| Year | Album Title | Peak Chart Position (US) | Peak Chart Position (UK) | |:---:|:---|:---:|:---:| | 1990 | | 6 | 1 | | 1993 | The Cross of Changes | 9 | 1 | | 1996 | Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! | 25 | 12 | | 2000 | The Screen Behind the Mirror | 33 | 7 | | 2003 | Voyageur | 94 | 46 | | 2006 | A Posteriori | 95 | 87 | | 2008 | Seven Lives Many Faces | 66 | 58 | | 2016 | The Fall of a Rebel Angel | 91 | 40 |
Enigma's music is designed to be seamless. Tracks effortlessly fade into one another using ocean waves, whispering voices, or sweeping synth pads, turning each album—and the entire discography—into a continuous, therapeutic stream of consciousness.
The Ultimate Guide to the Enigma Discography: Decoding the Musical Legacy of Michael Cretu
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Before diving into the tracks, it's essential to understand that Enigma is not a traditional band but a singular musical project. It was founded in 1990 by the visionary Romanian-German producer Michael Cretu. Working from his home studio in Ibiza, Cretu crafted a sound that defied easy categorization, blending New Age, ambient, worldbeat, and electronic dance music into something entirely new. This fusion, driven by the now-iconic use of Gregorian chants and atmospheric melodies, created a sense of mystery that perfectly matched its name, which means "riddle" in Greek. This secretive, groundbreaking approach would go on to captivate the world, selling an estimated 70 million records globally.