The Essence: 35: Collection 1985-2015 - COMPACT DISCS

The Essence: 35: Collection 1985-2015 - COMPACT DISCSTitle: 35: Collection 1985 2015 Artist: The Essence Label: Cherry Red Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 5013929104709 Genre: Rock Release Date: 2018 04 06 Number of Discs: 5 Additional Details: UNITED KINGDOM IMPORT, BOXED SET Five CD collection. Formed in 1984 and hailing from Rotterdam, The Netherlands, The Essence signed to UK label Midnight Music in 1985 a year after touring their homeland, and soon after released their debut 12" 'Endless Lakes'

Title: 35: Collection 1985-2015
Artist: The Essence
Label: Cherry Red
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5013929104709
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2018-04-06
Number of Discs: 5
Additional Details: UNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT, BOXED SET

Five CD collection. Formed in 1984 and hailing from Rotterdam, The Netherlands, The Essence signed to UK label Midnight Music in 1985 a year after touring their homeland, and soon after released their debut 12" 'Endless Lakes' and their first full-length LP, Purity. After the favorable reception of their inaugural releases, especially within Europe, this paved the way for a successful 35-year career for the band, covered here in this set. Contains the albums Purity (1985), A Monument of Trust (1987), Ecstasy (1988), Nothing Lasts Forever (1991) and Afterglow (2015), plus all of their singles and the best of their B-sides and alternative versions - all chosen and curated by the band themselves. Widely known for their audible similarities to the Cure - Hans Diener is Robert Smith's vocal twin, and their numbers such as 'A Mirage' and 'The Cat' replicate the Cure's brooding guitar sound perfectly. However, although The Essence didn't become as well known within the States as the Cure, their albums such as Ecstasy and A Monument of Trust ensured the band became cult favorites, particularly amongst the goth rock crowd. Contains full sleeve notes focusing on the career of The Essence by singer and band-leader Hans Diener. Comes in a specially packaged clam-shell boxing, containing beautifully designed disc wallets replicating the original album artworks.

Tracks:
1.1 The Last Preach
1.2 A Reflected Dream
1.3 The Cat
1.4 The Blind
1.5 Never Mine
1.6 Endless Lakes
1.7 Forever in Death
1.8 Salvation
1.9 The Waving Girl
1.10 Purity
1.11 From My Mouth
1.12 The Swaying Wind
1.13 The Cat (Remix)
1.14 Confusion
1.15 The Happiness
1.16 The Cat (Extended Version)
2.1 A Mirage
2.2 Drifting
2.3 In Tears
2.4 Nothing
2.5 The Waves of Death
2.6 Years of Doubt
2.7 Fire
2.8 The Death Cell
2.9 A Monument of Trust
2.10 Un Espejismo
2.11 Tricked
2.12 Lollipop
2.13 A Mirage (Extended Version)
2.14 Un Espejismo (Version Larga)
3.1 Burned in Heaven
3.2 Only for You
3.3 Sleeping
3.4 Like Christ
3.5 The Afterworld
3.6 So Gorgeously
3.7 Despair
3.8 Understand Why
3.9 One More Wasted Night
3.10 Ice
3.11 Sleep (Is for Everyone) with Sad Lovers ; Giants
3.12 A Reflected Dream with Sad Lovers ; Giants
3.13 Jump and Fall
3.14 Angelic
3.15 Time
3.16 The World Collapsed
3.17 Only for You (Italian Remix)
4.1 Separation
4.2 How You Make Me Hate
4.3 September
4.4 Out of Grace
4.5 Irresistible
4.6 Everything
4.7 Never Let Go
4.8 Air
4.9 Thirtysecondsong
4.10 All Is Empty
4.11 In Your Heart
4.12 I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
4.13 Ice (Live)
4.14 Everything (Remix)
4.15 U 4 Life
5.1 Taking on the World
5.2 Gone
5.3 Bleed
5.4 Through the Years
5.5 The One
5.6 Crack
5.7 Right or Wrong
5.8 Mary My Prayer
5.9 Up
5.10 Through the Years (The Things in My Head Mix)
5.11 A Mirage ('94 Radio Mix)
5.12 A Mirage (The Sierra Nevada Mix)
5.13 A Mirage (Trance Mix)
5.14 Un Espejismo ('94 Mix)
5.15 Visions of China