A Day Without Rain

Not to be confused with A Year Without Rain.
A Day Without Rain
Studio album by Enya
Released November 21, 2000 (2000-11-21)
Recorded 1998–2000
Genre New Age
Length 42:02
Label EU:WEA, Warner Music UK
US:Reprise, Warner Bros.
Producer Nicky Ryan
Enya chronology
The Memory of Trees
(1995)		 A Day Without Rain
(2000)		 Amarantine
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau (D-)[2]

A Day Without Rain is an album by Irish musician Enya, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). It won the Grammy Award for "Best New Age Album" of 2002. It is best known for the song "Only Time" which became a major success in 2000, and again in 2001 when it became identified with the September 11, 2001 attacks through extensive media use.

A Day Without Rain went on to become Enya's biggest selling release of her career and the fifth highest selling album worldwide of 2001.[3]

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "A Day Without Rain" (Instrumental) 2:38
2. "Wild Child"   3:47
3. "Only Time"   3:38
4. "Tempus Vernum"   2:24
5. "Deora Ar Mo Chroí"   2:48
6. "Flora's Secret"   4:07
7. "Fallen Embers"   2:31
8. "Silver Inches" (Instrumental) 1:37
9. "Pilgrim"   3:12
10. "One by One"   3:56
11. "The First of Autumn1"   3:10
12. "Lazy Days2"   3:42
13. "Isobella3"   4:29

^1 Included on Australian, Canadian, Mexican, Portuguese, UK and many other releases.
^2 "Lazy Days" is the 11th track on most editions.
^3 Included on the Japanese release only. Later included on singles ("Wild Child" and "May It Be"), as well as Only Time – The Collection, in other areas.

Singles

Only Time

No. Title Length
1. "Only Time"   3:41
2. "The First of Autumn"   3:10
3. "The Promise"   2:30

Wild Child

No. Title Length
1. "Wild Child" (radio edit) 3:33
2. "Midnight Blue"   2:04
3. "Song of the Sandman"   3:40

"Midnight Blue" (originally an instrumental piece which has now been extended and vocals have been added. This version is now the title track from her November 2008 CD And Winter Came....)

Only Time (Remix and Original Version)

No. Title Length
1. "Only Time" (Remix) 3:18
2. "Oiche Chiuin (Silent Night)"   3:48
3. "Willows on the Water"   3:04
4. "Only Time" (album edit) 3:40

Promotional releases

Wild Child (Vocal up Version)

No. Title Length
1. "Wild Child" (Remix) 3:33

Only Time Remix

No. Title Length
1. "Only Time" (Pop Radio Remix) 3:15

Charts and certifications

Charts

Country Peak
position
Australia 12
Austria 1
Canada 4
Denmark 5
Finland 29
France 33
Germany 1
Hungary[4] 15
Ireland 7
Italy 6
New Zealand 5
Norway 12
Poland 1
Sweden 4
Spain 3
Switzerland 2
United Kingdom[5] 6
United States[6] 2

Certifications

Region Certification
Argentina (CAPIF)[7] Gold
Australia (ARIA)[8] 2× Platinum
Austria (IFPI Austria)[9] Platinum
Belgium (BEA)[10] 2× Platinum
Brazil (ABPD)[11] Gold
Canada (Music Canada)[12] 8× Platinum
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[13] Platinum
France (SNEP)[14] Gold
Germany (BVMI)[15] 3× Platinum
Mexico (AMPROFON)[16] Gold
Netherlands (NVPI)[17] 3× Platinum
New Zealand (RIANZ)[18] Platinum
Poland (ZPAV)[19] Gold
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[20] Platinum
Sweden (GLF)[21] Platinum
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[22] 2× Platinum
United Kingdom (BPI)[23] Platinum
United States (RIAA)[24] 7× Platinum
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[25] 3× Platinum

Personnel

Production

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
2001 "Only Time" Adult Contemporary (US) 1
2001 "Only Time" Adult Top 40 (US) 1
2001 "Only Time" Canadian Singles Chart (Canada) 1
2001 "Only Time" The Billboard Hot 100 (US) 10
2001 "Only Time" Top 40 Mainstream (US) 10
2001 "Only Time" Top 40 Tracks (US) 6
2002 "Only Time" Top 40 Adult Recurrents (US) 2
2000 "Only Time" Official Singles Chart (UK) 29
2001 "Wild Child" Official Singles Chart (UK) 69
2001 "Only Time" Official German Top 100 Charts 1
2002 "Wild Child" Billboard Adult Contemporary 10[26]

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
2002 A Day Without Rain Best New Age Album

References

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  2. ^ "Enya Reviews". Robert Christgau. http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=enya. Retrieved 9 May 2011. 
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  4. ^ "Hungarian Albums Chart" (in Hungarian). Mahasz.hu. http://mahasz.hu/m/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=2000&het=52&submit_=Keresés. Retrieved 2009-12-03. 
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Enya
Studio albums
Enya (1987) • Watermark (1988) • Shepherd Moons (1991) • The Celts (1992) • The Memory of Trees (1995) • A Day Without Rain (2000) • Amarantine (2005) • And Winter Came... (2008)
Compilations
EPs
The Christmas EP (1994) • Sounds of the Season: The Enya Holiday Collection (aka Christmas Secrets) (2006)
Box sets
The Enya Collection (1996) • A Box of Dreams (1997) • Only Time - The Collection (2002)
Singles
As member of Clannad
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