Pure Moods


Pure Moods was the first United States release of a series of compilation albums of new-age music released by Virgin Records. The original was titled Moods – A contemporary Soundtrack and released in the UK in 1991. This was followed by Moods 2 in 1992. The series focuses on the genres of new-age, ambient, world music, and to a lesser extent, downtempo, trip-hop and smooth jazz. Several artists are featured regularly throughout the series such as Massive Attack, Moby, Delerium, 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 from the 1997 re-release. There are twelve albums released by Virgin Records in the series — five "main entry" albums and seven spin-off albums. 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 Country Moods, Pure Jazz Moods, Pure Easy Moods, Pure Salsa Moods, Pure Guitar Moods, Pure Opera Moods, Pure Piano Moods, Pure Chillout Moods, Pure Musical Moods, Pure Acoustic Moods, Pure Dinner Jazz Moods, Pure Summer Moods, Pure Relaxation Moods, Pure Chilled Moods, Pure Late Night Moods, Pure Latin Jazz Moods, Pure Smooth Jazz Moods, Pure Movie Moods, Pure Driving Moods and Pure Celtic Chill Out but these albums are unrelated to the series released by Virgin Records.

Track listings

''Pure Moods'' (original 1994 release)

''Pure Moods'' (1997 re-release) {{cite web |url= |title=Pure Moods |accessdate=2009-02-06 |author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |work=allmusic Album ID: R 256815|publisher=AMG Data Solutions}}

Release Date: April 1, 1997

Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 42186

UPC: 7 24384 21862 1

''Instrumental Moods'' (original 1995 UK release)

Release Date: November 6, 1995

Label / Catalogue Number: Virgin Records UK: VTCD 65

UPC: 7 24384 11232 5

''Gregorian Moods'' (1997)

Release Date: July 1997

Label / Catalogue Number: Virgin Records UK: VTCD 171

''Celtic Moods'' (1997)

Release Date: November 11, 1997

Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 44951

''Instrumental Moods'' (1998)

Release Date: February 24, 1998

Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 45397

''Christmas Moods'' (1998)

Release Date: October 20, 1998

Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 46753

''Pure Moods II'' (1998)

Release Date: November 17, 1998

Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 46796

''Scottish Moods'' (1999)

Release Date: February 23, 1999

Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 46986

''Pure Moods III'' (2001)

Release Date: February 6, 2001

Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 50935

''Tranquil Moods: The Ultimate New Age Collection'' (2002)

Release Date: September 3, 2002

''Pure Moods IV'' (2002)

Release Date: October 1, 2002

Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 12082

''Romantic Moods'' (2002)

Release Date: 2002

''Pure Moods: Celestial Celebration'' (2004)

Release Date: February 24, 2004

Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 96797