Enigma: MCMXC a.D. (Charisma)

IT'S NOT every day that a hit single comes along that combines the accidental da da appeal of Focus's 'Hocus Pocus' or Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' with the sort of trendy, hipster credentials that come from getting played real often in gay discos, so Enigma's Top Five 'Sadeness' is truly a thing to treasure. Sprinkled with Gregorian chants, Vincent Price crackles, pidgin-French porn and who knows what else, the record suggests a monastery's worth of Franciscan friars droning their evening amens and then sneaking down the fire escape for a midnight massage session with the farmer's daughter down the lane.