Watermark (album)

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Watermark
Watermark cover
Studio album by Enya
Released September 19, 1988
Recorded 1988, Orinoco Studios
Genre Celtic
Length 39:42
Label Reprise/WEA
Producer Enya, Nicky Ryan
Professional reviews
Enya chronology
Enya
(1987)		 Watermark
(1988)		 Shepherd Moons
(1991)

Watermark is an album by Irish musician Enya, released in 1988. Featuring her first major hit, "Orinoco Flow", Watermark was Enya's breakthrough album release, and is considered a seminal example of New Age music, although Enya herself does not consider her work to be of that genre.

Two versions of the album were released. In 1989, an extended version of Watermark included "Storms in Africa Part II" (as sung in English) which had previously been released on a popular CD single. Some later reissues of Watermark once again omit this track.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All music written by Enya with lyrics by Roma Ryan.

  1. "Watermark" – 2:24
  2. "Cursum Perficio" – 4:06
  3. "On Your Shore" – 3:59
  4. "Storms in Africa" – 4:03
  5. "Exile" – 4:20
  6. "Miss Clare Remembers" – 1:59
  7. "Orinoco Flow" – 4:25
  8. "Evening Falls..." – 3:46
  9. "River" – 3:10
  10. "The Longships" – 3:36
  11. "Na Laetha Geal M'Óige" – 3:54
  12. "Storms in Africa, Pt. 2" – 3:011

1Storms in Africa (Part II) was added to 1989 issues of the album. It has been constantly retained on the American, Reprise Records, releases, and in a few other territories, but most global versions have only the standard eleven tracks.Source...

[edit] Related singles

  • Evening Falls... released in 1988 with Oíche Chiún and Morning Glory as accompanying tracks. (Chiún apparent misspelling of Chiúin.)
  • Storms In Africa (Part II) released in 1989, with Aldebaran, The Celts, and Storms In Africa as accompanying tracks. It is a faster tempo remix of Storms In Africa with an English lyric replacing the original Irish one.

[edit] Certifications, peaks and sales

Country Peak Position Certification (If Any) Sales/shipments
Austria 15
Brazil Platinum [1] 250,000+
Canada 3x Platinum [2] 300,000+
France Platinum [3] 300 000
Germany Platinum [4] 200,000+
Netherlands Platinum [5] 80,000+
Norway 5
Sweden 5
Switzerland 1 Platinum [6] 50,000+
United Kingdom 5 4x Platinum [7] 1,200,000+
United States 25 4x Platinum [8] 4,000,000+

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • Producers: Enya, Nicky Ryan
  • Co-produced by Enya and Ross Cullum
  • Executive Producer: Rob Dickins
  • Engineer: Ross Cullum
  • Mixing: Jim Barton, Ross Cullum
  • Arrangers: Enya, Nicky Ryan
  • Cover photography: David Hiscook
  • Additional photography: Russel Yamy
  • Design: Laurence Dunmore

[edit] References

  1. ^ ABPD
  2. ^ CRIA
  3. ^ Disque En France
  4. ^ IFPI Germany
  5. ^ NVPI
  6. ^ IFPI Switzerland
  7. ^ BPI
  8. ^ 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