Schiller (album 1) - Zeitgeist

Schiller's first album was released in 1999. It is characterized by mostly instrumental pieces, with very little spoken words, mostly at the start and end of songs. 

It is a trance and ambient record, offered in Dolby Surround like the following 5 albums would be. 

There are 1, 2 and 3 cd editions of this album.

In all cases, the first CD has the same 12 tracks, written either only in German, or with their English translations which are as follows:

1. Der Anfang (the beginning) 1:32
2. Glück Und Erfüllung (Joy and Happiness) 5:15
3. Liebesschmerz (Pain of love) 4:11
4. Das Unbekannte Reich (the Unknown realm) 6:04
5. Das Glockenspiel (the bell) 3:52
6. Körperwewegung (Body Movements) 6:13
7. Freiheit (Freedom) 5:51
8. Ruhe (Quite) 6:11
9. Sonnenuntergang (Sunset) 6:46
10. Liebersparade (Love parade) 4:26
11. Zeitgeist (Spirit of the age) 6:27
12. Das Ende 4:03

I found a continuous mix of this album

Das Glockenspiel (the bell) is certainly the most radio friendly, one can dance to its beats very easily, and it was indeed a very successful single.

Ruhe (Quiet) here has its first version, but many other arrangements and remixes would be released. Although I love it, I prefer some of the other versions.

I enjoy this album, when I want to listen to good beats and not necessarily in the mood to sing along as I do with the other albums. 
The few lyrics (most of them are on track 11), are all in German.
The ones on tracks 2 and 3 annoy me at times, which reduce my overall appreciation for this album, which explains why I don't listen to it as often as the others. 

• Now, my limited edition (EAN 0731454789127) has a second cd, offering a non-stop chill out piece, lasting 13:58 and which is, in my view, like a megamix of the album’s tracks into 1 continuous ‘’best off’’. It’s housed in a trifold double-digipack with the album’s booklet – and there is variant of this limited edition that comes also with a booklet for the second cd, and which has… the same EAN… just to make it complicated! 

• Galaxy records released in the Philippines a different 2 cd edition : the first includes the entire album (12 tracks) + the chill out from my above edition, and the second cd ‘’the remixes’’ offers a total of 9 remixes (3 for Ruhe, 3 for Liebesschmerz and last 3 for Glockenspiel), which are as far as I can tell available also on their respective maxi singles (alongside additional remixes, so you might want to get those instead).

• Taiwan’s Alpha music did something very similar: the first CD with the album + Chill out (shortened to 13:42), and the second cd offers 7 remixes (3 for Ruhe, 2 for Liebesschmerz and 2 for Glockenspiel, each time titles with their English translated titles), and… the video clips for each of these 3 songs.

• Lastly, Singapore’s VMP Rave combines those above two editions’s contents :
• Cd 1 & 2 as the Philippines (album + full duration Chill out on disc 1; 9 remixes on disc 2), and… the 3 clips on disc 3.

All of these Asian releases offer a booklet for the lyrics.

Covers and colors differ, but for the sake of space and the fact that I have only one of these editions, I won’t display all of them and direct you to discogs’ relevant page where you can see all versions listed.