Enya - A Day Without Rain (CD 2000)

A Day Without Rain is comprised of eleven tracks and has a total running time of just under 35 minutes. The debut single "Only Time" released one week prior to the album includes two non-LP bonus tracks. While the music is in the same vein as her earlier work, the tracks on Enya's newest album are more richly orchestrated. Experimentation is kept to a minimum and pizzicato strings are used significantly once again. It is only through very close, perhaps intense, listening that the differences from her former recordings can be heard.
Enya's drive towards perfection increases the time between releases and tends to minimise the running time of new material when it emerges. "As I do all the vocals and harmonies, and we do not sample, this obviously takes up a considerable amount of time, Enya explains. "Also, as everything you hear on the album is played by me, that too becomes a very long process. Therefore, we are inclined to take much longer in the studio than other people. Layers upon layers comprise the total sound and perfection is truly achieved. Enya fan or not, this is a must buy album....