The Celts (album)

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The Celts
Studio album by Enya
Released	November, 1992
Recorded	1986 & 1987
Genre	Celtic
Length	39:19
Label	Reprise/Warner Music
Producer	Nicky Ryan
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Enya chronology
Shepherd Moons (1991) The Celts (1992) The Memory of Trees (1995)

The Celts is an album by Irish musician Enya, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). It is a remastered re-release of her 1987 debut album Enya. Aside from the enhanced sound, this new release also contains a longer version of the song "Portrait" (which runs for 1:23, found on the original release Enya), entitled "Portrait: Out Of The Blue" 3:11.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Certifications, Peaks & Sales 3 Production 4 Guest artists 5 Trivia 6 Charts 7 External links 8 References

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Celts" – 2:50
2. "Aldebaran" – 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 (I)" – 1:20
8. "Fairytale" – 3:03
9. "Epona" – 1:36 (limited stereo)
10. "Triad: St. Patrick / Cú Chulainn / Oisín" – 4:25
11. "Portrait (Out of the Blue)" – 3:11
12. "Boadicea" – 3:30
13. "Bard Dance" – 1:23 (mono)
14. "Dan y Dŵr" – 1:41 (limited stereo)
15. "To Go Beyond (II)" – 2:50

Notes:

• "Mono" means this track contains no stereo effects and "Limited Stereo" means the number of stereo effects used are limited, or the amount of the track presented in stereo is short.

[edit] Certifications, Peaks & Sales

Country	Peak Position	Certification (If Any)	Sales/shipments
Brazil		Platinum [1]	250,000+
Germany		Gold [2]	100,000+
New Zealand	7
Norway	20
Sweden	39
United Kingdom	10	Platinum [3]	300,000+
United States		2x Platinum [4]	2,200,000+

[edit] Production

• Music composed by Enya
• Lyrics by Roma Ryan
• Published by EMI Songs Ltd
• Producer: Nicky Ryan
• Engineers: Nigel Reid, except tks. 2, 4. Nicky Ryan
• Mastering: Arun
• Arrangers: Enya, Nicky Ryan
• Design: Sooky Choi
• Photography: David Scheinmann

[edit] Guest artists

• Electric guitar by Arty McGlynn
• Uilleann pipes by Liam O'Flionn
• Violin by Patrick Halling

[edit] Trivia

• Booklet contains liner notes by Roma Ryan.
• Deireadh an Tuath & Dan Y Dŵr are are nearly identical except for the different language and lyric. Deireadh an Tuath is sung in Gaelic, Dan Y Dŵr is sung in Welsh.
• In 1989 a song called Eclipse was released as a b-side. This is a reversed and modified version of Deireadh An Tuath.
• I Want Tomorrow is the only track on this album that is sung in English.

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1990	Top New Age Albums (US)	14

[edit] External links

• The Celts at MusicBrainz

[edit] References

v • d • e Enya Studio albums Enya | Watermark | Shepherd Moons | The Celts | The Memory of Trees | A Day Without Rain | Amarantine 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 List of best-selling music artists | New Age music | Clannad | Manderley Castle | Gweedore | 6433 Enya