Enya - Dark Sky Island
Sonically, Dark Sky Island is a collection that's both incredibly diverse and innately unified by the production: almost Spector-esque in its lavish, wide-screen multi-tracked layers of sound. Opening track "The Humming" is an immediate highlight as it subliminally works its infectious magic within the course of a single listen. By contrast, "Even In The Shadows" pulses with an insistent rhythm; the hymnal "I Could Never Say Goodbye" is sparse in its reflective beauty; while "Sancta Maria" blends synthesizers and classical instrumentation to create an ethereal soundscape that comfortably sits in both the past and the future. It's almost a history of sound encapsulated in four hypnotic and otherworldly minutes.
Track Listing:
1. The Humming
2. So I Could Find My Way
3. Even in the Shadows
4. The Forge of the Angels
5. Echoes in Rain
6. I Could Never Say Goodbye
7. Dark Sky Island
8. Sancta Maria
9. Astra et Luna
10. The Loxian Gates
11. Diamonds on the Water
