Enya (album)

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Enya
Studio album by Enya
Released 1987
Recorded 1986
Genre Celtic
Length 39:06
Label BBC
Producer Nicky Ryan
Professional reviews
Enya chronology
Enya
(1987)		 Watermark
(1988)

Enya (later re-released as The Celts) is the first album by Irish singer Enya, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). Enya's first full-album recording, Enya / The Celts features music written and recorded for the soundtrack of the 1986 documentary television series, The Celts.

Recorded in 1986, it was not released until 1987 when the series was first broadcast. The album was first released in the UK by the BBC on their own label, and later issued in North America by Atlantic Records. In 1992, Warner Music reissued a remixed and slightly revised version of the album as The Celts. The original version Enya was no longer manufactured.

The Fugees sampled "Boadicea" from this album for their song "Ready or Not" on 1996's The Score. Enya had prepared to sue the group for copyright infringement because they had not asked for permission and did not give her credit. After learning that The Fugees were not gangsta rappers, Enya declined to follow through with the suit, but stickers were then placed on The Score giving Enya credit for her work.[1] Mario Winans also sampled "Boadicea" for the melody of the song "I Don't Wanna Know" (2004). Producer P. Diddy reportedly personally contacted Enya for permission and gave her 60 percent of the royalties.[2] She also received name billing ("Mario Winans featuring Enya and P. Diddy") for the song, which turned out to be a hit, putting her name #2 on the "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks" chart in 2004. The song was also sampled on the answer-back song "You Should Really Know" by The Pirates featuring Shola Ama, Naila Boss & Ishani which peaked at #8 on the UK Singles Chart. "Boadicea" was also sampled by Nina Sky for their hype single "Time To Go" featuring Angie Martinez, from the mixtape presented by Cipha Sounds. Actually, they more sampled "Ready or Not", as it does feautre lyrics from that song as well.

The album contains only a portion of the music Enya composed for the TV series. In 2005, a previously unreleased track from these sessions, a "Spaghetti Western Theme" done in the style of Hugo Montenegro, was released on the CD-single for "Amarantine", in memory of one of the producers of the TV series.

Music from the Celts soundtrack would later be reused for the soundtrack of the video production The Memory of Earth, produced by David Bickley.[3]

The song "Boadicea" was also on the "Sleepwalkers" (1992) soundtrack.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "The Celts" – 2:50
  2. "Aldebaran" (dedicated to Ridley Scott) – 3:05
  3. "I Want Tomorrow" – 4:02
  4. "March of the Celts" – 3:10
  5. "Deireadh an Tuath" – 1:43
  6. "The Sun in the Stream" – 2:55
  7. "To Go Beyond, Pt. 1" – 1:20
  8. "Fairytale" – 3:03
  9. "Epona" – 1:36
  10. "Triad: St. Patrick / Cú Chulainn / Oisin" – 4:25
  11. "Portrait" – 1:23 1
  12. "Boadicea" – 3:30
  13. "Bard Dance" – 1:23
  14. "Dan y Dŵr" – 1:41
  15. "To Go Beyond, Pt. 2" – 2:50

1 1990s Warner reissue substituted the original recording of this song, called "Portrait", with a longer re-recording of the same piece, "Out of the Blue", which had been released on the B-side of "Orinoco Flow". The original "Portrait" version can be found on the BBC and Atlantic Records issues.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • All music composed by Enya and Published by Aigle Music.
  • Words for "I Want Tomorrow" and "Dan y Dwr" written by Roma Ryan
  • Words for "The Celts", "March of the Celts", "Aldebaran" and "Deireadh an Tuath" written by Enya and Roma Ryan.
  • Words to "St. Patrick" are traditional.
  • Enya: Vocals, Piano, Juno 60, DX7, Emulator II and Kurzweil
  • Music arranged by Enya and Nicky Ryan.
  • Recorded at BBC Enterprises Studio Woodlands, London, and Aigle Studios, Dublin.
  • Producer: Nicky Ryan
  • Executive Producer: Bruce Talbot
  • Engineers: Nigel Read, Nicky Ryan
  • Sleeve Design and Art Direction: Mario Moscardini
  • Photography: Martyn J. Adleman
  • Re-Mastered by Sam Feldman at Atlantic Studios, NYC
  • Saxophone: Per Sundberg

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1990 Top New Age Albums (US) 14
1992 Official Album Chart (UK) 10

[edit] References

  1. ^ Irish Voice article at archive.org (1997-02-18). Retrieved on 2007-03-26.
  2. ^ Where HipHop and Libertarianism Meet: "Sasha Frere-Jones in New Yorker" (2004-06-28). Retrieved on 2007-03-26.
  3. ^ Enya.com (2007-03-07). Retrieved on 2007-03-26.
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Enya
Studio albums
EP's
The Christmas EP | Christmas Secrets | Sounds of the Season
Singles
"I Want Tomorrow" | "Orinoco Flow" – "Evening Falls..." | "Storms in Africa" | "6 Tracks" | "Oíche Chiún (Silent Night)" | " Exile" | "Caribbean Blue" | "How Can I Keep from Singing?" | "Book of Days" | "Marble Halls" | "The Celts" | "Anywhere Is" | "On My Way Home" | "Only If..." | "Only Time" | "Wild Child" | "May It Be" | "I Don't Wanna Know" | "Amarantine" | "If I Could Be Where You Are" | "It's in the Rain" | "Someone Said Goodbye"
Compilations
See also