Watermark
by Enya
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Enya bestography
Watermark is ranked as the best album by Enya.
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Watermark track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Watermark rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AleJohnMari | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 79/100 | 21 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  CharlieBarley | My Next 100 Favourite Songs 101-200 | 93/100 | - |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 25/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 44 Music Albums of 1988 | 27/44 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 67 Music Albums of 1988 | 13/67 | 4 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 33 Music Albums of 1988 | 20/33 | 2 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1988 | 48/50 | 0 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 47 Music Albums of 1988 | 33/47 | 2 |
| 2026 | Jaymantheman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 100/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 198 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 895 | |||
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Watermark ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/27/2026 11:30 |  Milhaud | 2,164 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2026 21:09 | alexandermause | 1,590 | 86/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2026 14:05 | Banner | 4,936 | 80/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.0.
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Watermark forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/06/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5427): By StreakyNuno
neilgee 11/12/2025 12:23 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
Romanelli 07/04/2023 23:00 in What Song Are You Listening To Right Now?Watermark comments
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It really is a work of art for such a pretentious genre. New Age usually is nothing but overly artsy bullshit, but this album is wonderful in all the right ways. A favorite for me.
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.
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/20/2017 17:55 | #183531 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
Shockingly fresh and beautiful album that transcends new age cliches with its timeless production and moving performances by a extremely talented singer.
My introduction to new age. Beautifully hypnotic and soothing, I still listen to Watermark every once in awhile.
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