Attempts are sometimes made to elevate some of Enya’s earlier albums as innovative, even forward-looking in their generic cross-fertilisation. And what, please, is a “Forge of the Angels”? The airiness of angels and the clanking metalwork of a forge seem mutually exclusive, however you look at it, and the chanting soundtrack (admittedly in Loxian, Roma Ryan's made-up language) casts no light on the matter. “Sancta Maria” is just those two words repeated over a bland waft of a tune and some opportunistic key-changes. Which brings with it, for much of the album, an inescapable sense of fatigue. The sheen of Enya’s electronic sound hasn’t changed at all over the years, and is now not so much evocative of new age, as old age. The rest rely on repetition – one person’s mesmeric is another person’s stultifying – and sound-painting. Only the title track and “Echoes In Rain”, the first single, have any narrative, and that’s a bit fortune cookie-ish. Unfortunately, with this, Enya’s eighth solo album, she is not so much looking at a new, far-off galaxy, as she is in the mirror, at her last seven albums.
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Nearly 30 years after her solo debut, Dark Sky Island is apparently inspired by Roma Ryan’s poetry about the Channel Island Sark, a so-called “dark sky island” – one good for viewing the stars, that is. The composing now happens in a castle, but otherwise artistic vision and personnel remain unchanged. The sheen of Enya’s electronic sound is now not so much evocative of new age, as old age shepherd moons lp&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=0.TRC0.H0.Xenya shepherd moons vinyl.TRS0&_nkw=enya shepherd moons vinyl&_sacat=0įYI: if you buy a vinyl copy of "Shepherd moons" online and receive it without the lyrics and pic usually found in the CD edition, please don't shoot the seller.Using multi-tracking, a shimmering electronic sound, and melodies that had a similar relationship with Irish folklore as an O’Neill’s pub, they created in the 1980s a style of soft-focus electro-folk so earwormingly catchy that “Orinoco Flow”, on her second, 1988 album Watermark, parked itself at number one for three weeks, and became the song Alan Partridge sings to himself. Oustanding LP by the way, I own an unplayed copy "Shepherd moons" is a bit more difficult but can be found without breaking the band. watermark lp.TRS0&_nkw=enya watermark lp&_sacat=0 the "Watermark" vinyl can be easily found in Europe, especially the German pressing Well, this is between you and us, but hopefully your boyfriend won't know about this link. ) but I turned to him and said "Sure, it's $10! But it's Enya - Watermark! Do you know how rare this is to find! It's mine, mine, mine!" And slapped that ten bucks into the guy's hand! Maybe one day I'll find her debut, and Sheperd Moons. My mouth dropped (this guy?! Selling Enya?!) Ha! My boyfriend doesn't really believe in spending more than a buck on a record (seriously - don't get me started. So while I've flipped thru on occasion, I was just about to pass him by this time (knowing his LPs don't usually switch out that often, and the genre/pricing situation.) But I decided to give it a quick go at the last second, and half way through flipping there sat Enya - Watermark on vinyl. A few months ago while strolling through a local flea market, we passed this older guy's booth that I've perused before, and he's always got a small stack of LPs, usually 70's metal rock.
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I wish some of these artists with little to no vinyl releases would get it together here in the US.