Pure Moods is a series of compilation albums of New Age music released by Virgin Records. The series focuses on the genres of New Age, Ambient, World Music, and to a lesser extent, subdued Electropop and Smooth Jazz. Several artists are featured regularly throughout the series such as Massive Attack, Moby, 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 to the 1997 re-release. There are nine albums released by Virgin Records in the series—five "main entry" albums and four spin-off albums (Celtic, Scottish, Instrumental) 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 groups.
Pinnacle Records has released a similarly named series of albums using the "Pure x Moods" naming scheme, such as "Pure Rock Moods", "Pure Tranquil Moods", etc. but these albums are unrelated to the series released by Virgin Records.
Famous quotes containing the words pure and/or moods:
“Each morning the day lies like a fresh shirt on our bed; this incomparably fine, incomparably tightly woven tissue of pure prediction fits us perfectly. The happiness of the next twenty-four hours depends on our ability, on waking, to pick it up.”
—Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)
“The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)