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Amarantine - EP

Amarantine - EP

Released: 2005-11-14
℗ 2005 Warner Music UK Ltd
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3 Items
Listen on Apple Music
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Released: 2005-11-14
℗ 2005 Warner Music UK Ltd

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2011-06-13

Not the album but the lead single

Following on from the sublime theme from Lord Of The Rings - May It Be - this more pop-oriented delivery comes across as clunky and sub-standard on first listening. It plods along with the usual slightly over-produced orchestration of some of Enya's album tracks and doesn't really go anywhere. The lyrics are poorer than usual and on the whole, come the three minute mark, it's a relief when the song runs out of steam and stops.
Bonus tracks Comb Of The Winds and Spaghetti Western are better, both instrumentals so lacking Roma Ryans lacklustre lyrics. The former is another slow piece which could have been recorded for any album since Watermark but still a pleasant composition. The latter is an out-take from her eponymous 1987 debut - soundtrack to The Celts. Having never seen the programme, I have no idea at what point this piece of music would fit into a production about the natives of the British Isles 2000 years ago, but as far as titles go, it does exactly what it says on the tin and is possibly the best track featured on this release.
The parent album (which the main review is for) features better tracks, notably second single It's In The Rain and The River Sings. This release is definitely only for completists.
Nyssa's Little Sister
2008-11-01

Timeless as always

Enya is truly one of the only artists that I wouldn't get tired of listening to & I've grown up with her music since the 1980's. In a word - Timeless. As long as she keeps writing, I'll keep listening. Long may she continue - Brilliant!
DjWillox
2006-11-16

Excellent

Enya is unique and therfore 'more of the same thing' is still very refreshing! these songs are beautiful.
mozzh
2005-11-19

More of the same

I think that the 1980s and early 1990s output was original and different. Unfortunately Enya seems to be creating more of the same. I feel that I might be hearing something that was on The Celts, Watermark, Shepherd Moons or the Memory of Trees. Everything after the Memory of Trees sounds like it has been recycled from her earlier work. It is no longer fresh sounding. If anything the three items on this EP sound more dated than re-listenting to her 1980s work.
Moughan