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The discography of Irish singer-songwriter Enya consists of eight studio albums, two compilation albums, twenty-one singles as lead artist and a number of other appearances. Enya achieved a breakthrough in her career in 1988 with the album Watermark , containing the big hit song " Orinoco Flow " which topped the UK Singles Chart and the ...
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Her career as a solo artist, now over four decades long, is a notably atypical path to success in the music industry. As the second-best-selling Irish music act overall, after the rock band U2, Enya is the best-selling Irish solo artist, believed to have sold over 80 million albums worldwide. [1]
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Following her work on the soundtrack to the romantic comedy film The Frog Prince (1985), Enya's first major project as a solo artist followed when, in 1985, she was invited by producer Tony McAuley to compose a track for his 1987 BBC television documentary series The Celts. As a coincidence, Enya had recorded a track named "March of the Celts" befo...
Several of the album's track titles are titled or based on various historical figures and stories. In writing about the song in 2002, Roma pointed out that "Aldebaran" is named after the brightest star in the constellation of Taurus. In the Arabic language, the title translates to "the follower" as it follows the Pleiades cluster of stars, and the ...
Enya was released on audio cassette and vinyl in March 1987 by BBC Records the United Kingdom through EMI Records. The label was enthusiastic about the album and decided to release it two months before the series aired on television. The album was released in the United States by Atlantic Records, which categorised it as a new age album and placed ...
Technically, no music videos were released to promote the album. However, two episodes of The Celtsfeatured music video-style interludes featuring Enya performing "I Want Tomorrow" and "Aldebaran". (A music video for "The Celts" would later be produced for the Warner Bros. reissue.)
A November 1987 review appeared in Australian newspaper The Age by Mike Daly. He compared the sound of the album to Clannad following their shift in musical style in the early 1980s, "echoing, shimmering vocals and instrumentals". He questioned if it was "a beautiful, melodic example of New Age music, or perhaps New Folk?" Daly continued to pick ou...
All music composed by Enya; all music arranged by Enya and Nicky Ryan; all lyrics by Roma Ryan, except where noted. The lyrics to "St. Patrick" adapted from the Irish hymn "Deus Meus, Adiuva Me" by Mael Ísu Ua Brolcháin, though it is credited as "Traditional".
Credits adapted from the album's 1987 and 1992 liner notes. Musicians 1. Enya – vocals, piano, Roland Juno 60, Yamaha DX7, E-mu Emulator II, Kurzweil synthesiser 2. Arty McGlynn – electric guitar 3. Liam O'Flynn – Uilleann pipes 4. Patrick Halling – violin Production 1. Enya – arrangement 2. Nicky Ryan– arrangement, production, engineer on "Aldebar...
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- Nicky Ryan
- March 1987, November 1992 (Reissue)
The discography of Irish singer-songwriter Enya consists of eight studio albums, two compilation albums, twenty-one singles as lead artist and a number of other appearances.
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Enya is an Irish singer and songwriter who blends folk, new age, and classical music. Explore her albums, songs, credits, awards, and related artists on AllMusic.
Subscribe 1.3M. Songs. Only Time. Enya 489M plays A Day Without Rain. Caribbean Blue. Enya 150M plays Shepherd Moons. Orinoco Flow (2009 Remaster) Enya 142M plays Watermark (2009 Remaster)...
