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Pure Moods

1990s new-age music album series

Summary

1990s new-age music album series

Field	Value
name	Pure Moods
type	Compilation album
artist	Various Artists
cover	puremoods.jpg
border	yes
released	1994 (original release)
April 29, 1997 (re-release)
recorded	Various dates
genre
length	69:04
label	Virgin Records

April 29, 1997 (re-release)

Pure Moods is the first United States release of a series of compilation albums of new-age music released by Virgin Records. 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, ambient, world music, and to a lesser extent, downtempo, trip-hop and smooth jazz. Several artists are featured regularly throughout the series such as Massive Attack, Moby, Delerium, Enigma, Enya, Adiemus, Sacred Spirit and Yanni.

The original volume of the series was initially promoted and sold by direct response television 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, Scottish, Instrumental, Romantic, Gregorian and Christmas). 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)

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

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Release date: April 29, 1997

Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 42186

UPC: 7 24384 21862 1

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

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Release date: November 6, 1995

Label / Catalogue Number: Virgin Records UK: VTCD 65

UPC: 7 24384 11232 5

''Cinema Moods'' (1995)

Release year: 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 year: 2002

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

Release date: February 24, 2004

Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 96797

References

Stephen Thomas Erlewine. (1997-04-01). "Pure Moods – Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic.
Mina Tavakoli. (2020-06-28). "Pure Moods, Vol. 1". Pitchfork.
"Various – Moods (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com.
"Various – Moods 2 – A Contemporary Soundtrack (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs". Discogs.com.
"Pure Moods (1994, CD)".
Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Pure Moods". AMG Data Solutions.
(1995-11-06). "Release "Instrumental Moods" by Various Artists". MusicBrainz.

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