Appropriately enough,
2002 picked their namesake year to release the career retrospective
The Sacred Well: Best of 2002. The collection gathers a dozen of the new age group's definitive pieces from the past decade, including "Lover's Bridge," "To Touch the Sky," "Summer of 300 Years," and "The Ocean Dreams." Interestingly, the compilation includes nothing from their first two albums,
Wings and
Savitri, while it features three tracks from their
2002 release
Across an Ocean of Dreams. The collection also draws heavily from
River of Stars and
Land of Forever and includes three previously unreleased tracks: "City of Peace," "Kindred Spirit," and "Full Circle." So while
Sacred Well: Best of 2002 may not be the most balanced representation of their work, it does provide a fairly good collection of their more recent material, which mixes the pristine, glistening textures of their sound with a warmer emotional depth. ~ Heather Phares