly hated. It's just not loved. There should actually be an "so-so" hand icon, which is where I stand. But I voted "like" even though I'm on the disappointed side. Because well, I don't "dislike" it. I have to really hate something to dislike it.
This song should have been more radio friendly. Save the experimental stuff for the rest of the album. That's what Cretu did with the first 4 albums. Return to Innocence was a masterpiece and also radio friendly.
because they are bitches of nostalgia
just for the facts ... Part 2 popularity on iTunes surpasses every other song and it's just right under Sadeness Part I ...
btw ... I think we should stop bitching about it and enjoy the songs .. another chapter in enigma history .. which I say over and over again : its like the rebel angel is enigma and with this album is trying to absolve about 7th album .. hheheeh ( :) ) ( btw listen to iTunes samples and you will understand each song meaning and place ) ..
Agreed! Beautifully done!
It's simply wonderful, this song grows in me always more, I love it.
I can't wait to listen to the entire album !
Thank You Michael Cretu, You're the Greatest to me . . .
I'm obsessed with this track!
Simply enigmatically SUPERB ~ I believe it's even better than Part I!
anggun's voice so powerful, brings tears to my eyes.
I totally cried, especially during the last 50 seconds of this masterpiece. Bravo, Enigma and Anggun!
+Victor Trammell you're right
so moving
I don't hate it or love it...more on the neutral/disappointed side. I give it a 7/10. I do like it more than I dislike it, of course, so I liked the video. But even with that said, it feels like there just isn't much variety to the track and the best part when the vocals take off only happens once. Such an abnormal structure for an Enigma track. Even Sadness 1 had repeated moments...also, it sounds more like A Posteriori than MCMX. No flutes or barely any gregorian chants.
anggun♡♡♡
An Amazing Collaboration ENIGMA feat ANGGUNThe Legends Are Alive....
Lyrics - English language part of the song:
See me now
Feel me now
All your life
You've been waiting for tonight
Now's the time to get it right
So dare to fly
All your life
You've been waiting to be free
Change your pain for ecstasy
I'll make you
Reach the sky
if this is not art, I don't know what is
the whole "Enigma" album 2015/16 "The Fall of A Rebel Angel" (feat. Anggun) is about me, Rizki Ferdian means Richard Light Bearer (Fer/Per/Ber is old indo word means to carry, to bear. Dian/Diana means Divine/Light).
Aquarius, Age of Aquarius
Aquarius Sun + Aquarius Moon
Aries Ascendant
= Man with Crown/Horn, misinterpreted by religious as Evil Lucifer.
Capricorn: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune, Midheaven
Scorpio: Saturn, Mars, Pluto
Sagittarius Uranus
Gemini North Node, Sagittarius South Node
Pisces: Lilith, Fortune
Me, Wednesday (Day of Woden/Odin)
1 February 1984, GMT +7 (Indonesia), 9:36AM.
Complete multiracial, multilingual. Living around the world since child alone on my own especially since Mother passed away with younger sister just after her birth, 6 November 1986, Mother was 27 years old (29 July 1959), I was 2,8 years old.
I am a former muslim preacher in my teenage, no longer muslim, no longer religious, not into any religion, studied religions earlier than majority of people, that's why I am fluent in formal Arabic.
8 years The Netherlands and surrounding, fluent in Dutch, French, etc.
And many other years many places.
Religions are men made to control to enslave less knowing majority.
Religion = region rely on legion and legislation.
#Aquarius #AgeOfAquarius
Crap
I know right!
This is witchcraft
Enigma - FOREVER!
Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, ... thumbs up for Anggun's Vocal
Mr. Cretu.. Thank you. Deep emotions and wonderfull voice
Listened this song at 3am and closed my eyes feel like I was in the other world. Amazing song. Love Anggun always
anggun.. what a voice! love this collab so much
Anggun's voice at the ending part of this sadness part II seems like enigma's hit "Beyond the impossible" which was the mega hit in 1995. It takes me back to the memory... love it so much.
Beyond the Invisible
damn! how can I forget the title... thanks dude
Its beyond the invisible
@@andyshdw8351 you see they're already corrected right o.o
Honestly, this is a very good Enigma song. I think it could have been one of the best ones without the trap beat and the organ riff, but it's still very good with them. The vocals, pads, and choir are REALLY on point. Exactly the Enigma that I wanted.
The music video is a masterpiece. Very Psychedelic, I love when music videos like this are like that. PURE GOLD
Wonderful !!! Sadness Part .2
*Another masterpiece , Thank you*
I think this is a great track and has all the things most Enigma fans want. Unfortunately the fans who have been missing for 6 albums who are only listening to this because of its name will expect a carbon copy of the original song. This album has been made with a chronological order to all the songs and when the full album comes out it will not disappoint.
No words to describe sensuality and deepness of new album!
This is divine.
Thanks Enigma! The music is an evolution, and I know a lot people want to hear the same shit all the time.
OK I'm not gonna lie, I was hating on the song yesterday because of the organs, but oh my God I cannot stop listening to it today! I am so excited for enigma's new album!!!!!
Published on my birthday. Best gift.
Enigma is on a level no one else has touched. Never get tired of this music.
It looks like one of Madonna old videos wit a little Gaga and the same old anti christ symbolism. These people really hate ✝️
@@rousseaurousseau2997 The symbolism is actually very pro-Christ. Think about what a cross represents and how the video depicts persecution and self guilt of indulgence. The guild and persecution follow from teachings about sin and Christian teachings of the world.
@@czargwar no I see a Naive American stamped with the christian cross and also having it come out of her crotch forced to accept something both alien and unnatural to her kind
@@rousseaurousseau2997 Native American? Cross coming out of the crotch?? You're watching a different video then. The crotch is pixelated so I wonder how you can see that. You're too hung up on the naked girl. You're probably look at renaissance Christian based art and say it's satanic cause of the naked bodies.
Reminds me of Mea Culpa...
But OMFG, it's amazing!
Anggun... you're voice... arghhh 😍😍😍😍😍
Everyone's making negative comments listening the first 1 minute of the track, listen till the end. It's unique and gives you the enigma vibe..
"Things are changing, but nothing changes... and still there are changes. Le Roi est mort, vive Le Roi!"
Stop comparing this song with part one, it has its own identity. Enjoy its magnificence!
Yosshy M wise words 👌
You cannot judge an Enigma album by one song alone. I only seem to appreciate Enigma when I listen to a whole complete album.
Too true
you are right
Wonderfull Music from Enigma Feat Anggun
this strong music..... Mrs Anggun i think next year you will get Grammy < i hope >
the woman's voice is amazing..love it
Magnifique. J'aime Enigma à la folie.
Epic.
Choosing Anggun was a great choice, I have followed his career Anggun several year
s.Great building a mood piece ... ENDING WAS BOMB !!!!!
true!!
Yes, that's true
Anggun talents like a everest mount ..its so amazing
Anggun with Schiller was shit. Anggun with Cretu is even bigger shit.
+MusicMMi Think again. now billboard dance/electronic is talking about Enigma&Anggun coz they are on #1 of this category.
Anggun voice is Amazing 😘😘😘
ENIGMA ❤ ❤ ❤
I can't wait for Mother and Oxygen Red
They sound amazing!!! Oxygen Red sounds like an improvement from the style of the Voyageur album.
Deliciously Dark and taking you to another level in your mind. Enigma is back.
ANGGUUUUUUUNN!! LOVE IT!!💞💕💓
Anggun, The voice of Enigma 🌹🌹🌹
it is called ART 💙
Oh my God,i'm falling in love to her voice...its feel like listening angel come down from the sky singing...
I just found out the singer is Anggun. WOW
My personal favourite. The bass here is so profound, and Anggun's voice is incredible
Ja da stimme ich voll zu.
This song really amazing
anggun voice OMG
You need to listen to it many times, until u get addicted to it..
what a stupid comment. All songs become addict if you listen more times, just because you start to know it. There are few sonngs that are liked on first listen. Unfortunately it's not the case of this one even if the main content of it is already known.
+sgru z maybe to u
but to me I like from the first second
I mean u need to listen to it more than once to really like it.
people listen to it with a sadness part 1 in mind. And that's wrong
Leave ur nostalgic expectations behind.
I listen to it with all Enigma songs in mind, I listened three times. It just sounds like a remix of previous song due to the organ part that ruins everything. Trust me, I would have expected something totally different as Enigma are my preferred artist since ever.
For me the organ is what made this song fantastic and atmospheric
U said it's remix of the old one
But I disagree with you my friend
It's all fresh and new song here
I agree, i think we have our expectations really really high after such a long waiting period , so high that we are loosing the point its another song in another period and under different circumstances ... but if you listen many times as Enigma Van says its growing to you .. It took me also time to appreciate and love Part I all these years ago . Every enigma album is like a collage of the music style and intellectual properties of each era it was composed. I think its the same with this one.
Beautifully dark 🖤
Enigma Forever 💜
I heard it a few times and it's really growin' on me, love the presentation and artwork also!
Anggun... I love you...
I love your voice...
Can't wait to hear part III.
kolaborasi itu ibarat jodoh harus mau dua"nya saya mengagumi seseorang blm tntu dia mengagumi saya, kutip anggun. Diva internasional msih bisa ngomong ghituu.... rendah hati bangettt
Well, I like it. Is it as good as "Sadeness Part 1"? No. But I did not expect it to be. This is not to insult Cretu's abilities as an artist at all (for I think him beyond brilliant. He IS a genius actually. ), but a masterpiece is a masterpiece (thus, making it difficult to live up to). I find this new song eerie, seductive and the end quite ambitious and inspiring. The video is not as phenomenal as some of its predecessors have been (think, "The Rivers of Belief," "Beyond the Invisible," and, "Sadeness Part 1") and yet, I still enjoy watching it. I have been an Enigma fan since the very beginning (1991). I look forward to hearing, "Fall of a Rebel Angel" as a whole and sequential body of work. Frankly, it is one of the things keeping me going as the darker, colder months descend upon the land. ;-) Cheers to all my fellow Enigma fans' out there'!
ENIGMA - THE KINGS OF NEW AGE
Enigma is a German musical project founded in 1990 by Romanian-German musician and producer Michael Cretu. Cretu had released several solo records, collaborated with various artists, and produced albums for his then-wife, German pop singer Sandra, before he conceived the idea of a new-age, worldbeat project. He recorded the first Enigma studio album, MCMXC a.D. (1990), with contributions from David Fairstein and Frank Peterson. The album remains Enigma's most successful, helped by the international hit single "Sadeness (Part I)", which sold twelve million units alone. According to Cretu, the inspiration for the creation of the project came from his desire to make a kind of music that did not obey "the old rules and habits" and presented a new form of artistic expression with mystic and experimental components.
Enigma followed MCMXC a.D. with a series of albums that involved several musicians and producers working with Cretu. The first was The Cross of Changes (1993), which incorporated tribal and ethnic influences and sold over eight million copies worldwide, followed by Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! (1996), which blended the Gregorian chants reminiscent of the first album with the strong intercultural soundscapes present in the second. Enigma's fourth album The Screen Behind the Mirror (2000) started a slight departure from the previous world music themes towards a heavier electronic atmosphere. This evolution culminated with Voyageur (2003), its fifth and more pop-based album, and A Posteriori (2006), a work inspired by the future collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, with distinct operatic tones and an electronic spectrum closer to Voyageur than the earlier releases. Seven Lives Many Faces (2008) followed and contained a mixture of classical and modern elements ranging from ethnic chants to rap and dubstep influences. Its eighth album, The Fall of a Rebel Angel, was released in November 2016.
Enigma has sold over 8.5 million RIAA-certified albums in the US and an estimated 70 million worldwide with over 100 gold and platinum certifications. The project has also received three Grammy Award nominations.
And I have the great honor of having in my discography the six studio albums, as well as the first compilation, in physical format, CD, of this musical project led by the charismatic and main mentor, Michael Cretu. As I mentioned, the six albums in physical format, CD. So I have three copies of MCMXC a. D. (1990), two limited editions, released in 1991, containing the four remixes of the album's four singles, the standard edition originally released in 1990, containing the seven tracks. So I still have three copies of the second album, released in 1993, THE CROSS OF CHANGES. The following is a copy of the third studio album, LE ROI EST MORT, VIVE LE ROI! (1996), a copy of the excellent fourth studio album, THE SCREEN BEHIND THE MIRROR (2000). I still have a copy of the compilation, LSD: LOVE SENSUALITY DEVOTION - THE GREATEST HITS (2001). I still have a copy of Enigma's latest work, released in 2016, THE FALL OF A REBEL ANGEL (2016). Altogether there are ten studio albums!
The Fall of a Rebel Angel is the eighth studio album by the German musical project Enigma, released on 11 November 2016 by Republic Records. The first studio album since Seven Lives Many Faces (2008), it is a concept album that tells the story of a protagonist's journey of development and change to find a new, fulfilling life. The album was developed by Enigma's founder, producer, and principal composer, Michael Cretu and German lyricist and librettist Michael Kunze. Its artwork was designed by Wolfgang Beltracchi.
The Fall of a Rebel Angel is a concept album formed of 12 "chapter-like" tracks that tells a surreal narrative, based on an epic poem written for the album by Kunze, about a male protagonist's journey of development and change to find a new, fulfilling life. Cretu described the story as a "symbolic journey to redemption - with everyone to define his individual path" combined with "psychedelic undertones". He quotes from various literature, religious, and pop culture sources to aid the story which includes themes of sexuality, faith, and death. In one chapter, the character wanders through an imaginary town and encounters a priestess whose god is the Marquis de Sade, thus becoming a continuation of the story to "Sadeness (Part I)", the worldwide hit single from Enigma's debut album, MCMXC a.D. (1990). The story concludes with the individual breaking their own reflection in the water of a lake, accepting responsibility of its life.
The album was officially announced on 8 August 2016 with a scheduled release date of 11 November.
Four editions of the album were made available on Republic Records, a division of Universal Music Group.
The standard edition on single disc includes a 28-page booklet and the 12 "chapter" paintings by Beltracchi.
The two-disc limited deluxe edition digipak features a 12-track narration of the album's story and a 40-page booklet.
The limited super deluxe edition includes a signed picture frame and exclusive online content.
The gatefold vinyl edition has the 12 Beltracchi paintings and a 16-page booklet.
"Sadeness (Part II)" (featuring Anggun) was released as a digital download on 10 October 2016 for those who pre-ordered the album.
Following the album's completion, Cretu felt proud of the album. In May 2018, the album was reissued on a limited-edition coloured vinyl as part of The Colours of Enigma series, which includes all prior studio albums.
"Sadeness (Part II)"
Released: 10 October 2016
[Lettre de "Sadeness, Pt. II"]
Amour
Douleur
Éspoir
Désir
Vivre
Mourir
Viens chez-moi
Je suis ton destin
Sade J'ai compris
Sade Je te suis
See me now
Feel me now
All your life
You've been waiting for tonight
Now's the time to get it right
So dare to fly
All your life
You've been waiting to be free
Trade your pride for ecstasy
That'll make you
Reach the sky
Sade J'ai compris
Sade Je te suis
Featuring Anggun
Produced By Michael Cretu
Written By Frank peter, Fabrice Cuitad & Michael Cretu
Album THE FALL OF A REBEL ANGEL (2016)
This is so underated Wow !!! Masterpiece
Everything Enigma does touches my soul
i am just in love with ann-gun more beautiful lady i ever see in my life
The master is back Michael Cretu the real deal of mysterious chill out,beauty and imaginary world sounds
Didn't like it at first - as many songs I now love - I gave it time. This is now one of my top Enigma favorites.
Great...,colaboratian with my idol...anggun...👏👏👏
this is what enigma is !!!!! whoa .. simply enigmatic ..mysterious !!! #ENIGMA
Энигма, БлагоДарю вас за прекрасную музыку!!!!💖Я слушаю вас с 80 годов и не перестаю восхищаться!!!!
I came here to see Annggun and yes she is beyond my expectation.
No one does it like Michael Cretu. at first, I was hoping it would sound similar to sadness I. But then, it's something different but still very much Enigma. very nice work. The album will be epic.