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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0093624947424 Label: Reprise / Wea Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea MPN: 49474 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Reprise / Wea Release Date: November 22, 2005 Studio: Reprise / Wea Editorial Review: Amazon.com: From the first blanket of choral voices awash in reverb, Amarantine is instantly recognizable as a product of Enya, the Irish chanteuse who has created a genre unto herself. Although it's been five years since her last CD, on Amarantine it's as if time stood still. The triumvirate of Enya, lyricist Roma Ryan, and producer Nicky Ryan work the formula they perfected on Watermark, layering her voice in lush choirs pushed along by pizzicato synth strings, swooning orchestral pads, and harpsichord arpeggios. On tracks like "Less Than a Pearl" and "Drifting," Enya flirts with a timeless sound born in gothic chants and hymns. The former is one of three songs that she sings in Roma Ryan's fictitious language of Loxian. It seems to free her, especially on "The River Sings," a veritable rave-up where she gets the tribal choir going in the style of Scottish mouth music. But to get there you have to slog through slo-mo ballads that manage to be dirge-like and singsong at the same time, like the Carpenters on Quaaludes. The relatively restrained arrangement of "It's in the Rain" almost attains a folk-like simplicity that Enya hasn't experienced since she sang with her siblings in Clannad a quarter-century ago. Amarantine sounds like it was born in cloistered solitude, self-referentially echoing Enya albums past. --John Diliberto More Enya
Album Description: The first album in five years from Enya follows the biggest-selling album of her illustrious career, the six-times platinum A Day Without Rain, which transcended all commercial expectations. Having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, Enya is one of the most successful female artists of all time and second only to U2 as the biggest selling Irish artist in history. Album Description: Japanese two-disc pressing features her 2005 album coupled with a Christmas EP. Warner. 2006. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Enya Amarantine CD I'm very pleased, not only with the price for the "slightly used/not new" CD but for the voice quality and sound of this Enya CD. Rating:  - Another Enya cd, another disappointment.Her first three changed the music landscape with their innovation and brilliance. The following three including this one??? Dull, lifeless, unmemorable. Enya has been making the same cd for over ten years without adding anything new to the mix. It would be different if they were all as good as the first three but they're not. Enya needs to go back to her debut and get some inspiration from that. Either that or try a new genre. Heavy Metal maybe lol ??? Read More Rating: - Amarantine by EnyaAll songs in the CD are perfect!! you can listen when you would like to relax, or play in your invitations.. If you are Enya lover,I strongly suggest this album... Rating: - Beautiful SerenityI was excited to finally be able to buy this CD and I wan't disappointed. I first heard it on the radio and started to look for it. Now I'm able to listen to it and the other songs with it. It is something I could put in my CD player and listen to while I sleep during the day (I'm night shift at a hospital). You may not be able to sing along with most of the music, but it is calming in my opinion. Rating:  - Boring, boring, really, really boring!This album should not belong on music shelves. It should be in the prescription section of your local drug store under "Sleep Aids". This Cd should be used for prescription only. Playing this Cd for lots of people will have entire states sent to sleep with ominous results. WWE superstars will black out in the ring, Mixed Martial Artists will crash out in the middle of UFC events, TNA commentators will fall asleep right in the middle of broadcasting, and Boxers, and their trainers will be knocked out ... Read More |
