The Essence - Dancing in the Rain: The Best of the Essence

Beautiful collection of songs even if the Cure is present inside...
Melodies are delightful and songs are gloomy...
the voice of Hans Diener is often touching...

To an untrained pair of ears, The Essence sound so much like The Cure that even die-hard Robert Smith disciples can be easily duped.


Essence:

Formed 1984, Netherlands
Disbanded 1995

Members: Hans Diener (vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer), Jeroen "Jerry" Geertsma (bass, 1984-87), Olaf Willemsen (drums, 1984-92), Akki (bass, 1987-92), Mark Tan (keyboards, 1991-95), George Tan (drums, 1992-95), Jos van den Bogert (bass, 1992-95)


Tracklisting:


01 Out of Grace 4:12
02 Like Christ 5:29
03 Only for You 3:32
04 The Cat 3:50
05 Everything 4:16
06 Drifting 1:55
07 A Mirage 3:12
08 In Your Heart 4:10
09 Time 4:00
10 Forever in Death 2:54
11 The Waves of Death 2:51
12 Burned in Heaven 4:44
13 Endless Lakes 3:27
14 Ice 3:18
15 Everything (remix) 5:35
16 U 4 Life 2:58
17 Angelic 3:26
18 How to Make me Hate 4:38