Enya's 1988 recordingWatermarkachieved landmark success with her groundbreaking use of multi-tracking technology to fuse new age and Celtic themes and instrumentation. The meticulous production defines her sound and achieves continuity even while weaving together tender ballads, piano pieces, massively layered vocal harmonies, and symphonic synthesizer movements. Although Enya's pristine voice isn't especially strong, her lead vocals possess a vulnerability that reflects the lyrics' sense of personal searching. From the ubiquitous, frothy single "Orinoco Flow" (which was used to hawk Crystal Light on TV) to the hard, bold edge of "Cursum Perficio," Enya's style remains fresh and engaging today.--Richard Price

Enya - watermark :)
I once heard that women with child should listen to classical music to help soothe her and the child she is carrying, however when my own mum was pregnant with me it was enya that she listened to and I suppose I was brought up listening to enya in my childhood. I am now 15 years old and although through my life I have explored many different genres of music Enya has been a constant artist I have always related to and loved.

With the help of Enya and my parents wide range of varied music and musicians I am very open minded about my music despite being very much into my rock and metal presently. Her music has influenced myself and my own music playing and I can play several songs from 'the memory of trees' album and others on the piano and has helped me accomplish a grade 6 style of playing although I am presently taking my grade 4 at this moment in time. I have also performed several at a few concerts and on one occassion for my GCSE music recital.

Between my parents and myself we have every album she has released. I've heard about a new album being released recently called 'cedar moon' im hoping to get this for my mums christmas present and then borrow it later :P. Watermark I feel was one of her most popular and rewarding albums and I still love listening to 'storms in africa'. 'A day without rain' was her more modern albums and although the quality was good I felt I could pick my favourites out more easily compared to her more older albums. She's one of the few that can produce an album in which every song is of excellent quality and fits together, one of the few opinions both my mum and myself agree whole heartedly on. Each of her albums covers my emotions in one, whether im feeling sad, happy, free or angry.

Shes been going strong for so long and I hope there will be more albums to come, now im off to either TESCOs or a local music shop in search for the new release.

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