Enya - "Amarantine"

[MinusName]

I think this was most added last week, anyone heard this yet?

[[upsilon]™]

Yeah...and it's kinda of New Age-y. I didn't like it all. :(

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upsilon710 said:

Yeah...and it's kinda of New Age-y. I didn't like it all. :(

So you were expecting something that wasn't New Age from Enya?

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[[upsilon]™]

^ Not at all. I just expected something a little different. :)

[🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾]

This is a really great track.

[BillboardBoy]

How do you pronounce it?

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ah(open wide)-muh-ran-tine

[MinusName]

I like it, but I don't know what "Amarantine" means, am I just stupid or does nobody else know what it means either?

[Love Plastic Love]

I like it.

[BillboardBoy]

rebirthxperience said:

ah(open wide)-muh-ran-tine

Thanks! I'm looking forward to hearing the song. I love "Orinoco Flow," "Only Time," "Wild Child" and "Caribbean Blue."

[MinusName]

This is really growing on me, but I don't think it will come anywhere close to doing as well as "Only Time."

[RobM88]

I love it but I don't know what Amarantine is either :) 
And it sounds so much like Enya always does - which is good but she doesn't vary much over the years!

OK I looked it up... here's some info on that and the new CD!

- Amarantine is named after the mythical flower that never fades (hovewer, the flower's name is usually spelled Amaranthine)

- The album took about 2 years to record as Enya started to work on it in early 2003

- There is no Gaelic or Latin this time, because the languages didn't fit to any melody

- "Drifting" is the only instrumental

- Three songs are in Loxian, a language made-up by Enya's lyricist Roma Ryan, who was inspired by Tolkien's Elvish

- "Sumiregusa" is in Japanese, the rest is in English

- The songs on the new album vary from rock to the adaptation of Basho's haiku (Sumiregusa), as well as Enya's singing

- "A Moment Lost" sounds ancient-like

- "Water Shows The Hidden Heart" sounds classical

- "Amarantine" and "If I Could Be Where You Are" are Enya's personal favourites

[BillboardBoy]

I heard a piece of it at enya.com. It's OK but I wasn't as impressed as I have been with her past hits. I was hoping for something a little more upbeat.

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Billboard review:

Amarantine
ENYA
Producer(s): Nicky Ryan
Genre: AC
Label: Reprise (CD promo)

Enya is never going to earn kudos for versatility, but that has not stopped her from selling 65 million albums during the past decade. Sixth album "Amarantine" is led by the title track, which sounds as much like the 2001 smash "Only Time" as it does her first hit, 1989's "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)." Whether that is a bad thing depends on your tolerance for more of the same. But before the track is dismissed, there is no doubt that "Only Time" became an emblem of post-Sept. 11, 2001, America, bonding Enya to so many (accompanying album "A Day Without Rain" sold 6 million copies, according to the Recording Industry Assn. of America). Her familiar chords and airy vocals again feel comforting, so, whether or not she is innovative, this lady continues to be accomplished at what she does. —Chuck Taylor

[BillboardBoy]

The album of the same name debuts at #8 this week. I was hoping it would enter at #1, but oh well. I ordered the album on Amazon and just got it yesterday. It's pretty good. I'd give it a "B."