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ENYA

3.6

1987–1992

166 reviews

5 albums

DISCOGRAPHY

DISCOGRAPHY

1988

Watermark

3.5

warm reception

divided reaction

73 reviews →

1991

Shepherd Moons

3.5

warm reception

divided reaction

64 reviews →

1992

Moonshadows

4.1

warm reception

similar reaction

7 reviews →

1992

Celts

3.6

warm reception

divided reaction

20 reviews →

1995

Memory of Trees

3.4

mixed reception

varied reaction

68 reviews →

1997

Paint the Sky with Stars

3.8

warm reception

varied reaction

20 reviews →

2000

A Day Without Rain

3

mixed reception

divided reaction

51 reviews →

2002

Only Time: The Collection

3.6

warm reception

divided reaction

20 reviews →

2005

Amarantine

2.9

mixed reception

divided reaction

45 reviews →

2008

And Winter Came....

3.2

mixed reception

varied reaction

46 reviews →

2009

Very Best of Enya

3.6

warm reception

polarized reaction

12 reviews →

2015

Dark Sky Island

3.4

mixed reception

varied reaction

29 reviews →

REVIEWS

REVIEWS

Amarantine

4

3.5/5

2.9

San Francisco, CA, USA

Enya has managed to both repeat herself and move forward without losing anything in the translation.

2005

Very Best of Enya

4

4/5

3.6

San Francisco, CA, USA

One of those rare “greatest-hits” collections that goes deep without depriving the listener of the essentials.

2009

And Winter Came...

3

3/5

3.2

San Francisco, CA, USA

As usual, Enya fans will be pleased with the results while non-believers will find that the same arguments against her are still valid.

2008

Amarantine

3

2.9

Sounds like it was born in cloistered solitude, self-referentially echoing Enya albums past.

2005

Amarantine

2

C

2.9

Features many of the qualities that make the Irish singer a regular pop-music punchline.

2005

Enya

4

Esher, UK

March 18, 1987

I found the melodies fascinating with a wide variation of tempo and some unusual harmonies.

Enya

5

4.5/5

Omaha, NE, USA

July 31, 1988

Enya's new-age style keyboards – which sometimes sound like a harpsichord – perfectly accent her crystalline voice for a sound that is both soothing and refreshing.

Watermark

3

3.5

London, UK

September 17, 1988

Weekend FT 23

Sometimes the songs sound perilously close to a soundtrack for a travelogue of Connamara but at their best they are intensely, decoratively, romantic.

Watermark

4

3.5

London, UK

September 30, 1988

She has a glorious, clear voice.

Watermark

2

3.5

London, UK

September 30, 1988

Implicit denial of the material world tends to render the music anodyne.

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

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