Shepherd Moons

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"Book Of Days" redirects here, for other meanings see Book of days

Shepherd Moons
Studio album by Enya
Released	November, 1991
Genre	New Age
Length	43:09
Label	Warner Music
Producer(s)	Nicky Ryan
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Enya chronology
Watermark (1988)	Shepherd Moons (1991)	The Celts (1992)

Shepherd Moons is an album by Irish musician Enya, 1991 (see 1991 in music). It won the Grammy Award for "Best New Age Album" of 1993.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Singles 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Charts 5 Awards 6 Footnotes

[edit] Track listing

1. "Shepherd Moons" – 3:42
2. "Caribbean Blue" – 3:58
3. "How Can I Keep from Singing?" – 4:23
4. "Ebudæ" – 1:54
5. "Angeles" – 3:57
6. "No Holly for Miss Quinn" – 2:40
7. "Book Of Days" – 2:32^[1]
8. "Evacuee" – 3:50
9. "Lothlórien" – 2:08
10. "Marble Halls" – 3:53
11. "Afer Ventus" – 4:05
12. "Smaointe..." – 6:07

[edit] Singles

• Caribbean Blue released with Orinoco Flow, As Baile, Angeles, and Oriel Window as additional tracks.
• How Can I Keep From Singing? released with Oíche Chiún and 'S Fagaim Mo Bhaile appearing as additional tracks. (Chiún is an apparent misspelling of Chiúin.)
• Book Of Days^[2] released with Watermark, On Your Shore, and Exile as additional tracks.

[edit] Personnel

• Enya – percussion, keyboards, Vocals
• Andy Duncan – percussion
• Roy Jewitt – clarinet
• Liam O'Flynn – Uillean pipes
• Nicky Ryan – percussion
• Steve Sidwell – cornet

[edit] Production

• Producer: Nicky Ryan
• Executive Producer: Rob Dickins
• Engineers: Gregg Jackman, Nicky Ryan
• Assistant engineer: Robin Barclay
• Mixing: Gregg Jackman, Nicky Ryan
• Arranger: Enya, Nicky Ryan
• Photography: David Scheinmann
• Wardrobe by The New Renaissance

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1991	The Billboard 200 (US)	17
1991	Top New Age Albums (US)	1
1991	Official Album Chart (UK)	1

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1991	"Caribbean Blue"	Modern Rock Tracks (US)	3
1992	"Caribbean Blue"	Adult Contemporary (US)	29
1992	"Caribbean Blue"	The Billboard Hot 100 (US)	79
1991	"Caribbean Blue"	Official Singles Chart (UK)	13
1991	"How Can I Keep From Singing?"	Official Singles Chart (UK)	32
1992	"Book Of Days"	Official Singles Chart (UK)	10

[edit] Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Winner	Category
1993	Shepherd Moons	Best New Age Album

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ Early editions of the album included a version of Book of Days with Gaelic lyrics. Later editions substituted a new recording with English language lyrics recorded for the soundtrack of the film, Far and Away.
2. ^ The capital O in "Book Of Days" is intentional See this Amazon URL found via the The Official Enya Website