And Winter Came …

And Winter Came ...
Studio album by Enya
Released 10 November 2008
Recorded 2006–2008 at Aigle Studios, Dublin
Genre New Age, Celtic, holiday music
Length 45:00
Label Warner Bros. (UK)
Reprise (US)
Producer Nicky Ryan
Enya chronology

Amarantine
(2005)		 And Winter Came ...
(2008)
Singles from And Winter Came
  1. "Trains and Winter Rains"
    Released: 10 October 2008
  2. "White is in the Winter Night"
    Released: 4 November 2008
  3. "My! My! Time Flies!"
    Released: 2 February 2009
  4. "Dreams Are More Precious"
    Released: 10 October 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com [1]
AllMusic [2]
BBC Music (positive)[3]
Entertainment.ie [4]
Sputnikmusic (3/5)[5]
The Times [6]

And Winter Came ... is the seventh studio album from Irish musician Enya. The album was announced by Enya via her official site on 12 September 2008, and was released on 7 November 2008.[7] The songs on the album primarily have a Christmas or winter theme. Since its release, the album has sold more than 3 million copies.[8]

Songs

The album consists of 12 tracks: ten English songs, which are all original compositions, plus "Oíche Chiúin" being sung in Irish and '"Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel" in English and Latin. A couple of tracks of the new album are reworked versions of songs that Enya released in the past: "Oíche Chiúin" is a re-recording of a song that she released for the first time back in 1988, originally as a b-side of the "Evening Falls" single; "And Winter Came ..." is a reworked version of the song "Midnight Blue", which had previously been released in 2001, originally as a b-side of the "Wild Child" single.

An announcement on Enya's official website, www.enya.com, on 18 September 2008 confirmed that the first single of the album, which was to be released on 7 November of that year, was "Trains and Winter Rains".[9] However, unlike most Enya albums of the past, which have spawned one or more CD singles, often with non-album bonus tracks, there has to date been no release of any singles from this album on physical media.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "And Winter Came ..."   3:15
2. "Journey of the Angels"   4:47
3. "White Is in the Winter Night"   3:00
4. "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"   3:40
5. "Trains and Winter Rains"   3:44
6. "Dreams Are More Precious"   4:25
7. "Last Time by Moonlight"   3:57
8. "One Toy Soldier"   3:54
9. "Stars and Midnight Blue"   3:08
10. "The Spirit of Christmas Past"   4:18
11. "My! My! Time Flies!"   3:02
12. "Oíche Chiúin[10]" (Chorale) 3:49
Bonus tracks
No. Title Length
13. "Miraculum[11]" (Available as an Amazon.com mp3 download and on some iTunes Stores) 3:53

Singles

Promotional releases

All of the promos for these releases had the album edit of the song, except "Trains and Winter Rains", which had the radio edit of the song.

Background

“ At the beginning, I intended to work on a Christmas themed album, and I thought it was going to be, um, mostly covers of Christmas carols, and some original Christmas pieces I would write. But, the theme that became very strong was the winter theme. Hence, the title And Winter Came... ”

Charts, certifications and sales

Charts

Country Position
Argentina[13] 8
Australia[14] 7
Austria[15] 6
Belgium 1
Canada[16] 4
Czech Republic[17] 2
Denmark[18] 9
Europe[19] 2
Finland[20] 21
France[21] 9
Germany[22] 3
Greece[23] 15
Hong Kong[16] 1
Hungary[24] 3
Ireland[25] 13
Italy[26] 6
Japan[27] 6
Netherlands[28] 2
New Zealand[29] 9
Norway[30] 17
Poland[31] 16
Portugal[32] 15
Russia[33] 9
Spain[34] 2
Sweden[35] 4
Switzerland[36] 3
United Kingdom[37] 6
United States[38] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (2008) Position
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[39] 41
Chart (2009) Position
Swiss Albums Chart[40] 36
  • The album also peaked at number-one on the Billboard "Top Holiday Albums" chart for a week[41] and four weeks in the "Top New Age Albums".[42]
  • It also peaked number two on the Billboard "Top Internet Albums" chart.[43]
  • The album peaked at No. 57 on the Billboard "Billboard Top 200" chart in 2009.[44]
  • The album has so far peaked at No. 170 on the Billboard "Billboard Top 200" chart in 2010.[45]

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[46] Platinum 70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[47] Gold 10,000x
Belgium (BEA)[48] Platinum 30,000*
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[49] Gold 15,000^
France (SNEP)[50] Gold 75,000*
Germany (BVMI)[51] Platinum 200,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[52] Platinum 15,000x
Italy 60,000[53]
Japan (RIAJ)[54] Gold 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[55] Platinum 15,000^
Russia (NFPF)[56] Gold 10,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[57] Gold 40,000^
Sweden (GLF)[58] Gold 20,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[59] Platinum 30,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[60] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[61] Gold 838,000[62]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[63] Platinum 1,000,000*
Worldwide 3,000,000[8]

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

Production

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  2. ↑ AllMusic review
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External links

Preceded by
"Forever" by Milk Inc.		 Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart number-one album
20–27 December 2008 (2 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Wit Licht" by Marco Borsato