Enya - Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya
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Free Music Review: A Good Place to Start
Hit: 5 Stars
If you're not familiar with Enya, or you've maybe heard a couple of songs and would like to hear more, this is the perfect CD to start with. It contains her hits and some of her best known and best loved songs: Orinoco Flow, Caribbean Blue, Only If.., etc. etc. Of course, with Enya, many times I have found that her lesser known songs are my favorites, but that's an entirely different story. I first got into Enya because of Orinoco Flow, but it wasn't until years later that I started purchasing some of her music. I started with this album. This album is a good place to begin for those who aren't familiar with this amazing artist.
Veteran Enya listeners will enjoy it too. It's a Best of album; you can't miss with that. You'll also notice some differences, such as the version of Book of Days on this album is the Far and Away version. ;)
This CD is a good mix of her songs. Some are upbeat, some are slow, but all of them are beautiful. This is definitely one of my favorite CDs. I listen to it on my iPod, in my car, on my computer, everywhere! My only complaint is that she leaves off a few of my favorite songs (Tea-House Moon!!), but I can look past that because it's so hard to choose just 16 of her songs to put on a Best Of album. There are so many good ones!
Free Music Review: Very beautiful and refreshing!
Hit: 5 Stars
The first time I heard a song by Enya, another person in my dorm was playing it loudly on her stereo. Normally I would get annoyed by this, but the song (I think it was "The Memory of Trees") was so beautiful that instead I tracked the girl down to find out who the artist was. I got the albums "Watermark", "The Celts", "The Memory of Trees", and "Shepherd Moons" for Christmas a few months later and instantly fell in love with all of them. Enya's work evokes a variety of strong emotions: joy, excitement, inspiration, sadness, and, in a couple of songs, even fear. It's very refreshing music to listen to after a stressful day or during a lunch break. The songs "Marble Halls", "The Memory of Trees", and "How Can I Keep From Singing" I know by heart because I've listened to them so often. In regards to Enya's new album, "Paint the Sky With Stars", I would rather buy an album with ! mostly new songs and a couple of the more popular old songs rather than get only two new songs and a bunch that I already have. However, I do think that anyone who has never heard Enya's music before should get this album first, because after hearing it, they will no doubt want to get the other four.Free Music Review: Songs you may have not known about
Hit: 5 Stars
I had thought that I had all of the songs that were on this CD until I looked a bit closer.
Turns out that there were a bunch of releases - not in my collection.
So purchase it - I did!
It is kind of a strange thing to consider a best of Enya.
She and her group produce more memorable recordings per release than most other musicians.
In my opinion Shepherd Moons, A Day Without Rain and Amarantine are all "Best of" CD's.
Her songs have been used in films and TV shows - still often used to set a majestic mood. [...]
They are always recognizable even without vocals and although they can't be considered classics they stir one's emotions as classics do.
The weird thing is that her music seems to always be "around."
Strangely enough - so many quality recordings - offer the casual fan an extremely large comfort zone. It seems almost impossible that a "next" CD could ever be better than what has already been created. The casual fan is happy with what they have and only the avid fan always needs more.
Even if you think that you have them all - you will be surprised that this CD offers gems that you may not have known existed.
Caslo
Free Music Review: Excelente recopilación
Hit: 5 Stars
¿Por qué los productores de discos hacen una recopilación de melodías y ponen algunas adicionales que no vienen en ninguno de los discos anteriores? ¡Pues para obligarnos a comprar la recopilación a pesar de ya tener en nuestras manos todos los discos de un determinado artista! Este es precisamente el caso de este disco, el cual supuestamente es "lo mejor de Enya" (lo que yo entiendo como una reunión de los éxitos de sus 4 discos); sin embargo, en este CD encontramos como tracks adicionales "Only if.." y "Paint the sky with stars"; pero estas no son las únicas novedades: si escucha cuidadosamente la canción "Book of days" se dará cuenta que ya no está cantada en irlandés antiguo (como venía en el disco de "Shepherd moons"), sino que aquí aparece en inglés, ya que se trata de la banda sonora que se usó en la película "Un horizonte lejano". Aunque no estoy muy de acuerdo con esta treta de los productores, no puedo dejar de admitir que este disco es una compra infalible, tanto para quien apenas entra al mundo de la música de Enya como para quien ya tenga sus otros discos.Free Music Review: A Good Starting Off Album To Enya's Music
Hit: 5 Stars
"Paint The Sky With Stars" (Greatest Hits Collection) was my first Enya album. I had only heard the songs, "Orinoco Flow" and "Book Of Days" over the years and I decided to give Enya a try. I played the CD while studying and I became mesmerized by her unique, etheral style of her instrumentation and vocal techniques. The album became one of the few albums that I thoroughly enjoyed. I loved every single song on the album. Afterwards, I bought Enya's other albums. Once again I was taken away by her music. There were some songs on the albums that were of a different style than the tracks on "Paint The Sky With Stars," such as peaceful, flowing instrumentals and songs sung in Gaelic, Latin and Spanish.
Give the album a try. I strongly recommend the music of Enya. The music and vocals are both beautiful and inspiring. The album is a great mood album, perfect for relaxation.
Keep in mind though that the songs on this album are usually upbeat (not drumbeats, just the instruments which comprise of strings, piano, synth/keyboards!!). If you are going for a more peaceful album, I recommend her album, "The Memory Of Trees."