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9.0
82352
9.0 |
Gig Soup
After eight studio albums, Enya may finally be gaining some well-deserved respect for her unique and uncompromising musical vision
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8.0
82023
8.0 |
All Music
It does manage to harness some of the power and creativity of Enya's early days and pairs it with both the confidence and shadows of age
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8.0
82024
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Nourishing and immersive
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8.0
82030
8.0 |
Evening Standard
Magnificent, in every sense
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8.0
82112
8.0 |
musicOMH
More open-minded listeners might find themselves surprisingly captivated
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8.0
82183
8.0 |
The Quietus
It does feel like Enya's strongest effort in years, and that is not at the expense of previous records. Dark Sky Island is Enya operating at her most maximal and self-aware
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8.0
82200
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
If you’ve dismissed Enya in the past, then Dark Sky Island is the perfect opportunity to embrace an artist who is so much loved, yet very much under-appreciated
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7.1
82021
7.1 |
Pitchfork
Though her approach has calcified, the environments generated by her records are still singular, a gentle, untroubled, indefinite ambience that is very soothing to inhabit
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6.0
82026
6.0 |
The Observer
The first half is full of pockets of gently unfurling prettiness, which makes the meandering and repetitive second half all the more disappointing
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4.0
82022
4.0 |
The Arts Desk
The trouble with 'Dark Sky Island' is that it sets out to be a faded copy of earlier work, and succeeds
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4.0
82025
4.0 |
The FT
Taken together her songs merge into soporific doppelgängers
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4.0
82086
4.0 |
The Music
If you're still selling pop records in your 50s, why change the formula?
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