Only Time – The Collection

Only Time – The Collection
Box set by Enya
Released 2002
Recorded Between 1986 and 2001
Genre New Age
Length 2:56:27
Label WEA, Warner Music UK
Producer Nicky Ryan

Only Time – The Collection is a collection by Irish musician Enya, released in 2002. This is a 4-disc set, in a presentation box. The box contains 50 tracks, from the 1987 debut album Enya up to the 2002 single "May It Be". A 48 page booklet with liner notes and lyrics by Roma Ryan is included. The video of Oíche Chiúin is also included on the fourth disc, the performance comes from the BBC programme Christmas Day in the Morning (aired on 25 December 1996) and was recorded at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin. In addition to this computer playable video, there is also a screensaver in the cover art motif and a slideshow of pictures from the booklet. This release was a limited worldwide release of 200,000. The selection of songs was made by Enya, Nicky and Roma.

Contents

Track listing

Disc 1

  1. "Watermark" – 2:24
  2. "Exile" – 4:20
  3. "Aldebaran" – 3:05
  4. "March of the Celts" – 3:15
  5. "Boadicea" – 3:28
  6. "The Sun in the Stream" – 2:54
  7. "On Your Shore" – 3:59
  8. "Cursum Perficio" – 4:06
  9. "Storms in Africa" (original Gaelic version) – 4:03
  10. "The Celts" – 2:56
  11. "Miss Clare Remembers" – 1:59
  12. "I Want Tomorrow" – 4:00

Disc 2

  1. "Orinoco Flow" – 4:25
  2. "Ebudæ" – 1:53
  3. "River" – 3:10
  4. "The Longships" – 3:36
  5. "Na Laetha Geal M’Óige" – 3:54
  6. "Book of Days" (English/Gaelic lyric) – 2:55
  7. "Shepherd Moons" – 3:42
  8. "Caribbean Blue" – 3:56
  9. "Evacuee" – 3:49
  10. "Evening Falls" – 3:46
  11. "Lothlórien" – 2:08
  12. "Marble Halls" – 3:51

Disc 3

  1. "Afer Ventus" – 4:06 *
  2. "No Holly for Miss Quinn" – 2:40
  3. "The Memory of Trees" – 4:18
  4. "Anywhere Is" – 3:58
  5. "Athair Ar Neamh" – 3:39
  6. "China Roses" – 4:47
  7. "How Can I Keep from Singing?" – 4:22
  8. "Hope Has a Place" – 4:44
  9. "Tea-House Moon" – 2:41
  10. "Pax Deorum" – 4:58
  11. "Eclipse" – 1:30
  12. "Isobella" – 4:27

* misspelled as After Ventus in the track listings

Disc 4

  1. "Only Time" – 3:38
  2. "A Day Without Rain" – 2:38
  3. "Song of the Sandman (Lullaby)" – 3:40
  4. "Willows on the Water" – 3:00
  5. "Wild Child" – 3:47
  6. "Flora's Secret" – 4:05
  7. "Fallen Embers" – 2:29
  8. "Tempus Vernum" – 2:24
  9. "Deora Ar Mo Chroí" – 2:48
  10. "One by One" – 3:53
  11. "The First of Autumn" – 3:08
  12. "Lazy Days" – 3:43
  13. "May It Be" (single version) – 3:30
  14. "Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night)" – 3:45
  15. "Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night)" (video)* – 3:45

* Courtesy of BBC Television

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