ENYA
OVERVIEW
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
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