''15 Years After'' is a

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by the musical project

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. It was released by Virgin Germany on 9 December 2005. The box set contains eight discs, five of them original studio albums created from 1990 to 2003, two DVDs, and a bonus CD of Enigma's songs covered by

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. As the title suggests, the box set celebrates the fifteen years since the release of Enigma's first single, "

Sadeness (Part I) "Sadeness (Part I)" is a song by German musical project Enigma (German band), Enigma, released in October 1990 by Virgin Records as the lead single from their first album, ''MCMXC a.D.'' (1990). It was written by Michael Cretu, Fabrice Cuitad and ...

". The album cover was taken from ''

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'', a 1490 painting by

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. The box set packaging and photography was done by Dirk Rudolph, while artwork direction and original designs were created by Johann Zambryski, a long-time designer of Enigma artworks. Originally, the box set was sold at

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128, and this raised a stir with fans of the project, since the discs were not remastered, unlike the compilation album '' Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits'' but were instead fitted with Copy Control. A new single, "

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" (from the unreleased sixth album ''

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'') and '' The Dusted Variations'' disc also received mixed responses from the fans, who questioned the release of the album. Additionally, the music video for "

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", which was dropped from the ''Remember the Future'' DVD without an apparent reason, was still absent in this re-release, and despite the box set being 12-inch vinyl-sized, there was little information about the history of the project within the booklet, apart from credits and a press release inside. Later on, the price of the box set dropped to €92.99 and on 30 November 2005, the producer and creator of Enigma,

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personally visited the

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factory in

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, Netherlands to sign a thousand copies of the box set. The thousand signed copies had Cretu's initials ("MC") signed with a silver marker. While signed copies of Enigma's albums are extremely rare, the autographed version of the box set was still available for purchase at Amazon.de half a year after its release. Also within the box set was a code that enabled owners to download the music videos for "

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" and " Boum-Boum" by typing it in a special section within Enigma's official website.

Albums * ''

MCMXC a.D. ''MCMXC a.D.'' (1990 AD in Roman Numerals) is the debut studio album by the German musical project Enigma, led by the Romanian-German musician Michael Cretu. It was released in Europe by Virgin Records on 3 December 1990, and in the United Sta ...

'' (1990) * ''

The Cross of Changes ''The Cross of Changes'' is the second studio album by the German musical project Enigma, headed by Romanian-German musician and producer Michael Cretu, released on 6 December 1993 by Virgin Records internationally and by Charisma Records in t ...

'' (1993) * ''

Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! ''Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!'' (French for "") is the third studio album by the German musical project Enigma, released on 22 November 1996 by Virgin Records. Background and release The album continued Enigma's trend, giving it a slightly m ...

'' (1996) * ''

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'' (2000) * ''

'' (2003) Bonus CD * "

" and '' The Dusted Variations'' DVDs * ''Remember the Future'' (2001) * ''MCMXC a.D.: The Complete Video Album'' (2003)

References

External links

Enigma official website
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