The Celts (album)

The Celts
Studio album by Enya
Released November 6, 1992
Recorded 1985 - 1987
Genre Celtic
Length 39:19
Label Warner Music UK (Europe)
Reprise (US)
Producer Nicky Ryan
Enya chronology
Shepherd Moons
(1991)		 The Celts
(1992)		 The Memory of Trees
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

The Celts is an album by Irish musician Enya, released in 1992. It is a remastered re-release of her 1987 debut album Enya.

In addition to having enhanced sound, this new release also contains a different version of the song "Portrait"; extended from 1:23 to 3:11, this version first appeared in 1988 under the name "Out of the Blue" as the B-side to Orinoco Flow; on The Celts, it is retitled "Portrait (Out Of The Blue)".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Celts" – 2:50 [2:56]
  2. "Aldebaran" – 3:05
  3. "I Want Tomorrow" – 4:02
  4. "March of the Celts" – 3:10 [3:15]
  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 [2:59]

Notes:

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[2] Gold 30,000x
Brazil (ABPD)[3] Platinum 250,000*
Germany (BVMI)[4] Gold 250,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[5] Gold 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[6] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[7] Platinum 1,000,000^
Summaries
Worldwide 6,000,000[8]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Production

Guest artists

External links

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Argentinian album certifications – Enya – The Celts". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=Enya&album=The+Celts&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP. 
  3. ^ "Brazilian album certifications – Enya – The Celts" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. http://abpd.org.br/certificados_interna.asp?sArtista=Enya&tmidia=1. 
  4. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Enya; 'The Celts')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=The+Celts&strInterpret=Enya&strTtArt=alben&strAwards=checked. 
  5. ^ "Spanish album certifications – Enya – The Celts" (in Spanish) (PDF). Productores de Música de España. http://promusicae.es/files/listassemanales/albumes/historial/TOP%20100%20ALBUMES%2005_47.pdf. 
  6. ^ "British album certifications – Enya – The Celts". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter The Celts in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  7. ^ "American album certifications – Enya – The Celts". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22The+Celts%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  8. ^ "University Of Ulster News Release - UU Honours Musician Enya". news.ulster.ac.uk. http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2007/3306.html. Retrieved 5 February 2011. 
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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