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The Very Best Of Enya
''The Very Best of Enya'' is the second greatest hits album by the Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, released on 23 November 2009 by Warner Music. After promoting her previous studio album '' And Winter Came...'' (2008), Warner Music asked Enya to release a new compilation of her favourite songs of her career, and chose a selection with her longtime collaborators, producer and arranger Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan. The album received mostly positive reviews from music critics and peaked at number 32 on the UK Albums Chart and number 55 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the United States. It spent over 100 weeks at number one on the ''Billboard'' New Age Albums chart. In a departure from her previous releases, Enya did not promote the album with interviews, appearances, or live performances. Background After promoting her seventh studio album '' And Winter Came...'' (2008), Enya's label Warner Music requested that she release a new greatest hits album of her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enya
Enya Patricia Brennan (; ga, Eithne PádraigÃn Nà Bhraonáin; born 17 May 1961), known professionally by the mononym Enya, is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician known for modern Celtic music. She is the best-selling Irish solo artist in history and the second-best-selling overall artist in Ireland after U2. Born into a musical family and raised in the Irish-speaking area of Gweedore, County Donegal, Enya began her music career in 1980 when she joined her family's Celtic folk band, Clannad, playing keyboards and singing. She left the group in 1982 to pursue a solo career with Clannad's manager and producer Nicky Ryan and Ryan's wife Roma Ryan as her lyricist. Over the following four years, Enya began to develop her sound with multitracked vocals and keyboards containing elements of Celtic, classical, church, new age, world, pop, and Irish folk music. Enya's first projects as a solo artist included soundtrack work for ''The Frog Prince'' (1984) and the 1986 BBC doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amarantine (album)
''Amarantine'' is the sixth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter and musician Enya, released on 21 November 2005 by Warner Bros. Records internationally and by Reprise Records in the United States the next day. Following the release of her 2002 compilation box set ''Only Time – The Collection'', Enya took a short break before she started work on a new album in September 2003, her first since ''A Day Without Rain'' (2000). ''Amarantine'' was recorded in Ireland with her longtime recording partners, arranger and producer Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan. It is Enya's first album not to include a song in Irish and her first to include songs sung in Japanese and Loxian, a fictional language created by Roma. ''Amarantine'' received mixed reviews from critics, but it was a commercial success and reached No. 6 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the United States, where it sold one million copies in its first month of release, and No. 8 on the UK Albums Chart. Enya released tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Child (Enya Song)
"Wild Child" is a single by Irish singer-songwriter Enya. It was released on 4 December 2001 as the second and final single from her fifth studio album, ''A Day Without Rain'' (2000). Release In Germany, Japan, and Korea, the single was published only on Compact Disc; in the United Kingdom, it was also published on cassette Cassette may refer to: Technology * Cassette tape (or ''musicassette'', ''audio cassette'', ''cassette tape'', or ''tape''), a worldwide standard for analog audio recording and playback ** Cassette single (or "Cassingle"), a music single in th .... The B-side "Midnight Blue" was later reworked and included as the title track on Enya's 2008 studio album, '' And Winter Came …''. Live performances Enya performed the song at the 2001 Japan Gold Disc Award, after receiving an award for Best International Pop Albums of the Year for ''A Day Without Rain''. Covers and remixes Eurodance music duo CJ Crew recorded an uptempo dance mix of the song, which ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Day Without Rain
''A Day Without Rain'' is the fifth studio album by the Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, released on 20 November 2000 by WEA. Following a promotional tour in support of her compilation album ''Paint the Sky with Stars'' (1997), Enya took a short break before she resumed writing and recording a new album in 1998 with her usual recording partners, producer and arranger Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan. In a musical departure from her previous albums, Enya incorporates a string section on the record. ''A Day Without Rain'' received mixed reviews from critics; some felt it too derivative of Enya's previous albums whilst others complimented the minimal use of overdubbing that her sound had become known for. It was a commercial success peaking at No. 6 in the United Kingdom and initially, No. 17 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the United States. Following the 11 September 2001 attacks, sales of the album and its lead single, "Only Time", skyrocketed after it was us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Only Time
"Only Time" is a song by Irish musician Enya. It was released in November 2000 as the lead single from her fifth studio album, ''A Day Without Rain'' (2000). The song reached number one in Canada, Germany, Poland and Switzerland, number two in Austria, and became Enya's only top-10 single as a solo artist in the United States, peaking at number 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Release In 2001, "Only Time" was released again as a radio remix. The track was remixed and mastered by the Swiss American Federation (S.A.F. aka Christian B. and Marc Dold) with a final mix by Enya's producer, Nicky Ryan. Enya donated the earnings from the sale of that single to the Widows' and Children's Fund of the Uniformed Firefighters Association to help the families of firefighters in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Following the attacks, sales of the album and its lead single, "Only Time", skyrocketed after it was used by several radio and television networks in their coverage and afterma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enya (album)
''Enya'' is the debut studio album by Irish singer, songwriter, and musician Enya, released in March 1986 by BBC Records in the United Kingdom and by Atlantic Records in the United States. It was renamed as ''The Celts'' for the 1992 international re-release of the album by WEA Records in Europe and by Reprise Records in the United States. The album is a selection of music she recorded for the soundtrack to the BBC television series '' The Celts'', aired in 1986. Four years into her largely unnoticed solo career, Enya landed her first major project in 1985 when producer Tony McAuley asked her to contribute a song to the soundtrack. After its director David Richardson liked her demo, Enya accepted his offer to compose the entire score with her longtime recording partners, producer and arranger Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan. ''Enya'' received mostly mixed reviews from critics when it was released in 1986. It was a mild commercial success, peaking at No. 8 in Ireland an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Celts (song)
"The Celts" is a song by the Irish musician Enya, from her 1987 album '' Enya''. It originally served as the B-side to the single "I Want Tomorrow", released in 1987. When the album was re-issued in 1992 and re-titled ''The Celts'', the title song was released as an accompanying single, peaking at number 29 in the UK. Sung entirely in Irish, it was the theme song to the 1986 BBC documentary ''The Celts The Celts (, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples () are. "CELTS location: Greater Europe time period: Second millennium B.C.E. to present ancestry: Celtic a collection of Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancient ...'' and Channel 4's Gaelic Games coverage. The video for the song was filmed at Bodiam Castle. The B-side of the single, "Eclipse", is the song "Deireadh An Tuath" (found on ''Enya''/''The Celts'' album), played backwards. Charts References External links * Enya songs 1986 songs 1992 singles Songs with lyrics by Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Of Days (song)
"Book of Days" is a song by Irish musician Enya. The original version, included on her 1991 album '' Shepherd Moons'', is sung in Irish Gaelic. The subsequent 1992 single version is bilingual, with new English lyrics; this version was recorded for Ron Howard's film '' Far and Away'', and scenes from the film feature in the video. The bilingual English-Irish version replaced the original pure Gaelic version on subsequent pressings of ''Shepherd Moons'' from mid-1992 onwards, making the original recording relatively rare. Despite being nominated for a Razzie, "Book of Days" became Enya's second top-ten single on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 10, and reached number 12 on the Irish Singles Chart. It was used as a temp track during the editing of James Cameron's film '' Titanic'', for the scene eventually accompanied by the musical cue called "Take Her To Sea, Mr. Murdoch" on the finished soundtrack by James Horner. Critical reception Ned Raggett from AllMusic stated t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shepherd Moons
''Shepherd Moons'' is the third studio album by Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, released on 4 November 1991 by WEA. After the unexpected critical and commercial success of her previous album ''Watermark'' (1988), Enya embarked on a worldwide promotional tour to support it. At its conclusion, she wrote and rehearsed new material for her next album with her long time recording partners, manager, arranger and producer Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan. The album was recorded in Ireland and London and continued to display Enya's sound of multi-tracked vocals with keyboards and elements of Celtic and new-age music. ''Shepherd Moons'' received generally positive reviews from critics and became a greater commercial success than ''Watermark''. It went to number one on the UK Albums Chart and peaked at number seventeen on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the United States. The album was certified multi-platinum by the British Phonographic Industry and Recording Industry Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caribbean Blue
"Caribbean Blue" is a song by Irish musician Enya, included as the second track on her third studio album, '' Shepherd Moons'' (1991). It follows a waltz time signature, and mentions the Anemoi (Ancient Greek wind gods): Boreas, Afer Ventus (Africus), Eurus, and Zephyrus. The song was released as a single on 7 October 1991. "Caribbean Blue" reached number eight on the Irish Singles Chart and number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, it reached number 79 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number three on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart; on the latter listing, it was the 12th-most-successful song of 1992. The music video for the song features visual imagery based on the paintings of Maxfield Parrish, and was an early appearance for British actress and singer Martine McCutcheon. Critical reception Ned Raggett from AllMusic noted that on the song, the singer 'avoids repeating the successful formula of " Orinoco Flow" by means of its waltz timeâ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storms In Africa
"Storms in Africa" is a song by the Irish singer-songwriter Enya recorded for her second studio album ''Watermark'' (1988). A rearranged version with English lyrics called "Storms in Africa (Part II)" was included in some later pressings of ''Watermark'', and released as a single in June 1989 that reached number 41 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was included on the soundtrack for the film ''Green Card'' (1990). For a time, the Australian airline Ansett Airlines used the song as its theme prior to its collapse in 2001. Critical reception Ned Raggett from AllMusic noted that "Storms in Africa" uses drums from Chris Hughes Chris Hughes (born November 26, 1983) is an American entrepreneur and author who co-founded and served as spokesman for the online social directory and networking site Facebook until 2007. He was the publisher and editor-in-chief of ''The New R ... "to add to the understated, evocative fire of the song, which certainly lives up to its name." Track listing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
