Shepherd Moons

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Shepherd Moons
Studio album by Enya
Released 4 November 1991 (UK)
1992 (US)
Recorded 1989–1991
Genre New Age, celtic
Length 43:09
Label WEA (UK)
Reprise (US)
Producer Nicky Ryan
Enya chronology

Watermark
(1988)		 Shepherd Moons
(1991)		 The Celts
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
Chicago Tribune [2]
Entertainment Weekly B (1992)[3]
A− (1993)[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [5]
Piero Scaruffi 7/10[6]

Shepherd Moons is an album by Irish musician Enya, released on 4 November 1991. It won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album of 1993. It was a #1 album in the UK and a Top 20 hit in the US, peaking at #17 on the Billboard 200. It stayed in the Billboard charts for 199 consecutive weeks, and 238 weeks overall.[7] Shepherd Moons is the last album Enya used guest artists.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Shepherd Moons"   3:42
2. "Caribbean Blue"   3:58
3. "How Can I Keep from Singing?"   4:23
4. "Ebudæ"   1:54
5. "Angeles"   3:57
6. "No Holly for Miss Quinn"   2:40
7. "Book of Days" ([8]) 2:32
8. "Evacuee"   3:50
9. "Lothlórien"   2:08
10. "Marble Halls"   3:53
11. "Afer Ventus"   4:05
12. "Smaointe..."   6:07

Singles

  • "Caribbean Blue" was released with "Orinoco Flow", "As Baile", "Angeles", and "Oriel Window" as additional tracks.
  • "How Can I Keep from Singing?" released with "Oíche Chiún" and "'S Fagaim Mo Bhaile" appearing as additional tracks. (Chiún is an apparent misspelling of Chiúin.[citation needed]) In the lyrics book, the song lyrics are missing a part, although they are the full lyrics of the video, which is a reduced version of the original song.
  • "Book of Days" released with "Watermark", "On Your Shore", and "Exile" as additional tracks.


Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[9] 2× Platinum 120,000x
Belgium (BEA)[10] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Brazil (ABPD)[11] Platinum 250,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[12] 3× Platinum 300,000^
France (SNEP)[13] Gold 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[14] Gold 250,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[15] Platinum 15,000x
Japan (RIAJ)[16] Gold 100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[17] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[18] 5× Platinum 500,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[19] Gold 25,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[20] 4× Platinum 1,200,000^
United States (RIAA)[21] 5× Platinum 5,000,000^

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

Charts

Peak positions

Chart Position
Australian ARIA Album Chart[22] 8
Austrian Albums Chart[23] 31
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[24] 7
Dutch Albums Chart[25] 7
German Media Control Albums Chart[26] 21
Hungarian Albums Chart[27] 35
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[28] 23
New Zealand Albums Chart[29] 3
Norwegian Albums Chart[30] 2
Swedish Albums Chart[31] 5
Swiss Albums Chart[32] 13
UK Albums Chart[33] 1
U.S. Billboard 200[34] 17

Year-end charts

Chart (1992) Position
Australian Albums Chart[35] 44
US Billboard 200[36] 28
Chart (1993) Position
US Billboard 200[37] 75
Chart (1995) Position
US Billboard 200[38] 189

Personnel

Production

  • Producer: Nicky Ryan
  • Executive Producer: Rob Dickins
  • Engineers: Gregg Jackman, Nicky Ryan
  • Assistant engineer: Robin Barclay
  • Mixing: Gregg Jackman, Nicky Ryan
  • Arranger: Enya, Nicky Ryan
  • Photography: David Scheinmann
  • Wardrobe by The New Renaissance

Awards

Grammy Awards
Year Winner Category
1993 Shepherd Moons Best New Age Album

Footnotes

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. ↑ Chicago Tribune review
  3. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review 1
  4. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review 2
  5. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 280. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. 
  6. ↑ Scaruffi, Piero (1999). "Enya". pieroscaruffi.com. Retrieved January 18, 2014. 
  7. ↑ http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=2&storyCode=1035793
  8. ↑ Early editions of the album included a version of "Book of Days" with Gaelic lyrics. Later editions substituted a new recording with English language lyrics recorded for the soundtrack of the film, Far and Away.
  9. ↑ "Argentinian album certifications – Enya – Sheperd Moons". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. 
  10. ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 2007" (in Dutch). Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. 
  11. ↑ "Brazilian album certifications – Enya – Shepherd Moons" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. 
  12. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Enya – Shepherd Moons". Music Canada. 
  13. ↑ "French album certifications – Enya – Shepherd Moons" (in French). InfoDisc.  Select ENYA and click OK
  14. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Enya; 'Shepherd Moons')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. 
  15. ↑ "Irish album certifications – Enya – Sheperd Moons". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved February 01, 2013. 
  16. ↑ "Japanese album certifications – エンヤ – シェパード・ムーン" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. 
  17. ↑ "Dutch album certifications – Enya – Shepherd Moons" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. 
  18. ↑ "Spanish album certifications – Enya – Shepherd Moons" (PDF) (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. 
  19. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Enya; 'Shepherd Moons')". Hung Medien. 
  20. ↑ "British album certifications – Enya – Shepherd Moons". British Phonographic Industry.  Enter Shepherd Moons in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  21. ↑ "American album certifications – Enya – Shepherd Moons". Recording Industry Association of America.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  22. ↑ "australian-charts.com Enya - Shepherd Moons" (ASP). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 29 January 2014. 
  23. ↑ "austriancharts.at Enya - Shepherd Moons" (ASP). Hung Medien (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2014. 
  24. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 55, No. 9". RPM. 22 February 1992. Retrieved 28 January 2014. 
  25. ↑ "dutchcharts.nl Enya - Shepherd Moons" (ASP). Hung Medien. MegaCharts. Retrieved 29 January 2014. 
  26. ↑ "Album Search: Enya - Shepherd Moons" (in German). Media Control. Retrieved 29 January 2014. 
  27. ↑ "Hungarian Albums Chart". Mahasz.hu. Retrieved 3 November 2009. 
  28. ↑ "エンヤ-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [Highest position and charting weeks of Shepherd Moons by Enya]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 28 January 2014. 
  29. ↑ "charts.org.nz Enya - Watermark" (ASP). Hung Medien. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 28 January 2014. 
  30. ↑ "norwegiancharts.com Enya - Shepherd Moons" (ASP). Retrieved 29 January 2014. 
  31. ↑ "swedishcharts.com Enya - Shepherd Moons" (ASP) (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2014. 
  32. ↑ "Enya - Shepherd Moons - hitparade.ch" (ASP). Hung Medien (in German). Swiss Music Charts. Retrieved 29 January 2014. 
  33. ↑ "Enya > Artists > Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 29 January 2014. 
  34. ↑ "allmusic ((( Shepherd Moons > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 January 2014. 
  35. ↑ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 50 Albums 1992". aria.com.au. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 January 2014. 
  36. ↑ "Billboard.BIZ – Year-end Charts – Billboard 200 – 1992". billboard.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2010. 
  37. ↑ "Billboard.BIZ – Year-end Charts – Billboard 200 – 1993". billboard.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2010. 
  38. ↑ "Billboard.BIZ – Year-end Charts – Billboard 200 – 1995". billboard.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2010. 
  39. ↑ http://www.enya.com/about_albumsingle.php

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Preceded by
Greatest Hits II by Queen		 UK number one album
16 November 1991 – 22 November 1991 		Succeeded by
We Can't Dance by Genesis
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