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- Summary: The singer's first album in five years finds her once again collaborating with producer Nicky Ryan and lyricist Roma Ryan, and includes three songs in her new made-up language Loxian.
- Record Label: Reprise
- Genre(s): New Age
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Top Track
Amarantine | |
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You know when you give your love away It opens your heart, everything is new And you know time will always find a way To let your heart believe it's... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 7
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Mixed: 5 out of 7
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Negative: 1 out of 7
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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.
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UncutAs an oasis of calm in a world of noise and chaos, it's easy to understand her appeal. [Jan 2006, p.114]
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Anyone order more of the same?
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Entertainment WeeklyWhat was once bracing now seems dull and stultifying. [25 Nov 2005, p.100]
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BillboardThis album is calm and relaxing almost to a fault. [26 Nov 2005]
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Amarantine sounds like it was born in cloistered solitude, self-referentially echoing Enya albums past.
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The New York TimesThe overall effect of "Amarantine" is like drowning in whipped cream. [28 Nov 2005]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 23 out of 33
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Mixed: 5 out of 33
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Negative: 5 out of 33
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czwshJan 6, 2006Excellent - just what you would want from Enya
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KaySFeb 18, 2006
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nandocMar 15, 2006Best album of this year.
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RitzhiJan 1, 2006Nice album. Relaxing and comforting you when you are strezz :)
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StuartTSep 21, 2006
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eny'allDec 23, 2005pros: lush quiet songs, smooth too cons: too piano-based, her earlier harp stuff was better, somewut blandly repetitive overview: an "eh" album.
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BrendaHDec 15, 2005
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