Paint the Sky with Stars

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Paint the Sky with Stars
Paint the Sky with Stars cover
Compilation album by Enya
Released November 11, 1997
Genre Celtic
Length 57:50
Label Reprise/Warner Music
Producer Nicky Ryan
Professional reviews
Enya chronology
The Memory of Trees
(1995)		 Paint the Sky with Stars
(1997)		 A Day Without Rain
(2000)

Paint the Sky with Stars is a compilation album by Irish musician Enya featuring a selection of her best known material plus two new tracks "Paint the Sky with Stars" and "Only If...". It was released in 1997.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed by Enya with lyrics by Roma Ryan, except for "Marble Halls" (Traditional).

  1. "Orinoco Flow" – 4:26
  2. "Caribbean Blue" – 3:58
  3. "Book of Days" – 2:56
  4. "Anywhere Is" – 3:46
  5. "Only If..." – 3:19
  6. "The Celts" – 2:57
  7. "China Roses" – 4:40
  8. "Shepherd Moons" – 3:40
  9. "Ebudæ" – 1:52
  10. "Storms in Africa" – 4:11
  11. "Watermark" – 2:26
  12. "Paint the Sky with Stars" – 4:15
  13. "Marble Halls" – 3:55
  14. "On My Way Home" – 3:38
  15. "The Memory of Trees" – 4:19
  16. "Boadicea" – 3:28

[edit] Singles

Only If... was also released as a single the same year with the previously unreleased Willows On The Water along with the Oíche Chiún ("Silent Night") as accompanying tracks.

Boadicea was sampled by The Fugees on their UK #1 hit Ready Or Not; besides it was sampled by Mario Winans on his UK #1 and US #2 hit I Don't Wanna Know.

[edit] Certifications, Peaks & Sales

Country Peak Position Certification (If Any) Sales/shipments
Australia 3x Platinum [1] 210,000+
Austria 3 Platinum [2] 30,000+
Brazil 2x Platinum [3] 500,000+
Finland 12 Gold [4] 23,974+
France
Germany Platinum [5] 200,000+
Netherlands Gold [6] 40,000+
Norway 2 (4 Weeks) Platinum [7] 40,000+
Sweden 1 (2 Weeks) 2x Platinum [8] 160,000+
Switzerland 7 (4 Weeks) Platinum [9] 50,000+
United Kingdom 4 Platinum [10] 300,000+
United States 30 4x Platinum [11] 4,300,000+

[edit] Production

  • Produced by Nicky Ryan
  • Arranged by Enya and Nicky Ryan
  • Lyrics by Roma Ryan
  • Marble Halls (Traditional) arranged by Enya and Nicky Ryan
  • All tracks published by EMI Songs Ltd
  • Principal photography: David Scheinmann
  • Calligraphy and Design: Brody Neuenschwander
  • Mastered by Arun

[edit] References

  1. ^ ARIA
  2. ^ IFPI Austria
  3. ^ ABPD
  4. ^ IFPI Finland
  5. ^ IFPI Germany
  6. ^ NVPI
  7. ^ IFPI Norway
  8. ^ IFPI Sweden – Hitlistan Top 60
  9. ^ IFPI Switzerland
  10. ^ BPI
  11. ^ Billboard “Ask Billboard”
v • d • e
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
The Enya Collection | Paint the Sky with Stars | Box of Dreams | Only Time - The Collection
See also