Talk:Enigma (musical project)

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• Does anyone know what happened to the Kapelle Antiqua Choir? I have been searching for their original chant recordings with no success. I find it difficult to believe they have completely disappeared now, especially given the attention received from the Enigma lawsuit. I also noticed that the hyperlink attached to their name in this article has been disabled. Have they disappeared completely?

[edit] Discography listing

Alright, one thing that has came to my attention is the discography listing. I created a coloured version of the listing (all mixed into one list) and it was changed by Violetriga (split into albums and singles), and then later by 80.179.68.63 (split into albums, singles and compilations).

So, I have several questions about this issue: (Please respond below my suggestions)

• Which listing is appropriate and better suited for the article?

I myself prefer a colour based listing, anything's okay as long as it looks good. --Andylkl 16:06, Feb 11, 2005 (UTC)

The current format looks much better and is the standard used by Wikipedia. violet/riga (t) 16:50, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Err... yeah, but it could be better, IMHO. Put those wiki formatting to good use! (Like your userpage ;) ) --Andylkl 20:15, Feb 11, 2005 (UTC)

• Does anyone oppose creating the separate article for the singles?

I'll do it if I have time, and I certainly wouldn't want it to get flushed down VfD. --Andylkl 16:06, Feb 11, 2005 (UTC)

Separate articles for individual singles are common for important singles (Yesterday, for example) but I'm not sure if Enigma ones would warrant individual articles. Perhaps Sadeness and Return to Innocence might, having been successful (single sales wise) while rather different to the usual chart stuff. If you can come up with something good then by all means go for it and good luck - I'll help out if at all possible. violet/riga (t) 16:50, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the encouragement! =) But if that's the way it ends up, does the chronology of the Engima album infobox/taxobox only links to albums and doesn't include the less-selling singles, won't the chronology be already incorrect in the first place? --Andylkl 20:15, Feb 11, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sadness versus Sadeness

The spelling of 'Sadeness' as 'Sadness' on the English release is an incorrect spelling, and should be mentioned in the article if the other parts related to this fact are also included.

[edit] Point of Interest

I have seen it mentioned in several fansites that Cretu's contract with Virgin has him doing nine Enigma albums altogether, and he's currently completed five. This may or may not be a bit of information worth mentioning in the article in the future, but I did not see a place to put it and didn't want to add unnecessary clutter. --Martin Osterman 14:29, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I'm not sure about that, but I did read on five.no/enigma that Cretu also has a contract with Virgin until 2010 and it's three years per album... Hm... --Andylkl 15:05, Mar 16, 2005 (UTC)

Because the database was down a couple days ago, I wasn't able to update this. I did some research, came across this link: Enigma Lyrics. The site has a "Biography" Section, and at the bottom of this section it says the following: "Michael Cretu signed a contract for a further 5 albums after the release of Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!." A further check to Enigma Music's Did You Know? turned up this: "Did You Know that the Enigma recording contract from an "official" Virgin news sheet states that the recording deal Michael Cretu signed with Virgin obligates him to release an album every three years". Going here [1] turned up this: "The American magazine Billboard, in its edition dated October 23, 1996, claimed that Michael Cretu has signed a contract to release five additional albums after this last one, and it is expected that a new album will be released every three years, more or less." . I always trust fansites and such with a grain of sand, but it sounds like we're both running along very similar lines. If there are no objections, I'd like to make mention of the expected number of albums in the article. Sorry for the length of this! --Martin Osterman 16:11, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Heheh, it's okay... Since you've got sources to back it up, I don't see any reason to object... =) --Andylkl ^(talk) 16:31, Mar 18, 2005 (UTC)