Chilled Spirit: 16 Songs for the Mind, Body, and Spirit

Various Artists - Dance & DJ - Ambient | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 28, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sire / London/Rhino
• ASIN: B00005NG57
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #407,329 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Return To Innocence - Enigma

2. Porcelain - Moby

3. Pure Shores - All Saints

4. Sun Rising - The Beloved

5. Basaxi - Jose Padilla

6. Barber's Adagio For Strings - William Orbit

7. Moments In Love - Art Of Noise

8. Little Fluffy Clouds - The Orb

9. Papua New Guinea - FSOL

10. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield

11. Falling - Julee Cruise

12. Chime - Orbital

13. Missing - Everything But The Girl

14. Children - Robert Miles

15. At The River - Groove Armada

16. Cafe Del Mar - Energy 52

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good intro to New Age music but...., November 10, 2001

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"obimel" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chilled Spirit: 16 Songs for the Mind, Body, and Spirit (Audio CD)

I saw this advertised on TV, and bought it right after seeing the commercial (literally: minutes after seeing it, I was in my car). Of course, now that I have it, I'm thinking that wasn't such a good idea.
There's nothing really wrong with this collection. Just the fact that people who are into this kind of music are already going to have a majority of the songs on here. And, the fact that Mike Oldfield's "Tublar Bells" was absolutely butchered to be included. Plus, it's not really "chill-out music" as some have called it. More of a "Pure Moods wanna-be." Which is exactly why it fell short of the 5-star rating. (Plus, I just really can't get over the "Tublar Bells" thing.)
I would recommend this to someone who isn't familiar with this style of music. It is an excellent introduction, as long as you skip over "Tublar Bells" and listen to the -real- recording. There are some great tracks on here, especially "Return to Innocence" and "Porcelin." But to those who have amassed a collection of music like this (like myself), I would advise you to save your money.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars un-chill, April 30, 2002

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This review is from: Chilled Spirit: 16 Songs for the Mind, Body, and Spirit (Audio CD)

Im so glad I payed [so little] for this. Its not that its so bad. This compilation just doesn't know if it wants to be new age or electronica. Best tracks are from The Orb, Moby, and Everything but the girl. But then a few tracks are just bad, and the rest is filler. If you want new age stuff, get "Pure Moods". If your more into electronica, go for the "Urbal Beats" volume one compilation. This just tries too hard to be both.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nothing new to offer, May 5, 2002

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Erica Anderson (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chilled Spirit: 16 Songs for the Mind, Body, and Spirit (Audio CD)

It seems lately that with every chillout compilation there are the same ol' song, like with Moby's "Porcelain" and William Orbit's "Adagio For Strings". This album is no exception. I say I have like 80% of these songs on the original albums or on other chillout compilations. Compared to some of the chillout compilations I have bought in 2002, the material on "Chilled Spirit" is rather dated. The lack of any more diverse artists on this compilation is the biggest flaw I saw with this album. The lack of imagination is quite evident. All the songs that were selected for this album was overly predictable choices. The songs themselves weren't bad. I liked them, especially Moby's "Porcelain", Enigma's "Return to Innocence", and Robert Miles' "Children". Unfortunately those songs could easily be found on any other chillout/new age compilation and the lack of thought put into this album really insults my intelligence. Good material but too predictable and no new or different artists and songs that I haven't heard before. Thank heavens I got this album for cheap 'cuz it sure ain't worth full price.