Enter My Religion is the second album by Leaves' Eyes female vocalist and lyricist Liv Kristine. It was released in 2006 on Roadrunner Records.

Enter My Religion
Studio album by
Released13 February 2006
Recorded2005–2006
GenreGothic rock, pop
Length45:07
LabelRoadrunner
ProducerAlexander Krull
Liv Kristine chronology
Deus Ex Machina
(1999)
Enter My Religion
(2006)
Skintight
(2010)

Background

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In an interview Liv Kristine gave with Brave Words And Bloody Knuckles in 2006, she was quoted as saying "When it comes to music, doing one thing is not enough. I've got a lot of different sources of musical inspiration, and I know that doing one thing is easy and saves time, but I wouldn't know what I would do with all my ideas and dreams if I went that direction. I have to bring them to life somehow, so doing a solo project is a way of being creative. With me, the creative process is an ongoing thing, so it really comes down to the planning. My husband (Atrocity frontman/producer Alex Krull) and I have the same profession, I have a fantastic mother-in-law, and I'm also able to close the door when I leave the studio or tour bus. Time off is time off and work is work, and I enjoy both."

Reviews

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Professional ratings
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Lords Of Metal          [1]
sputnikmusic     [2]

The album received mixed reviews. In an early 2007 issue of Terrorizer Magazine, it got 2 of 10, and the reviewer called it "Euro-pop bilge". But Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles thought differently, calling it "a melancholic pop-rock album geared towards a non-metal audience. While it does have commercial potential-particularly on the European market- it is also a surprisingly strong multi-faceted piece of work well distanced from the Britney Spears/P!nk/Jessica Simpson formula."

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Over the Moon"Liv KristinePeter Tagtgren3:32
2."Fake a Smile"KristineAlexander Krull, Timon Birkhofer3:40
3."All the Time in the World"KristineThorsten Bauer3:52
4."My Revelation"KristineBauer3:31
5."Coming Home"KristineBauer, Krull4:11
6."Trapped in Your Labyrinth"KristineTagtgren3:46
7."Blue Emptiness"KristineBirkhofer, Bauer3:49
8."You Are the Night"KristineMathias Röderer3:34
9."Enter My Religion"KristineBauer3:50
10."Streets of Philadelphia"Bruce SpringsteenSpringsteen3:19
11."You Take Me Higher"KristineKristine, Röderer3:37
12."For a Moment"KristineKrull, Bauer4:24

Personnel

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  • Liv Kristine - lead and backing vocals
  • Thorsten Bauer - electric, acoustic and flamenco guitars, saz, mandolin, sitar, oud, piano and recording
  • Alexander Krull - keyboards, programming, samples, recording, producing, mixing and mastering
  • Timon Birkhofer - bass, cello, piano and backing vocals
  • Jana Kallenberg - violin
  • Dimitrios Argyropolous - bouzouki and tzoura
  • Jean Paul - accordion
  • Katharina Klein - flute
  • Florian Tekale - keyboards and additional piano
  • Moritz Neuner - drums and percussion
  • Mathias Röderer - recording

References

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Sources

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  • Liv Kristine "Enter My Religion" CD Liner Notes; Roadrunner Records, 2006