Paint Sky With Stars: Best Of - Enya

This is easily Enya's best album by a mile. There is not really a bad track on it. The album opens with her 1988 no. 1 hit "Orinoco Flow" which has a great tune and interesting lyrics with all the place names. "Caribbean Blue" has a dreamy-like quality about it and "Book of Days", famous from the film "Far and Away" follows. "Anywhere Is" and "Only If..." - new to this album follow next and are my second and third favourite tracks. The rest of the album is not quite as good, but still holds up strong. Highlights include "China Roses", "Paint the Sky With Stars" and "Marble Halls". ...  Read the complete review

I must be going through a bit of a mellower stage of life at the moment, hot on the heels of a Loreena McKennitt review comes one for Enya, probably the best known artist working in the same hard to categorise musical field. Like Loreena McKennitt, Enya mixes a range of musical styles, and even languages, to create her own beautiful musical tapestry. Both women borrow from a wide range of cultures from around the world and don’t even limit themselves to the here and now, delving back in time as the need arises to create soundscapes full of mystery and timeless wonder. Enya, as I said, is probable seen as the ambassador for this genre and since the release of Watermark in ...  Read the complete review

It was this collection of songs that led to my discovery of enya,at christmas 2000,when I bought it after hearing a song on an advert.I didn't know what song it was,but it was amazing,beautiful and unmistakable enya,so I thought 'surely the greatest hits album is going to have it?' I knew of the first track 'Orinoco Flow' quite well.Unless you live on mars it would have been impossible not to hear 'sail away,sail away,sail away..',the song that that took enya to #1 in the autumn of 1988 for a 3 week stay.so I skipped it in search of the song I 'd heard.And then it appeared.The second song on 'Paint the sky with stars',and ...  Read the complete review

Sail away” to Enya’s island of her music and the frailties that become strong where she welcomes you on her shores. Questions arise on the melodramatic and sometimes so very vulnerable melodies that make you forget that life is not always jaded, as it seems to be. A streak of confidence, with the abundance of perfection will breathe and enliven the souls deep inside. “Paint the Sky With Stars”, her 1997 release of the best singles in her career sets forth the changes – changes that are noticed – changes that are enjoyed from the uninhibited joy of “Orinoco Flow” to the gloomy visions of “Boadicea”. In ...  Read the complete review

I am a 65-year-old woman and I like all the normal types of music for my age. Patsy Cline, Old blue eye?s himself Frank Sinatra, that kind of thing. But I recently borrowed a CD 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 my favorite tracks from it, ...  Read the complete review