Era (album)

Era
Studio album by Era
Released	1996
Genre	New-age
Label	Tranman Entertainment B.V., Mercury, Philips
Era chronology
Era (1996) Era 2 (2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic	[1]

Era is the eponymous debut album by Eric Lévi's new-age project Era, first released in 1996 and re-released in 1998. Some editions include bonus track "After Time".

Use of Era music

• "Enae Volare (Mezzo)" is famous amongst mixed martial arts fans because it has been used as the entrance song of MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko.
• "Ameno" is used as the entrance theme song by Mexican wrestler Místico from CMLL(Sin Cara in WWE, Myzteziz in AAA) as well as mixed martial artist Aleksander Emelianenko.
• "Ameno" was used in Australia within "The Power of Yes" advertisements for Optus Communications. It was used in a World Cup 1998 commercial from MasterCard.^[2]
• A remix of Ameno was made by DJ Quicksilver in 2000.
• A remix of "Mother" is also used in the 2001 film Driven.

Videos were shot for "Ameno", "Misere Mani", "Enae Volare" and "Mother"; featuring actors Pierre Boisserie and Irene Bustamante.

Track listing

1. "Era" – 3:15
2. "Ameno" (Remix) – 3:50
3. "Cathar Rhythm" – 3:18
4. "Avemano" – 4:14
5. "Enae Volare (Mezzo)" – 4:30
6. "Mirror" – 3:57
7. "Ameno" – 4:18
8. "Sempire d'Amor" – 1:54
9. "After time" – 3:35
10. "Impera" – 4:37
11. "Enae Volare" – 3:33
12. "Mother" [Limited Edition] – 4:59
13. "Enae Volare (Mezzo)" (Remix) [Limited Edition] – 3:47

Other editions of the album have one of the following track listing:

Personnel

• Eric Lévi: Keyboard, Prog., Lead Guitar (Mirror, After Time, Impera)
• Guy Protheroe: Lead Vocal (Ameno, Enae Volare)
• Eric Geisen: Lead Vocal (Cathar Rhythm)
• Florence Dedam: Lead Vocal (Mother, After Time)
• Murielle Lefebvre: Lead Vocal (Enae Volare Mezzo)
• Harriet Jay: Lead Vocal (Ameno, Avemano, Cathar Rhythm
• Neil Wilkinson: Drums (Avemano)
• Lee Sklar: Bass (Avemano)
• Philippe Manca: Lead Guitar (Era, Ameno, Cathar Rhythm, Mother, Avemano, Sempire d'Amor, Enae Volare), Mandolin (Era), Drums/Bass prog. (Ameno, Era)

Certifications

• France: Diamond

References