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ENYA

3.6

1987–1992

166 reviews

5 albums

OVERVIEW

OVERVIEW

2009

Very Best of Enya

3.6

warm reception

polarized reaction

12 reviews →

2015

Dark Sky Island

3.4

mixed reception

mixed reaction

29 reviews →

REVIEW

REVIEW

Paint the Sky with Stars

3

3.8

Grand Forks, ND, USA

November 14, 1997

It may be a good CD to buy a Christmas for an over-40 person on your shopping list, and don't want to chose a book.

1997

Paint the Sky with Stars

3

3/5

3.8

London, UK

November 14, 1997

Her breathy, multi-layered tunes are easy to ignore, which is why they've worn reasonably well.

1997

Paint the Sky with Stars

2

3.8

New York, NY, USA

November 15, 1997

67

In culling her best-known pop pieces, "Paint the Sky with Stars" sacrifices the darker, more introspective side of Enya's music.

1997

Paint the Sky with Stars

3

3.8

Cleveland, OH, USA

November 16, 1997

A little of Enya goes an awful long way.

1997

Paint the Sky with Stars

5

3.8

Victoria, BC, Canada

November 16, 1997

An innovator to some and an inspiration to many, Enya so richly deserves to be treasured.

1997

Paint the Sky with Stars

3

3.8

Baton Rouge, LA, USA

November 21, 1997

Despite Enya's considerable charm, her insular studio methods can become claustrophobic.

John Wirt

1997

Paint the Sky with Stars

4

3.5/5

3.8

Wellington, New Zealand

November 27, 1997

18

Most of the songs collected here have a peaceful, other-earthly quality which soothes.

1997

Paint the Sky with Stars

3

3.8

Tulsa, OK, USA

November 28, 1997

"Orinoco Flow" still sounds like music for a Carnival cruise commercial, but the rest of this postmodern Gaelic music holds up fairly well.

1997

Paint the Sky with Stars

4

4/5

3.8

Auckland, New Zealand

November 30, 1997

21

The good thing about this "best of" is it filters out all the melancholy, waily-woe dross and leaves you with more upbeat, dare I say grunty, tracks.

1997

Paint the Sky with Stars

4

3.8

San Jose, CA, USA

December 5, 1997

Perhaps the best collection of date music in quite awhile.

1997

BIRD'S EYE VIEW

BIRD'S EYE VIEW

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