A Day Without Rain

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A Day Without Rain
Studio album by Enya
Released	November 21, 2000
Genre	New Age
Length	42:02
Label	Warner Music
Producer(s)	Nicky Ryan
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Enya chronology
Paint the Sky with Stars (1997)	A Day Without Rain (2000)	Amarantine (2005)

A Day Without Rain is an album by Irish musician Enya, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). It won the Grammy Award for "Best New Age Album" of 2002. It is best known for the song "Only Time" which became a major success in 2000, and again in 2001 when it became identified with the September 11, 2001 attacks through exhaustive media use. Although highly acclaimed by fans, the album attracted criticism for its short running time, and the fact that the Canadian and Japanese versions of the album contained additional tracks.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Singles 3 Personnel 4 Production 5 Charts 6 Awards

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Enya

1. "A Day Without Rain" – 2:38
2. "Wild Child" – 3:47
3. "Only Time" – 3:38
4. "Tempus Vernum" – 2:24
5. "Deora Ar Mo Chroí" – 2:48
6. "Flora's Secret" – 4:07
7. "Fallen Embers" – 2:31
8. "Silver Inches" – 1:37
9. "Pilgrim" – 3:12
10. "One By One" – 3:56
11. "The First of Autumn"¹
12. "Lazy Days"² – 3:42
13. "Isobella"³

¹ Included on Canadian, Mexican, Japanese and many other releases.
² "Lazy Days" is the 12th track on most of editions.
³ Included on the Japanese release only.

[edit] Singles

"Wild Child" was released as a single in 2001, together with "Midnight Blue" (not yet released on an album) and "Song of the Sandman (Lullaby)" as accompanying tracks.

[edit] Personnel

• Enya - all instruments and vocals
• Roma Ryan - lyrics

[edit] Production

• Producer: Nicky Ryan
• Engineer: Nicky Ryan
• Mixing: Enya, Nicky Ryan
• Arrangers: Enya, Nicky Ryan
• Recorded in the digital domain by an analogue brain
• Design & art direction by Stylorouge
• Front cover photography by Sheila Rock
• All other photography by Sheila Rock & Simon Fowler
• Costume design by The Handsome Foundation
• Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd
• Additional strings by Wired Strings
• Mastered at 360 Mastering by Dick Beetham

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2000	The Billboard 200 (US)	2
2000	Top Canadian Albums (Canada)	4
2000	Top Internet Albums (US)	1
2000	Top New Age Albums (US)	1
2000	Official Album Chart (UK)	6

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2001	"Only Time"	Adult Contemporary (US)	1
2001	"Only Time"	Adult Top 40 (US)	1
2001	"Only Time"	Canadian Singles Chart (Canada)	1
2001	"Only Time"	The Billboard Hot 100 (US)	10
2001	"Only Time"	Top 40 Mainstream (US)	11
2001	"Only Time"	Top 40 Tracks (US)	7
2002	"Only Time"	Top 40 Adult Recurrents (US)	2
2000	"Only Time"	Official Singles Chart (UK)	32
2001	"Wild Child"	Official Singles Chart (UK)	72
2001	"Only Time"	Official German Top 100 Charts	1

[edit] Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Winner	Category
2002	A Day Without Rain	Best New Age Album