Enya the Discography

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“…vaulting cathedrals of sound, framed by luminous piano, shimmering synthesizer orchestrations, and, above all, the seemingly infinite layers of vocal harmonies...”

Enya

The Discography

With her blend of folk melodies, synthesized backdrops, and classical motifs, Enya created a distinctive style that more closely resembled new age than the folk and Celtic music that provided her initial influences. Enya, birth name Eithne Ní Bhraonáin, was born in Gweedore, County Donegal, in Ireland in 1961 to a musical family, the fourth youngest of nine children. Several of her siblings formed the band An Clann As Dobhair in 1968, renamed as Clannad in the 1970s: Eithne joined the group in 1980, playing keyboards and providing backing vocals on a couple of their albums. In 1982, shortly before Clannad became famous for "Theme From Harry’s Game", producer and manager Nicky Ryan left the group and Eithne joined him to start her own solo career. As a musical group, Enya is collaboration between three people: Enya herself, who composes and performs the music; Nicky Ryan, who produces the albums, and Roma Ryan, who writes the lyrics in various languages. Enya is an approximate transcription of how Eithne is pronounced in her native Irish.

Eithne Ní Bhraonaín, all vocals and instruments Music composed and performed by Enya Music arranged, produced and mixed by Nicky Ryan and Enya Lyrics and lyric adaptment by Roma Ryan.

Disc 1 - The Celts 1. The Celts [2:57] - 2. Aldebaran [3:05] - 3. I want tomorrow [4:02] 4. March of the Celts [3:17] - 5. Deireadh an tuath [1:44] - 6. The sun in the stream [2:55] 7. To go beyond I [1:21] - 8. Fairytale [3:04] - 9. Epona [1:37] - 10. Triad (St. Patrick - Cú Chulainn - Oisin) [4:25] - 11. Portrait (Out of the blue) [3:12] - 12. Boadicea [3:32] 13. Bard dance [1:24] - 14. Dan y dwr [1:42] - 15. To go beyond II [2:59] © 1986 & 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd. / WEA 4509-91167-2

Disc 2 - Watermark 1. Watermark [2:26] - 2. Cursum Perficio [4:09] - 3. On your shore [4:00] 4. Storms in Africa [4:04] - 5. Exile [4:22] - 6. Miss Clare remembers [1:59] 7. Orinoco flow [4:26] - 8. Evening falls... [3:48] - 9. River [3:12] 10. The longships [3:39] - 11. Na laetha geal m’óige [4:04] - 12. Storms in Africa (Part II) [3:04] © 1988 WEA Records Ltd. 2292-46005-2

Disc 3 - Shepherd Moons 1. Shepherd moons [3:45] - 2. Caribbean blue [3:59] - 3. How can I keep from singing? [4:25] 4. Ebudae [1:55] - 5. Angeles [4:01] - 6. No holly for Miss Quinn [2:43] - 7. Book of days [2:33] 8. Evacuee [3:50] - 9. Lothlórien [2:07] - 10. Marble halls [3:54] 11. Afer ventus [4:06] - 12. Smaointe... [6:07] © 1991 Wea / Warner Music Ltd. 9031-75572-2

Disc 4 - The Memory of Trees 1. The memory of trees [4:19] - 2. Anywhere is [3:59] - 3. Pax Deorum [4:59] 4. Athair ar neamh [3:42] - 5. From where I am [2:22] - 6. China roses [4:49] 7. Hope has a place [4:46] - 8. Tea-house moon [2:45] - 9. Once you had gold [3:18] 10. La soñadora [3:37] - 11. On my way home [5:12] © 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd. 0630-12879-2

Disc 5 - A Day Without Rain 1. A day without rain [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 [1:37] - 9. Pilgrim [3:12] - 10. One by one [3:54] 11. The first of Autumn [3:10] - 12. Lazy days [3:42] © 2000 Warner Music UK Ltd. 8573-85986-2

Disc 7 - Amarantine 1. Less than a pearl [3:44] - 2. Amarantine [3:12] - 3. It’s in the rain [4:08] 4. If I could be where you are [4:00] - 5. The river sings [2:49] - 6. Long long journey [3:17] 7. Sumiregusa [4:42] - 8. Someone said goodbye [4:02] - 9. A moment lost [3:08] 10. Drifting [4:11] - 11. Amid the falling snow [3:38] - 12. Water shows the hidden heart [4:39] © 2005 Warner Music UK Ltd. 25646-27972-2

Initially released simply as Enya, The Celts shows that the style she became famous for on Watermark was already well under way. With production and lyrical help fully in place thanks to her husband-and-wife gurus Nicky and Roma Ryan, Enya’s combination of Celtic traditionalism and distinctly modern approach finds lush flower here. All the elements that characterize her music – open, clear nods to her Irish heritage, any number of vocal overdubs to create an echoing, haunting feeling, and layers of synth and electronic percussion – can be found almost track for track.Watermark, Enya’s 1988 recording achieved landmark success indeed, with her groundbreaking use of multi-tracking technology to fuse new age and Celtic themes and instrumentation. The meticulous production defines her sound and achieves continuity even while weaving together tender ballads, piano pieces, massively layered vocal harmonies, and symphonic synthesizer movements. Although Enya’s pristine voice isn’t especially strong, her lead vocals possess a vulnerability that reflects the lyrics’ sense of personal searching. An enchantingly dreamy album, Watermark features the famous hit ‘Orinoco Flow’, marked by its keyboard-generated staccato strings and infectious vocal hook.

The success of her first international hit confirmed Enya as less a singer or songwriter than a sonic architect: working as usual with producer Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan, the classically-trained pianist built vaulting cathedrals of sound, framed by luminous piano, shimmering synthesizer orchestrations, and, above all, the seemingly infinite layers of vocal harmonies she plied on every song. The deeply romantic Celtic pop on its 1991 successor, Shepherd Moons, sustains the same spectrum of hushed reverie and surging, rhapsodic releases, as well as its mix of ballads, floating midtempo pieces, and forays into Celtic and Latin – and it’s every bit as seductive. Six years later, The Memory of Trees won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. These are specifically those trees held sacred by the Druids of ancient Irish mythology; but there is just enough ambiguity in the title of Enya’s latest album to please her enthusiasts, who tend to interpret her hard-to-classify music in deeply personal ways. Enya’s distinctive style – an ethereal, hypnotic sound based on orchestral synthesizer and piano work, with multiple vocal layers which turn Enya’s voice into an angelic choir – stands out again in the 13-million selling, 2000 follow-up A Day Without Rain. Finally, in 2005, on her first new album in five years, Amarantine, the Irish songstress brings forth 12 new ethereal songs, with music that undulates in soft, almost shimmering fashion. A welcome offering of soft yet rhythmic vocals, lush instrumentation and lyrics sung in English, Japanese and Loxian (a made-up tongue devised by Enya and her lyricist), its result is a decidedly satisfying effort that, while haunting in its nature, breaks no new ground for the three- time Grammy winner. It’s the sort of album you listen to while in a retrospective mood or reminiscing about an old love or recalling a warm family moment. It’s mood music - and Amarantine excels at setting the mood.

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