November 27, 2005

Take away the multitracking and the keyboards and it's like a weather report.

November 27, 2005

Another offering that hovers between pretty and pretentious.

November 28, 2005

Ms. Ryan strings together treacly tidings like, "Love will always let you fly," so it's a relief when the words are incomprehensible, although the CD booklet has translations.

December 1, 2005

The orchestra swells and chorus rises in perfect harmony around Enya's grave and fragile voice, music as beautiful and empty as Jessica Simpson's head.

December 1, 2005

Root canal, anyone?

December 2, 2005

Her most overall listenable effort to date.

December 3, 2005

For all the mouth-watering aromas and the happy memories they [Christmas baking] evoke, we can't wait until another Yuletide season is over. Enya's latest elicits a similar reaction.

December 3, 2005

With one sleepy relationship song after another, "Amarantine" is best listened to after a big meal on a lazy day next to a lit fireplace when a nap is in order.

December 7, 2005

Much of this territory has been explored on earlier (and better) recordings such as "Watermark" and "Shepherd Moons."

December 10, 2005

It's not music, but if anyone is making a shampoo advert with women washing their hair in waterfalls, this would be just the thing.