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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

Dark Sky Island

4

4/5

3.4

Dublin, Ireland

November 13, 2015

Nourishing and immersive.

2015

Dark Sky Island

4

4/5

3.4

London, UK

November 18, 2015

A hugely varied, highly emotive delight.

2015

Dark Sky Island

3

3/5

3.4

London, UK

November 18, 2015

42

While nothing here is going to change minds, there's a reason why everyone from The Fugees to The Prodigy have sampled and remixed Enya: she can make some irresistible music.

2015

Dark Sky Island

3

3.4

Washington, D.C., USA

November 19, 2015

Enya loyalists can rest easy that Dark Sky Island is a distinctly Enyaish album.

2015

Dark Sky Island

4

4/5

3.4

London, UK

November 20, 2015

It’s Enya in excelsis: more of the same but somehow bigger, brighter and even more detailed than before.

2015

Dark Sky Island

3

3/5

3.4

Fort Worth, TX, USA

November 20, 2015

It’s that feeling of history repeating that makes it difficult to fall completely for the lush, 11-track "Island."

2015

Dark Sky Island

3

3/5

3.4

London, UK

November 20, 2015

65

Like wandering into a cathedral, it welcomes you into its distinctive atmosphere and mood.

2015

Dark Sky Island

3

3/5

3.4

London, UK

November 20, 2015

Times2 10

By sticking so firmly to the atmospheric template Enya first established in the late 1980s, "Dark Sky Island" offers few surprises.

2015

Dark Sky Island

2

2/5

3.4

London, UK

November 21, 2015

Life & Arts 17

The results can have a certain chintzy nobility but, taken together, her songs merge into soporific doppelgängers.

2015

Dark Sky Island

3

3/5

3.4

London, UK

November 22, 2015

The first half is full of pockets of gently unfurling prettiness, which makes the meandering and repetitive second half all the more disappointing.

2015

BIRD'S EYE VIEW

BIRD'S EYE VIEW

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