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I received the CD in the post (eventually) in a red velvet box and thought that this would be great...especially the second CD. Unfortunately, the box only contained the one CD and a book....what happened to the missing CD - I only bought this because of the additional CD....I feel that I have been conned and I can't return the CD can I ? Suggest that you think twice before buying this CD.

Rating: 1 out of 5

This is a must have for any Enya fan.The photos of Enya are fab and the book Water show the hidden heart is amazing. Plus the music is the real treat. Great christmas gift. Cheers

Rating: 5 out of 5

A disappointing album after such a terribly long wait... Amarantine barely touches the surface of her preceding masterpiece (and possibly her greatest ever work) 'A Day Without Rain'. This is only Enya's second album in almost a decade!

This set of songs, though have the same classic vocals, does not open with the best track, which doesn't help in getting this album off to a good start. The second - the title track is one of only a handful of songs worthy of any real acclaim... The third song: 'It's In The Rain' is by far the nearest she reaches to the tremendous quality she gave us, and that is unmistakably 'A Day Without Rain', and I suspect she wrote both these tracks first, and not long after completing her last album.

Granted that Enya has never released a bad album until now, but I guess it was going to be some amazing feat indeed to even think of topping 'A Day Without Rain', but after more than half a decade of waiting, we did perhaps expect better than this, or something that would at least compete. Harsh words I know, but it is difficult to be charitable after such tremendous anticipation.

'The River Sings' is distinctly out of place on this album, and almost sounds as if it's put there to simply fill in a gap, it's so meaningless... This album is so unremarkable, I sometimes have to remind myself that I have it in my collection... At times on playing, I feel it is as bland and as unimaginative as the artwork used in the packaging when compared to her previous works. It's as if Enya here is 'stuck' as to what to write after such perfection with 'A Day Without Rain'. The track 'Drifting' is also reminiscent of the aforementioned album, and could have been 'Silver Inches II'.

Without the referred to highlights to support it, this album would have been a flop - simply not one of her best works... Whereas her previous album turned out to be well worth every day of the five year wait; this was not, and thus makes me nervous about her future releases...

Come on Enya - we all know you are capable of much better than this!


Highlights on this album are: Amarantine, It's In The Rain, Someone Said Goodbye, A Moment Lost and Amid The Falling Snow.



Rating: 2 out of 5

As I am the 26th person to review this album, I feel I need not say anything about it other than this: if you like Enya, buy this album. As usual, it is a blend of the softest and most beautiful music ever created, but also with a sense of power and purpose. Sublime.

Rating: 5 out of 5

Second only to U2 as the most successful Irish recording artist of all time, Enya has built an empire out of multi-tracking her beautiful voice over the same keyboard patches that appeared on her post-Clannad debut since 1987. It's an empire that has progressed at a slow burn, peaking in 2000 and 2001 with her chart-topping ballad and unofficial post-September 11th anthem, "Only Time." Amarantine, Enya's first full-length album in five years, builds on her reputation as the world's premier purveyor of audio comfort food, providing another collection of mini-soundtracks that are often as awkward in their earnestness as they are breathtaking in their production. Boasting 12 new songs that retain the tapestry of sound that is her trademark, while stealthily stripping it of some of its excess, Enya has managed to both repeat herself and move forward without losing anything in the translation. Besides the swirling, "Ebudae"-esque "The River Sings," Enya, lyricist Roma Ryan, and producer Nicky Ryan have crafted the most subtle record of their careers, a move that may alienate some Watermark-era purists. Standout tracks like "Long, Long Journey," "Water Shows the Hidden Heart," and the gorgeous -- but lyrically embarrassing -- title cut show a newfound understanding of the simple power of Enya's voice, resulting in an intimacy that's eluded previous releases. 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.

Rating: 4 out of 5