Watermark (studio album)
by Enya
Enya bestography
Watermark is ranked as the best album by Enya.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Watermark track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/21/2025 06:55 | Sumbody | 1,737 | 76/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 23:20 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 11/07/2025 18:13 | Exist-en-ciel | 4,309 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/09/2025 18:32 | markl73 | 513 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2025 14:26 | rfowler | 443 | 85/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.0.
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Smooth and quite okay
AlvaroIesus 10/12/2021 18:30 | #274922
Hay buenas canciones y es relajante. Es buen disco para usarlo de fondo cuando buscamos concentración.
Great album
Shockingly fresh and beautiful album that transcends new age cliches with its timeless production and moving performances by a extremely talented singer.
Iconic new age album from the late eighties. Her voice is so amazing!
Fischman 01/20/2017 17:55 | #183531
This remains Enya's best outing. Orinico Flow was the big hit, but Storms in Africa is equally catchy. For a new age album, there is pretty good diversity in the rest.
The other album I own with a nice piano led opening track is Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness! They change a bit after that. Being serious I think this is the only so called 'New Age' album I own (unless J-M Jarre or Mike Oldfield are classed as that), and only picked it up because it was cheap 2nd hand, although I had, of course, heard various Enya tracks. It's a beautiful album, with a lovely clarity of vocal, and one I'm glad I bought.
My introduction to new age. Beautifully hypnotic and soothing, I still listen to Watermark every once in awhile.
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Watermark is an enchanting polyphonic music - an album of rich abstract ballads and intensely epic symphonic classic pop that is hugely influential, particularly on new-age music.
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