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 | Title : Only Time: The Collection
Author : Enya
Release Date : 20021112
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $59.98
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Editorial Reviews :
A wonderful gift, this handsomely packaged four-CD box set (purple velvet cover, gold-foil lettering) also serves as an inviting midcareer retrospective of an uncommon vocalist-sonic architect. Only Time: The Collection is a mix-and-match assortment of tracks spanning Enya's first five U.S. releases (including her 1987 debut, The Celts) and embellished with a half-dozen B-sides not found on her previous U.S.-released albums. Chief among them are 'May It Be' (from the Lord of the Rings soundtrack); 'Isobella,' a hushed, slowly evolving beauty formerly available only in Japan; and 'Oiche Chiun (Silent Night).' The set's fourth disc is an enhanced CD that includes 1996 video footage of Enya performing 'Oiche Chiun' during a BBC special. Also included is a 44-page, tall-format booklet filled with regal artist photos, song lyrics, and commentary on each track written by lyricist Roma Ryan. Some notations are throwaway items. Others are insightful, such as the unfinished lyrics (about lost love) for the instrumental title track to A Day Without Rain. The order is a jumble, usually mixing tracks from two recordings onto one disc. The stylistic difference between her dated 1987 debut and the sophistication of 1988's Watermark makes for some occasionally jarring listening on disc one. On the other hand, the opening sequence on disc three ('After Ventus,' 'No Holly for Miss Quinn,' 'The Memory of Trees') is mesmerizing. Overall, nicely done.
Buyer Reviews :
Although this Box set was released in 2002, this set is basically a recycled 'Box of Dreams' with new cover artwork and added tracks. Almost ALL of the content on this set exists on the Box Of Dreams trilogy released in 1998!
This is becoming a disturbing trend by record labels trying to to cash in on music buyers: Releasing already existing collections with new packaging artwork and added tracks! From a musical standpoint, this is a great multi-disc collection of music but this set could've been so much better. If it were possible they should've taken one of the discs and made it a total B-Sides collection instead of just including a few B-Sides and leaving out the rest. At least the amazingly haunting Isobella is available on here. It's a haunting track not too much different from Hope Has A Place or La Sonadora but better than both and Isobella would've propelled A Day Without Rain to a five star. Where are Morning Glory, I May Not Awaken, or Asbhaile(correct me if I misspelled it)? Enya has over ten B-Sides and they all should've been included on this set or on a single or double disc set. If they had all been put on here, this box set could've been the ultimate box set ever.
A thumbs down to the record labels where cashing in on the fanbase seems to have become a habit.
(by Michael Carr)
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