Natalie Mering, who records as Weyes Blood, has called Enya a “matriarchal force.” When FKA twigs mentioned how Enya inspired her song “ thousand eyes” last year, she went as far as to compare her to the queens of art pop, Björk and Kate Bush, calling her “a mother.” Current mother-to-be Nicki Minaj listened to Enya in the studio while making 2014’s The Pinkprint. And as I did, I came to think of her like a Rosetta Stone for a particular thread of modern pop-music that is slow and hypnotic and restorative, with operatic melancholy, solitary strength, and a discernibly feminine sense of craft. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
She and longtime collaborators Nicky and Roma Ryan turned this choral synthesizer music into the obsessive sound of serenity. Each mixes the ancient with the modern, folklore and ambience, the human and the electronic, containing hundreds of ornate layers of Enya’s own vocals and rhythms woven like cloth. Most popular among them are the earliest: her cinematic 1987 debut, The Celts 1988’s Watermark, the unlikeliest of pop smashes and 1991’s oceanic Shepherd Moons, which sold even more.
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From the windswept dream pop of “I Want Tomorrow” to the skylike chorus on “Anywhere Is,” from the wild arpeggiations of “Aldebaran” to the shaded beats and Gaelic lyrics on “Ebudae,” my journey with Enya became a reminder of how music could hold the days together when it felt like reality was in a free fall.Īt 59, Enya has now released eight studio albums. I now feel that the 19-song Enya primer I received in the final days of 2019 was cosmically tailored to prepare me for the impending hell of 2020. Thanks for your suggestions, now it’s my turn to broaden my sonic horizons! Hope to see you here again.Last December, after noticing a substantial uptick in the number of effusive Enya fans in my orbit-both friends and musicians I follow-I finally asked someone for a mix of her best work. (You’ll probably enjoy browsing that collection too.) I will definitely check your suggestions out, Def Leppard is one of the greats for good reason, and we actually included Tales From Topographic Oceans by Yes on our Best Headphone Albums list. (Another great thing about music is the level of subjectivity and most of us have our own specific criteria for what we love listening to.) I’m of the opinion that although production quality plays an important role, it doesn’t always make or break the entire body of work. Recording and production quality were definitely considered when we made our selections for some of the best audiophile albums.
You’re right about that, not considering those factors would’ve been a big mistake. Great choices, Bon Iver self titled, Mellon Collie and Lateralus are a few of my personal favorites – I’m sure you’ll enjoy them too. Thanks Sukumar, I’m glad you were able to find a few albums to add to your collection! These albums were marked by awesome engineering finesse. Personally, if I’m asked to add some more albums that can make the cut in the audiophile’s best albums list, I will surely have A Night at the Opera by Queen (1975), Breakfast in America by Supertramp (1979), Drama by Yes (1980), Pyromania by Def Leppard (1983) and Crest of a Knave by Jethro Tull (1987). Music is a highly personal experience and when one brings up a “the best” list, one’s personal tastes and preferences are bound to be found there. Which means an album’s recording and its overall production quality must have been important criteria for it to make your list. The list is supposed to be an audiophile’s must-have albums. I’m happy that Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie album made it to the list. I’ll be trying out John Cale’s HoboSapiens, Bon Iver’s Bon Iver and Tool’s Lateralus especially. I loved it and there are many albums there that I would surely be adding to my collection. You’ve got a list of albums that are varied in style and spanning different generations.
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