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List Price: $21.98 | | Label: Warner Classics UK
Salesrank: 303443
Released: January 13, 2008 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Amarantine Track Listing:
1. Less Than a Pearl
2. Amarantine
3. It's in the Rain
4. If I Could Be Where You Are
5. River Sings
6. Long, Long Journey
7. Sumiregusa
8. Someone Said Goodbye
9. Moment Lost
10. Drifting
11. Amid the Falling Snow
12. Water Shows the Hidden Heart
Editorial Review:
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.
Description of Amarantine:
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
The Celts |
Watermark |
Shepherd Moons |
The Memory of Trees |
A Day Without Rain |
Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya |
Amarantine Reviews:
Nice Soundtrack for Lovemaking 
2009-12-15 - I don't really care for New Age music. It's basically ambient/electronica's yuppie neo-conservative older sister. But it's better listening than alot of today's pop music. The only songs I ever heard from Enya was Orinnoco Flow and one other from way back in the day. Catchy but gimmicky as far as I was concerned. Last night I had sex with friend (ok, it wasn't exactly "lovemaking") and she asked me what I wanted to listen to. She loves New Age music and has an extensive collection of Yanni, Andreas Vollenweider, George Winston and Enigma among others. I definitely didn't want to hear any Enigma. That's a mood killer almost as bad as Yanni. So she surprised me and put this on. I didn't know who it was at first but I did guess that it was Enya. The music was beautiful. Very haunting especially the last track. Stuck in my head even after I left this morning. I still don't care for New Age but maybe I'll get re-educated one cd at a time. Or maybe it's just the sex talking......
From Enya's Elvish Twin 
2009-08-14 - First off, I'm a new Enya fan... just this year. Yeah, I'm also the LotR freak, so I've heard Aniron, May it Be, and practically drooled over them... very lovely. That wasn't enough to get me into 'Enya'. I am also a huge lover of music, I own all three of the LotR complete recordings... I go for music. I love music. I'm also very conservative. I don't listen to rock... just hymns and some soundtrack... Narnia's first two scores were something of a disappointment. So, I'm picky. Yes, it's true... I don't go for guady jewelry, I don't like banging music. I like soft, quite, thoughtful, or happy and chipper. I am a die-hard for sad music too. I want something to make me cry. I was given Celtic Woman and expected a lot, I was disappointed. Only two songs I would ever buy... so, when I got into Enya I wasn't expecting to like every single song except one in all of her albums.
Enya is... well... Enya paints pictures in my mind. I see a scene of nature or between people everytime I hear the song. She inspires me to go write on my book... Amarantine is perfect. I love the songs...
1. Less than a pearl
this song is the perfect adventure, either that or it's provoking you to stand out in the middle of the sunlight with your arms spread out, your head back, singing to the sky.
2. Amarantine
A lovely, sometimes hyper song, with an eeire chourous. It's perfect for any helpless romantic... I'm not one of those, but hey! it is Enya! I love her music, I love this song!
3. It's in the rain
sigh... the words to this song... every time it rains I begin this song in my head. So lovely, sorta peaceful. I can see the rain drops dripping from leaves.
4. If I could be where you are
a lovely song, but it's not my top fav...
5. The river sings
a highly celtic twist. Very lively. Makes me want to dance around somehow. Enya's good at that. Makes you want to go on an adventure, even when you stubornly say no to her, she takes you with her anyways.
6. Long long journey
I think Enya must have written this for Bilbo Baggins. I see scenes from The Hobbit everytime I listen to this. It begins with city lights upon the harbour... and I see Bywater reflecting the lights of Hobbiton in RotK at the end when the Hobbits are at The Green Dragon. The courous shows you Bilbo's steps from The Mountain and There and Back Again... this is Enya's hobbit-walking song!
7. Sumiregusa
Lovely! where Less than a pearl makes you look up at the sky, this has you looking for violets in the wild woods.
8. Someone said goodbye
this is my absolute favourite. it's sad and desperate, and I probably shouldn't go on about it forever! But... it's Cooper who's singing this to a friend, Samantha, or Pepper Darcy... her husband's died. She's alone... she's lost... she doesn't know why. Her dreams won't fly, her heart cries, she won't say goodbye to anyone, and for the life of her, Pepper can't figure out why! Neither can Cooper.
9. A moment lost
another great song... Tom regrets... he's ruined Awel's life, and he can never change it... his moment was lost.
10. Drifting
no real opinion. It does feel like your moving about in the water, somehow...
11. Amid the falling snow
This is a very white song! I love the strings here. it should have been The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe's credit song! It gives me chills.
12. Water shows the hidden heart
Somehow this feels elvish, in a strange way. It's lovely, but again, this isn't my top favourite, but I still like it anyhow
From where the Willows weep (and yes, Enya SHOULD make an album, call it that, and send me a copy : )
Ithilwen~
SUX 
2009-04-28 - I dunno why I haven't written a review on this piece of junk before. I've only owned it since it came out. In fact, I pre-ordered it before its release since I'm a super Enya fan and listen to the "other" CD's often. But this one - I've listened to it once again to see if it was as crxxpy as i had remembered. IT WAS! Maybe if I start listing things on the net, I'll be able to unload this and make space for good music.
Excellent for your Enya collection!
2009-03-31 - It has been quite some time since Enya released her previous album, not counting singles and movie tracks. Get this CD. Enya is not going to change her style, which you wouldn't expect of ANY artist, and that's what I like about her. Her voice continues to sound excellent, and the non-vocal tracks are just as pleasant.
Aside from the cover song, "It's In the Rain", "Someone Said Goodbye", and "Amid The Falling Snow" are my favorite. As I write this review, I wish I had that CD in my hand to play right now!
Enya Supreme
2009-01-06 - While occasionaly criticied for the "sameness" of her sound, when it is this good, why not? There is not the duplication one finds on several of her other CDs. All new...all good. A gifted voice for all to enjoy. Easy listening.
