Devotion

LSD: Love, Sensuality and Devotion gathers over a decade's worth of Enigma's definitive tracks, including the song that started it all, "Sadeness, Pt. 1." "Return to Innocence," "Beyond the Invisible," and "Cross of Changes" are all featured as well, and though the collection ranges from the rock-tinged "I'll Love You…I'll Kill You" to atmospheric, electronic fare like "Shadows in Silence," since it's all essentially Michael Crétu's vision, it flows surprisingly well. Since Enigma's sound has varied fairly drastically over the years, LSD: Love, Sensuality and Devotion is the perfect starting point for anyone curious about Crétu's music, and the only Enigma album that casual fans might need.

The common criticism of Joan Wasser is that she slinks too close to AOR blandness; that she is, essentially, alt-Adele. Yet with all due kudos to the mighty Ms Adkins, you’d be unlikely to hear her sing, as Wasser does on the psychedelically angry clatter of The Silence: “My body, my choice, her body, her choice”. An irrepressible smoothie she may be, but like her airier Canadian contemporary Feist, she’s got spikes.