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Within Temptation - Mother Earth Audio CD

A fair review of the Within Temptation "Mother Earth" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Within Temptation reviews here, or go back to the Within Temptation tabs.

Within Temptation Band: Within Temptation
Title: Mother Earth
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Release Date: 2001-09-11
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Mother Earth 2: Ice Queen 3: Our Farewell 4: Caged 5: Promise 6: Never-Ending Story 7: Deceiver of Fools 8: Intro 9: Dark Wings 10: In Perfect Harmony 11: World of Make Believe [*]

I bought this because of the glowing reviews on here and,
I love these kinds of bands for the most part as they all give the listener an enjoyable ride. I was a little disappointed truthfully. Bands like Leaves Eye's, The Gathering, Nightwish, Laguna Coil etc have always been favorites of mine and so I figured, that this one would be in that vain and it was to some extent.

I found the tunes on here flowed alone nicely and they are well executed. However I also found the singer gets lost in the mix and to be honest, although she's a good singer, I found that her voice was lacking something. I can't put my finger on it, but she just seems to be lacking some girth in her delivery if that makes any sense? I guess what I'm trying to say here is, she has no balls in her delivery!

Overall I enjoyed it, but I thought it would be better than it was. The tunes rock and are well put together, but the singer gets on my nerves after a while. .


Can't get enough
But Within Temptation is much more than that. My daughter actually introduced me to this genre of music (some people label as gothic or metal). From a different age group, I was never interested or even tolerable of music kids listen to nowadys. But boys, was I wrong about this one. It really opens my eyes (ears). Now I have every album from Within Templation. I consider their latter ones even better than this. If you like Mother Earth, you won't be regretted with the newer ones too.

I appreciate Within Temptation so much I started to listen more to other similar bands, such as Evanescence, Nightwish, Leaves' Eyes, Lacuna Coil, and Epica (in order of personal perference). I know my exposure is still very limited, but there is still a limit how much I can absorb and what I consider music vs noise :-).


Mother Earth
Great CD, Great Group!!. I love this CD, I first saw this group on a U-Tube video for Ice Queen and fell in love with them.


One of the best CD's I have ever purchased
They have so much meaning to them that it goes beyond the lyrics of their songs. This CD is full of songs that hit your soul. .


Now you can play it on your computer
But to those of us who used to buy imports just so we could listen to the fantastic band known as Within Temptation before they came stateside, this particular album may have had a black sheep reputation. This may not mean much to those who have only gotten the US releases.

When this album was available by import only, there used to be an annoying copy protection. This made it so the only way we could listen to this album on our computer or MP3 players was to install an unwanted player (having been stung myself by Sony's infamous rootkit virus fiasco, I'm hesitant to install any such thing from cd's anymore). Even then, what we got on the computer were inferior digital copies of the songs.

That problem has been fixed with this US reissued/remastered cd. Now, not only can I finally listen to this cd on my computer and MP3 player, the audio itself is much crisper and fuller than on the import I spent twice as much for.

I always did like this album. The songs, as with any Within Temptation album, are fantastic. I have nothing but praise for Sharon den Adel and the rest of the band. She can be soft and melodic (In Perfect Harmony). She can be fierce and aggressive (Caged). And she can be anywhere in between.

I don't spend import prices for just anyone. I certainly don't buy an album twice if the songs aren't really worth it. But this mastery that Adel has over her art makes Within Temptation worth it.

Within Temptation has had four albums released (five if you count The Dance EP). This and Silent Force have long been my top two. If you've never heard Within Temptation before, these are the two to start with. If you have, then these two should already be a part of your collection.
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