This came out in 2000 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
You know, there’s a fine line between the genius of a composer like Vangelis and the shoddiness of a New Age cheese peddler like John Tesh.
With his intellectually artsy approach and ambitiously complex constructions, Rumanian Michael Cretu obviously hopes to be filed in the former category. Too bad the self-help book philosophy of his lyrics — “Don’t submit to stupid rules / Be yourself and not a fool” — and penchant for tacky overblown arrangements set against bombastic neo-classical pomp plunk him squarely in Yanniville. The only riddle wrapped inside this enigma is how Cretu has been able to come up with four albums of this glop.
