Paint The Sky With Stars (The Best Of Enya) - Enya

...depths of an artist, and Paint the Sky… is ideal for that. Fourteen tracks outline the ex-Clannad members career (I told myself I wasn't going to mention her former band, oh well) and two new creations that sound as if they were big hits for her anyway. The album opens, quite rightly, with Orinoco Flow, this is after all where it all began, the one that got the girl noticed and marked her out for great things. An almost pop induced collection of ...
...turn a song such as Paint the Sky With Stars, incidentally one of the two composed for the album specifically, will whisk you off to fly through the night sky. Whilst most of the songs have a wistful feeling, there is as much celebration as reflection in this collection of songs and On My Way Home seems to contain an equal measure of both. As you would expect the vocal work is what stands out with this album, and with Enya's work in general, but ...

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Review of Paint The Sky With Stars (The Best Of Enya) - Enya

...from my grandson, Enya – Paint the sky with stars – the best of Enya, and I thought it was absolutely wonderful. Enya is an Irish lady with a talent for playing a host of instruments, most notably the piano. She has the most beautiful voice I have ever heard and after listening to this album I have asked my grandson to record it on his computer for me, so it can take pride of place in my collection. Below is a description of some of ...
...listing. Track 1 - Orinoco Flow For anyone who likes Enya, then this will most likely be the song that you will remember the most. My grandson informs me that this song spent no less than 5 weeks as the Uk’s no 1 record on it’s release in the late 1980’s. It is quite a powerful track but also carries a dramatic melody. I wouldn’t say it is my personal favorite on the album but I do still like to listen to it. Track 2 – ...

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Review of Paint The Sky With Stars (The Best Of Enya) - Enya

Paint the Sky with Stars by Enya is a classic album. Every track is excellent and so relaxing to listen to, one song just flows into another and great to listen to when you want to unwind after a hard day’s work. She has a haunting voice that gives me a tickle on the back of my neck; I could listen to her for hours. Let me take you through the album. Track one: The famous ‘Orinoco Flow’ this is a chirpy song and the chorus line every so often ‘Sail ...
...drums. What a great choice for the start of the album. Track two: ‘Caribbean Blue’ with its soft strumming guitar start, and then she starts to sing. Her voice is something else. If you close your eyes you can imagine the tide ebbing in and out, I can almost feel the water lapping around my feet. Track three: ‘Book of Days’ a piano plays all the way through this very catchy track and the background choristers really compliment Enya here. Track four: ...

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Review of Paint The Sky With Stars (The Best Of Enya) - Enya

Orinoco Flow was a faint memory to me, you know, one of those songs from when you didnt undertand music in your toddler years, but it was so exposed even an embryo couldn't fail to get it lodged in their developing head. Now, thanks to this dreamy collection of haunting songs, it is on of my top snooze tracks. That isn't meant in a bad way, but with Enya's tracks you could quite easily drift off into a dream whilst relaxing to them. Having heard ...
...this is the cream of the crop (hence the 'Best Of' title), and rightly so. Enya has created her own style throughout her career, where classical/new age meets easy listening pop, and it is summed up in this collection brilliantely. There are the singles for which she is most well known 'Carribbean Blue' (although this is perhaps more famous for having Martine McCuthceon in the video as a nymph), 'Anywhere Is' and the number one 'Orinoco Flow', which ...

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Review of Paint The Sky With Stars (The Best Of Enya) - Enya

I have recently purchased the Paint the Sky with Stars album by Enya which is subtitled as the best of Enya. I bought the CD at WHSMITH for a purchase price of £14.99 . I could have perhaps got it a little cheaper ,but as I was passing they got my money on this occasion ! Moving onto the album itself. Well it's a top quality compilation as you'd expect from a talented artist such as Enya. This CD is so relaxing , and stress relieving - just what ...
...your head . 12. Paint the sky with stars -.. suddenly before my eyes , views of indigo arrive ....Another great line and this song above all , shows Enya's natural ability as a singer. 13.Marble Halls - Sung on a high pitch , but I feel it lacks proper background beat and is not lively enough. 14.On my way home- Organ prominant in this one .Continues the journey theme. 15 The memory of trees - great title and a fine track . Let's your mind drft ...

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Review of Paint The Sky With Stars (The Best Of Enya) - Enya

I am sorry, but discovered Enya only a few time ago, listening a spot for her last CD, so... I remained really hit. I bought "Paint the sky with stars". Suggestive title, gravid of poetry and visual suggestions. Exactly as her songs - call them so, but it appears reductive - for the harmonies, the depicted compositions, words and music. Peculiar, exotic… I want to say, at least for me. Even would they maintain certain characteristics in common ...
...motives and harmonies. I feel to state, furthermore, that some Gregorian and classic influences are present in them. Some richness, to my perception, never heard before. In any case, in the music skies, Enya is one of the higly brighting stars, though I think she does not care to correspond this definition. Someone, but, told me Enya’s music is sad… Yes, I agree in part, there is something... but I touch, much more, a calm, but vibrant ...

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Review of Paint The Sky With Stars (The Best Of Enya) - Enya

Well, I know that typically a greatest hits can be a bit dodgy. That it's a bit of a money making exercise, but.... This one is really good. It's extremely relaxing, and includes all of the big songs by the lady. Yes, all the ones from all of the adverts! It is something that is right for a certain kind of mood, but less so than her other albums, as the more poppy songs are on here, more than the moody ones! Definitely worth buying, even for non-Enya ...

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Review of Paint The Sky With Stars (The Best Of Enya) - Enya

...friends CD collection i noticed Paint The Sky With Stars so i put it on. How rejoiced i was to hear Orrinoco Flow as the 1st track played. The song made me feel so happy and i remembered my childhood once more. Then as the songs progressed the song storms in africa came on which was played at my grandads funeral and that brought back many more fond memories. Many people who i speak to consider enya to be a sad artist and find her songs depressing ...

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Review of Paint The Sky With Stars (The Best Of Enya) - Enya

dismiss her as new age lift music if you like. see if i care. i first got into enya after seeing her play orinocco flow on top of the pops. she sat behind a big piano. did you know orrincco flow wasn't about a wombles menstrual problems? if not don't worry, sometimes she sings in Gaelic, and that means i don't understand what she is going on about either, but music is universal, and hers is one of the most beautiful types of music in the world. ...

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Review of Paint The Sky With Stars (The Best Of Enya) - Enya