A Day Without Rain

Not to be confused with A Year Without Rain.
A Day Without Rain
Studio album by Enya
Released 20 November 2000 (2000-11-20)
Recorded Summer 1998-2000[1]
Genre New age
Length 37:30
Label WEA
Producer Nicky Ryan
Enya chronology
The Memory of Trees
(1995)		 A Day Without Rain
(2000)		 Amarantine
(2005)
Singles from A Day Without Rain
  1. "Only Time"
    Released: 20 November 2000
  2. "Wild Child"
    Released: 4 December 2001

A Day Without Rain is the fifth studio album from the Irish musician Enya, released in November 2000 on WEA Records. Three years after the release of her previous album, The Memory of Trees (1995), Enya started work on a new album with lyricist Roma Ryan and producer and arranger Nicky Ryan.

A Day Without Rain received polarizing reviews overall but received mixed to negative reviews from critics, but it nevertheless became a commercial success worldwide, reaching No. 6 in the UK and No. 2 in the US, where it went on to sell 7 million copies. Reaction to the album from fans has been largely positive , many fans consider it to be her best album which is shown through its high metacritic user rating. Its lead single, "Only Time", reached No. 10 in the US after it was identified with the 11 September 2001 attacks through extensive media use. In 2002, the album won a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. A Day Without Rain became the fifth highest selling album of 2001 and remains Enya's biggest selling album of her career with an estimated 15 million sold worldwide.[2][3] It is the top selling new age album of the 2000s in the US.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic41/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Entertainment WeeklyD[7]
Los Angeles Times[8]
Q[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
The Village VoiceD−[11]

A Day Without Rain received mixed to negative reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 41, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 8 reviews. Stephen Thompson of The A.V. Club found it too derivative of Enya's previous albums, which he found far superior to A Day Without Rain.[12] In his review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau panned the album as nonsense, "goopier, more simplistic" than her breakthrough 1988 album Watermark.[11]

In a positive review, Billboard magazine complimented the album's production and said that the more experimental songs such as "Only Time" and "Lazy Days" "not only freshen a musical formula that still works extremely well but also leave the listener happily curious about Enya's next move.[13] People recommended the "masterful" album for a "rainy day" because of Enya's characteristic sound and tranquil mood.[14]

Commercial performance

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.[2] It has sold over 15 million copies.[3] It was the top selling new age album of the 2000s in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[4]

Singles

"Only Time" was first released in November 2000 as a single. It coincided with the release of the album. In 2001, "Only Time" was released again as a remix. The track was remixed by the Swiss American Federation (S.A.F.) (Christian B. and Marc Dold) with a final remix by Enya's producer, Nicky Ryan. Enya donated the earnings from the sale of that single to the Uniform Firefighters Association's Widows' and Children's Fund to help the families of fire fighters in the aftermath of 9/11.[15] The song was also featured in the soundtrack of the motion picture Sweet November. To date, "Only Time" is Enya's biggest solo hit in the United States, where it peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[16] and #1 on the adult contemporary chart.[17]

Wild Child was released as the second single in Germany, Japan, and Korea, the single was published only on Compact Disc; in the United Kingdom, it was also published on cassette. "Wild Child" was used as the title sequence of the Japanese film Calmi Cuori Appassionati (2001). Eurodance music duo CJ Crew recorded an uptempo dance mix of the song, which appeared on the compilation album Dancemania Speed 10 (2002).[18] The song charted on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and number 10.[19] The B-side to "Wild Child", "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....)

Track listings

All lyrics written by Roma Ryan, all music composed by Enya and all songs produced by Nicky Ryan. All instruments and vocals performed by Enya.

CD: WEA / 2 85986 (UK)
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
CD: Reprise / 4 47426-2 (US)
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. "Lazy Days2"   3:42

^1 Included on Australian, Canadian, Mexican, Portuguese, UK and many other releases.
^2 "Lazy Days" is the 11th track on most editions.

Personnel

Accolades

Grammy Awards

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2002 A Day Without Rain Best New Age Album[20]Won

Japan Gold Disc Awards

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2001 A Day Without Rain Best International Pop Albums of the Year[21] Won

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart Position
Australian ARIA Album Chart[22] 4
Austrian Albums Chart[23] 1
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[24] 9
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[25] 5
Canadian Albums Chart[26] 6
Danish Albums Chart[27] 5
Dutch Albums Chart[28] 2
Finnish Albums Chart[29] 29
French SNEP Albums Chart[30] 33
German Media Control Albums Chart[31] 1
Hungarian Albums Chart[32] 15
Irish Albums Chart[33] 7
Italian Albums Chart[34] 6
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[35] 4
New Zealand Albums Chart[36] 5
Norwegian Albums Chart[37] 12
Spanish Albums Chart[38] 3
Swedish Albums Chart[39] 4
Swiss Albums Chart[40] 2
UK Albums Chart[41] 6
US Billboard 200[42] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2000) Position
Australian Albums Chart[43] 66
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[44] 71
Dutch Albums Chart[45] 82
Italian Albums Chart[46] 37
Swiss Albums Chart[47] 91
Chart (2001) Position
Australian Albums Chart[48] 62
Austrian Albums Chart[49] 4
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[50] 52
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[51] 31
Dutch Albums Chart[52] 11
Japanese Albums Chart[53] 62
Swiss Albums Chart[54] 6
US Billboard 200[55] 8
Chart (2002) Position
Austrian Albums Chart[49] 36
Dutch Albums Chart[56] 19
Swiss Albums Chart[57] 66
US Billboard 200[58] 18

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[59] Gold 30,000x
Australia (ARIA)[60] 3× Platinum 210,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[61] Platinum 50,000x
Belgium (BEA)[62] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Brazil (ABPD)[63] Gold 100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[64] 8× Platinum 800,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[65] Platinum 50,000^
France (SNEP)[66] Gold 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[67] 3× Platinum 900,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[68] 4× Platinum 800,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[69] Gold 75,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[70] 3× Platinum 240,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[71] Platinum 15,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[72] Gold 50,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[73] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Sweden (GLF)[74] Platinum 80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[75] 2× Platinum 100,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[76] 2× Platinum 600,000^
United States (RIAA)[77] 7× Platinum 7,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[78] 3× Platinum 3,000,000*
Worldwide 16,000,000[79]

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

Preceded by
Collection by Tracy Chapman
Fever by Kylie Minogue		 Austrian Chart number-one album
14 October 2001
28 October 2001 		Succeeded by
Fever by Kylie Minogue
Fever by Kylie Minogue
Preceded by
Hits PUR – 20 Jahre eine Band by Pur
Fever by Kylie Minogue		 German Media Control Chart number-one album
14 – 21 October 2001
4 November 2001 		Succeeded by
Fever by Kylie Minogue

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