Dancing in the Rain

Essence | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 10, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Anagram UK
• ASIN: B000006YJS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #418,982 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

1994 compilation for Dutch act often compared to The Cure. 21 tracks culled from their ten year career, over which they released eight singles & four albums. Anagram.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Agree with previous review, July 20, 2005

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greg (alabama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dancing in the Rain (Audio CD)

Thank god for Midnight Music label which brought us great bands like The Essence, Sad Lovers and Giants, Snake Core and many more. It operated for about ten years from the early '80s. I want to put out a personal special thanks to Cyote Jay from 101.7 The Edge and his show "The Cutting Edge" that he hosted in the early to mid nineties from Tuscaloosa Alabama. He opened up a whole new world of music to me for which I am forever grateful.

Sure The Essence sounds like the Cure but 99% of all bands sound like someone else. At least they they found one of histories best to emmulate!

My favorite song by the Essence is probably "Out Of Grace", which to me is as good as anything The Cure ever put out.

I highly recommend checking them out.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant music, October 16, 2003

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Christian Buckley (Washington State, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dancing in the Rain (Audio CD)

Yeah yeah - they sound like the cure. Blah blah blah.

Actually, the Essence have a much purer and refined sound than the Cure, with a cleaner, more ethereal production. While you can't escape the similarities of many of their melodies to the Kings of Shoe-Gazing, lead-singer Hans Diener's voice evolved with each album.

But if you are looking for something on the darkwave/alt pop side of the spectrum, this compilation of singles will not disappoint you. My favorites are all here, including A Mirage, Cat, and How You Make Me Hate. But I still recommend you pick up the albums 'Nothing Lasts Forever' and 'A Monument of Trust'

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of what the Cure never recorded..., August 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dancing in the Rain (Audio CD)

I first heard about the Essence on a Cure fansite in which the band were repeatedly insulted by Cure fans who hated their all-too-familiar sounding music. I, however, was intrigued to hear what caused such comparisons. After an exhaustive search, I found some of their imports and picked out this album as my jumping on point. Since then, the Essence have become one of my favorite groups. Sure, they sound like the Cure so much it comes across as more rip-off than influence, but you know what they say about about imitation being the sincerest form of flattery. Besides, is that really the point? For me, I enjoy the music BECAUSE of its Cure-like sound and revel in its pretty if not slightly vacant lyrics. With actual Cure releases fewer and farther between these days, I'll be glad spending that time "inbetween days" listening to the Essence.