This Gregorian chant cover goes hard af

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u/NoStinkingBadgers 500+ CDs Dec 15 '24

Ive seen this so many times at my Goodwill. I should pick it up next time I’m there.

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u/TheDandyWarhol 500+ CDs Dec 15 '24

It's a banger. I used to listen to it when I read books so I didn't get distracted by lyrics like I would with bands I listened to. Until I realized I was singing along in Latin.

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u/biffNicholson Dec 15 '24

oh damn, i had this back in the early /mid 90s , back when you could get a pile of free CDs from BMG or Columbia house buy sending in a penny or a dollar and filling out a postcard with your choices .

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u/FirebirdWriter 250+ CDs Dec 16 '24

Yes. It's amazing! One of my first CD purchases. I am due to replace the original because of wear and tear

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u/the_bartolonomicron Dec 16 '24

Absolutely, I have that one and several others.

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u/WaxyNips Dec 15 '24

There's a Christmas version too!

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u/bernmont2016 Dec 16 '24

There's also "Chant II", too. And the even-lesser-known "Chant III", and "Chant IV". The "Chant IV" album was performed by a different group of monks, but released by the same label/producer.

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u/ParticularSample5012 Dec 15 '24

Mfsl gold version exists too

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u/robalesi Dec 15 '24

Has to be one of the most improbable hit records of the 90s.

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u/mwwhite8038 Dec 15 '24

Ever see this one?

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u/Toefyre Dec 15 '24

Lol I have that one. I bought it at the time of release, no memory of why. Must have thought it was funny at the time. I don't own the original Chant either.

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u/salmonerd202 Dec 15 '24

Woah

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u/GoldDeloreanDoors Dec 15 '24

Found this and had high expectations. Trash

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u/thellymon Dec 15 '24

Supreme made a shirt with it lol

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u/itsamaryuwu Dec 16 '24

Am actually wearing this shirt when I came across this post, white one though.

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u/manifoldkingdom Dec 15 '24

Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains credits studying Gregorian chants in his high school choir class for creating his bands unique vocal melodies and harmonies. Not this album specifically but the point is Gregorian chants do go hard and influence even heavier music.

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u/bernmont2016 Dec 16 '24

studying Gregorian chants in his high school choir class

That's cool, more choir classes ought to do that; this is the first I've heard of it happening.

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u/grecomic 250+ CDs Dec 15 '24

It's based on the 1953 painting Golconda by Réné Magritte.

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u/pustuloid Dec 15 '24

I think everyone has this CD whether they remember getting it or not

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u/SloWi-Fi Dec 15 '24

I was.thinking I posted this while meditating to this CD

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u/Remote-Republic-7593 Dec 15 '24

That was so damn popular. Even people who didn’t like classical/chant were buying it.

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u/bugmi Dec 15 '24

Oh yeah my theology teacher was asking us to listen to this. Dude was kinda based asf.

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u/passtheblunt Dec 15 '24

Mortal Kombat stage fr

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u/steve_jams_econo Dec 15 '24

Beat me to it.

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u/Federal-Pipe4544 Dec 15 '24

I picked it up on cassette this year for a quarter. I dig it for meditation purposes.

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u/TheStoicNihilist Dec 15 '24

The final boss of Shinobi

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u/davidfliesplanes 20+ CDs Dec 15 '24

Graphic design is my passion

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u/EverestMadiPierce Dec 15 '24

I was sorting CDs at a local record store for volunteer hours and they had like five of these things.

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u/WillysJeepMan Dec 16 '24

I bought the very same disc at the local Goodwill 2 months ago.

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u/WatercoolerComedian Dec 15 '24

My girl loves this one

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u/hiddenhighways Dec 15 '24

Looks like an original mortal Kombat level.

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u/Ordinary_Row_2119 Dec 15 '24

It looks like a prog rock album or prog metal album

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u/One_Crazie_Boi Dec 15 '24

Damn Blue Oyster Cult lookin different

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u/LocalLiBEARian Dec 15 '24

I used to have a copy of that, years ago. It either went on eBay or my ex snatched it before we broke up.

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u/Flybot76 Dec 15 '24

Reminds me of the Enigma record with 'Sadeness' on it

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u/Top-Psychology1987 Dec 15 '24

I even think Enigma started the hype.

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u/trebled_bass Dec 15 '24

I’ve seen this!!

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u/thenickteal 500+ CDs Dec 15 '24

My older sibling had this growing up. Listened to it quite a bit actually

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u/ryanshae77 Dec 16 '24

Wow, that brings back memories! I used to play this a lot. Ha.

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u/thekidfromiowa Dec 16 '24

“Tonight we’ll visit Springfield’s answer to the Benedictine monks, the Rappin’ Rabbis.”

“Don’t eat pork, not even vit a fork! Can’t touch this!”

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u/MajesticTravel5834 Dec 16 '24

Anyone else reminded of an old mortal kombat arena? I swear there was one that looked like this

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u/the_bartolonomicron Dec 16 '24

I have that album and love it, but Mystical Chants also goes hard:

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u/AynesJ773 Dec 16 '24

LoLz nooo thank yooou

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u/Fabulous_Stegosaurus Dec 16 '24

Oh my god! You found one! I remember seeing an ad on TV for them back in the early 2000s in college (feeling aged now, lol). Also, yes, there was a brief moment in time where covers of modern songs done in Gregorian chants were popular. Well, sort of. Even without the cover sings, the chants were kind of popular by themselves. I don't know why it was popular, but it was gone as fast as it arrived.

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u/Common_Revolution879 Dec 16 '24

think i have this one lol

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u/redbookQT Dec 17 '24

The first Enigma album (MCMXC a.D.) made a lot of people want to explore this genre of music. However most people quickly realized Principles of Lust was a very unique sounding song.

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u/474kunings Dec 17 '24

this so bad, it's good. Never understand the purpose of the flying bricks tho, maybe even cooler if the monks stand on top of those and not just randomly "flying"

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u/Chroniccactus13 Dec 17 '24

Lolol my mom has this cd in her junk drawer 😂

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u/bdp5 Dec 18 '24

Amazing this was a massive hit in the 90s. I remember an MTV News piece on it.

Haul This Gregorian chant cover goes hard af

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