Shepherd Moons

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"Book Of Days" redirects here, for other meanings see Book of days
Shepherd Moons
Shepherd Moons cover
Studio album by Enya
Released 4 November 1991
Genre Celtic
Length 43:09
Label Reprise/Warner Music
Producer Nicky Ryan
Professional reviews
Enya chronology
Watermark
(1988)		 Shepherd Moons
(1991)		 The Celts
(1992)

Shepherd Moons is an album by Irish musician Enya, released in 1991 (see 1991 in music). It won the Grammy Award for "Best New Age Album" of 1993. It was a #1 album in the UK and a Top 20 hit in the US, peaking at #17 on the Billboard 200.

Contents

[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] Certifications, peaks and sales

Country Peak Position Certification (If Any) Sales/shipments
Austria 31
Brazil Platinum[3] 250,000+
Canada 3x Platinum[4] 300,000+
France Gold
Germany Gold[5]
Netherlands 2x Platinum[6] 160,000+
New Zealand 39
Norway 2
Sweden 5
Switzerland 13 Gold[7] 25,000+
United Kingdom 1 4x Platinum[8] 1,200,000+
United States 17 5x Platinum[9] 5,600,000+

[edit] Personnel

[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
  3. ^ ABPD
  4. ^ CRIA
  5. ^ IFPI Germany
  6. ^ NVPI
  7. ^ IFPI Switzerland
  8. ^ BPI
  9. ^ Billboard “Ask Billboard”
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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