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A Posteriori

2006 studio album by Enigma

Summary

2006 studio album by Enigma

Field	Value
name	A Posteriori
type	studio
artist	Enigma
cover	Enigma A Posteriori album cover.jpg
released	22 September 2006
recorded	2005–2006
studio	Various places, with the "Alchemist" (all-in-one mobile computer studio)
genre
length	53:36
label	Virgin
producer	Michael Cretu
prev_title	15 Years After
prev_year	2005
next_title	Seven Lives Many Faces
next_year	2008

the album

A Posteriori is the sixth studio album by German musical project Enigma, released on 22 September 2006 by Virgin Records. In December 2006, the album was nominated for Best New Age Album at the 2007 Grammy Awards.

While the previous album, Voyageur, contained minimal amounts of the project's signature sounds, A Posteriori only contains the signature "Enigma horn" (a foghorn) during the opening minute of the album, and even then it is a fleeting glimpse. Coupled with the album's subject matter of the collision of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, A Posteriori is, compared to earlier releases, stark and foreboding.

Background

News about the album's title and track list were first made public on 18 July 2006 through the Crocodile-Music.de website and EnigmaMusic.com's forums, while the album cover was made public ten days later. The first track to be made public was "Hello and Welcome", released as a standalone single in 2006. Enigma's management subsequently stated that a new version would be included on the record, while the lead single off the album proper would be "Goodbye Milky Way".

Recording

A Posteriori became the first Enigma album to be recorded using Michael Cretu's new 5.1 fully computerized mobile music studio, "Alchemist", a machine of relatively small size with a main keyboard and a number of hardware MIDI controllers with some "special" expansions and a central computer with LCD screen. The device was designed for Cretu privately.

Etymology

"A posteriori", a Latin phrase translated as "after the fact", refers to empirical knowledge, the epistemological concept of deriving knowledge from past experience.

"Eppur si muove", alternately spelled "E pur si muove!", is an Italian phrase translated to "And yet it moves", attributed to Galileo Galilei after he was sentenced by the Roman Inquisition to recant his belief in heliocentrism.

Reception

Thom Jurek of AllMusic wrote, "[I]f you like the Enigma sound, this will be up your alley, full of the things you may seek out in a recording, but there is little new here."

Track listing

All songs written, arranged, and produced by Michael Cretu.

Credits

;Enigma

Michael Cretu – music, lyrics, vocals (tracks 6, 10, 12), performance, production, programming, engineering

;Additional musicians

Narration – Louisa Stanley (tracks 4, 12)
Voice – Andru Donalds (track 8)

Apart from the album, some additional remixes were released exclusively through the iTunes Store. They are:

"Eppur si muove" (Tocadisco Remix) – 6:39
"Dreaming of Andromeda" (Jean F. Cochois Remix) – 7:28
"20.000 Miles over the Sea" (Boca Junior Remix) – 7:07
"The Alchemist" (The Alchemist's Vision by Ralf Hildenbeutel) – 7:17

''A Posteriori'' Private Lounge Remix

The Private Lounge Remix album version of A Posteriori was released via iTunes on 18 March 2007 in Germany and on 26 March in the rest of Europe.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2006)	Peak
position	Greek Albums (IFPI)	Japanese Albums (Oricon)	US Billboard 200	US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)
17
144
95
3

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)	Position	US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)
21

Chart (2007)	Position	US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)
17

Certifications

Release history

Region	Date	Germany	Worldwide
22 September 2006
25 September 2006

References

"The Alchemist Studio". Enigma Música.com.
"49th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List". [[Grammy Award]]s.
"New Enigma Album". Crocodile Music Management GmbH.
Jurek, Thom. "A Posteriori – Enigma".
link. [[IFPI Greece]]. (29 October – 4 November 2006)
link. [[Oricon]]
"Enigma Chart History (''Billboard'' 200)".
"Enigma Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)".
"Top Dance/Electronic Albums – Year-End 2006".
"Top Dance/Electronic Albums – Year-End 2007".

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