Amarantine
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Amarantine
Amarantine
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Enya Blues
The strands may be various but they form a thematic whole, that resonates with atmosphere, accumulating an expansiveness that positively surges with power. 9/10
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All Music
While Amarantine will do nothing to win over the wrongly pegged new age artist's many detractors, longtime fans will find enough moments of serendipitous pleasure to hold them over for another five years. 3.5/5
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Maestro Blog
2012 - Enya hones all of her abilities here, even if you forget what you've been listening too after a while, she's done a nice job in leaving you wanting more, to wait until she released yet another album with more songs straight from the hands of God himself. 4/5
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TreeCat's Review
Watermark is the gold standard, but Amarantine is a worthy bookend to it. Play the two of them together; they fit hand in glove. Watermark is the promise; Amarantine is the fulfillment.
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Renowned for Sound
2015 - there’s not a single second of the album that stands out as less enjoyable than the one that came before it. This stands out as her most enjoyable album in recent years 4/5
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The Record Music Magazine
At just close to an hour with twelve tracks, the whole program is short in length, but the rewards are rich. 5/5
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The London Times
lovely album that is much more than a soothing listen
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The Evening Standard
2005 - Amarantine is uncompromising, unlike anyone else (apart from her former band, Clannad), and is a work of beauty as capable of breaking hearts as mending them.
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Tallahassee Democrat
2005 The result is a decidedly satisfying effort that, while haunting in its nature, breaks no new ground for the three-time Grammy winner. But that's OK, because a new Enya CD is about comfort.
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Jim Trageser
2005 - the combination of rich multi-instrumental backgrounds, Celtic motifs from her native Ireland offer nothing groundbreaking or particularly new – but may be her most polished effort yet
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The Hartford
2005 - It can be said, with respect: It's hard to imagine music more reassuring than this.
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The New York Times
2005 - the sound is reverential and unreal
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The Leader
2005 - Her strength - and it is a formidable strength - lies in crafting melodies which meander in unexpected directions. Piano and acoustic guitar play against each other before joining together to form a strong basis for the aforementioned choral arrangements, usually accompanied by a resounding tympani.
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Hot Press (Ireland)
2005 - Listen to it in the dark, wrapped up in your bed before you sleep... 9/10
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The Harvard Crimson
2005 - She’s still peddling the same coma-inducing New Age white noise your mom and Peter Jackson seem to love.
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The California Aggie
2005 - he album's songs wield the fragility and energy typical of Enya's style
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Newsweekly
2005 - "Amarantine" - is typically beautiful, even if it is more of the same
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The Advocate.com
2005 - And Enya's glacial tempos and keyboard-produced faux orchestras can grow ponderous, plus she simply sounds less interested than usual. Which means the latest Enya opus may be more for the Enya faithful
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