Enya Album Art Theory of a Deadman Album Art
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| Studio album / Soundtrack album by Enya | ||||
| Released | March 1987 Nov 1992 (Reissue) | |||
| Recorded | 1985–1986 | |||
| Studio | Aigle Studio (Artane, Dublin) BBC Enterprises Studio Woodlands (Wood Lane, London) | |||
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| Length | 39:06 (1987) 41:04 (1992) | |||
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| Producer | Nicky Ryan | |||
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Enya is the debut studio album by Irish gaelic vocaliser, songwriter, and musician Enya, released in March 1987 by BBC Records in the Great britain and by Atlantic Records in the United States. It was renamed equally The Celts for the 1992 international re-release of the album by WEA Records in Europe and by Reprise Records in the Us. The anthology is a selection of music she recorded for the soundtrack to the BBC television series The Celts, aired in 1987, though the TV connection is downplayed on the sleeve. 4 years into her largely unnoticed solo career, Enya landed her first major project in 1985 when producer Tony McAuley asked her to contribute a vocal to the soundtrack. Afterward its managing director David Richardson liked her demo, Enya accepted his offer to compose the entire score with her longtime recording partners, producer and arranger Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan.
Enya received generally mixed reviews from critics when information technology was released in 1987. It was a mild commercial success, peaking at No. viii in Ireland and No. 69 on the UK Albums Nautical chart. The album continued to sell; it was certified platinum by the Recording Manufacture Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of i meg copies. Despite its commercial functioning, the album helped Enya secure a recording contract with Warner afterward chairman Rob Dickins became a fan of its music. Subsequently the commercial success of Enya's side by side ii albums, the album was reissued equally The Celts and outperformed its original sales. It reached a new tiptop of No. x on the UK Albums Chart and sold a farther ane meg copies in the United States. In 2009, The Celts was reissued in Japan with a bonus runway.
Background and recording [edit]
Following her work on the soundtrack to the romantic one-act film The Frog Prince (1984), Enya's first major project every bit a solo artist followed when, in 1985, she was invited by producer Tony McAuley to compose a track for his 1987 BBC idiot box documentary serial The Celts. As a coincidence, Enya had recorded a track named "March of the Celts" earlier she was asked to exist involved, and decided to submit it to the projection. Initially, each episode of the series was to feature a different composer, but series director David Richardson liked Enya's track so much, he commissioned her to etch the entire score.[i] [ii] [three]
Enya worked with her usual recording partners, arranger and producer Nicky Ryan and his married woman, lyricist Roma Ryan. The album was recorded in two locations; at Aigle Studio, a 16-track studio installed in the Ryans' home, then located in Artane, a northern suburb of Dublin,[4] and a sound studio at BBC Enterprises at Wood Lane, London.[5] When they recorded at the BBC studio, Nicky had to teach the sound engineers how he and Enya worked every bit their unusual recording process confused them at first. Nicky said he told them "to forget everything [they had] learned and merely behave with u.s.a. for at least a calendar week".[4] 1 such example was Nicky's use of reverb, which he set up to 24 seconds instead of the more common placement of one-and-a-half seconds.[4]
A full of 72 minutes of music was recorded for the series. Roma recalled that Enya was given "various pastiches" that Richardson wished to incorporate into the episodes, which Enya and then used as a guide for to write music to complement them.[iii] Enya includes 39 minutes of selected pieces from the soundtrack.[five] The album's forepart cover depicts Enya posing with stuffed wolves.[6]
Music and lyrics [edit]
Several of the album's track titles are titled or based on various historical figures and stories. In writing about the song in 2002, Roma pointed out that "Aldebaran" is named after the brightest star in the constellation of Taurus. In the Arabic language, the championship translates to "the follower" as it follows the Pleiades cluster of stars, and the song is based on future Celtic people "passing Aldebaran on their journey to new territories, continuing their migratory pattern which was and so predominant in their early history."[3] The track was recorded in its entirety at Aigle Studio as Nicky expressed the difficulty in having to recreate the recording process elsewhere.[4] "The Celts" was used as the main championship theme for the television series.[3] "Boadicea", which means "victorious", is a reference to the queen Boudica of the British-Celtic Iceni tribe in East Anglia who led a resistance against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire in 60 A.D., only was defeated and later on poisoned herself.[3] As a song about her was already written, Richardson wished for a new track that depicted the idea of "being spellbound" by Boudica, which turned into "I Want Tomorrow".[iii] In the liner notes of the album's 1992 reissue, "I Want Tomorrow" is described, but, as "thoughts of the present" and "March of the Celts" "echoes from the past".[7] "Deireadh an Tuath", which translates from Irish as "Stop of the Tribe", refers to past spirits and the fertile soil that helps ensure the future of the Celtic people, which is celebrated in the almanac Gaelic festival Samhain, held on 31 October.[7] "The Sun in the Stream" was inspired by the legend of the Salmon of Knowledge, a creature written about in diverse texts in Irish gaelic mythology who "possessed all the truth in the world".[3]
"Fairytale" is a track based on a story of early Irish literature virtually "love, jealousy, secrets and endurance" between Midir, a fairy king, and his love for a princess, Étaín. In the story, Etain is banished and transformed into a pool of water and emerges from it as a butterfly.[seven] "Epona" is the name of the horse goddess Epona of the Gallo-Roman organized religion.[seven] "Triad" is a rail formed of three sections; "St. Patrick" is a traditional vocal that refers to St. Patrick who spent six years in captivity afterward he was captured by the Celtic people. "St. Patrick" lyrics were adapted from aboriginal hymn "Deus Meus Adiuva Me". The second part, "Cú Chulainn", Irish for "hound of Cullan", is named after the culture hero Cú Chulainn. "Oisin", the terminal section, meaning "fiddling fawn", is based on the mythological character Oisín.[7] "Bard Trip the light fantastic" refers to the bard, a human being of ancient Celtic times who entertained the king.[seven] "Dan y Dŵr", which translates to "Under the Water" in the Welsh language, is based on the intentional flooding of the village of Capel Celyn in Wales in order to conform a reservoir.[seven]
Release [edit]
Enya was released on sound cassette and vinyl in March 1987 by BBC Records the United Kingdom, 2 months earlier the series aired on television. The album was released in the United States by Atlantic Records, which categorised information technology every bit a new age album and placed an imprint proverb so on the disc,[8] which Nicky Ryan later idea was "a cowardly thing to do".[nine] The album gained enough public interest to accomplish No. 8 on the Irish Albums Nautical chart.[10] In the United Kingdom, it entered the Great britain Albums Chart at No. 79 for the week of 6 June 1987, climbing to its height of No. 69 on its fourth and final calendar week on the nautical chart, the week of 27 June.[11]
Enya released "I Want Tomorrow" as a unmarried on nine March 1987[12] as a 7-inch and compact disc with "The Celts" as the B-side. A maxi unmarried was too released with the aforementioned tracks and "To Go Beyond (I)" and "To Go Beyond (Two)". Following the album's reissue in 1992, "The Celts" was released as a single on 2 November 1992[13] with "Eclipse", a previously unreleased rails from the Enya sessions, every bit a B-side. Some other unreleased track, "Spaghetti Western Theme from The Celts", was released in 2005 as a B-side for Enya'due south 2005 single "Amarantine". Information technology was released in memory of McAuley following his death in 2003.
Filmmaker David Bickley reused music from the soundtrack in The Memory of Earth,[14] an instalment in his documentary trilogy Mythological Lands. "Boadicea" was likewise used in the soundtrack of the 1992 American motion picture Sleepwalkers. "Epona" appears in the 1991 Steve Martin romantic one-act L.A. Story.
1992 reissue [edit]
In 1992, after Enya gained worldwide commercial success with her albums Watermark (1988) and Shepherd Moons (1991) for Warner Music, Enya was remastered by Arun Chakraverty and redesigned with new artwork designed past Sooky Choi with photography past David Scheinmann.[7] The album was reissued on 16 November 1992 as The Celts by WEA[15] in Europe and Reprise Records in the United States. The Celts outperformed its original sales, reaching a new pinnacle of No. x on the UK Albums Chart for two weeks from the calendar week of 28 November 1992. Information technology returned for 2 separate weeks in 1993, i week in 1996, and vi consecutive weeks in 1998.[11] In the U.s.a., the anthology sold a further one million copies. It contains a new version of "Portrait" that is named "Portrait (Out of the Bluish)", which was originally released as the B-side to Enya'southward 1988 worldwide hit unmarried, "Orinoco Menses".[7] In 2009, The Celts had a limited Japanese reissue on Super High Material CD with "Eclipse" added as a bonus track.[16]
Sampling of "Boadicea" [edit]
"Boadicea" has been sampled past numerous artists. The Fugees sampled it for their vocal "Set up or Non" on The Score (1996). A lawsuit against the group for copyright infringement was prepared as they had not asked for permission and did not give her credit. Withal, afterwards Enya confirmed that the group were "anti-criminal offense and drugs and their message was quite positive", she decided non to follow through with the accommodate. As a compromise, later pressings of The Score included stickers placed on the cover giving Enya credit.[17]
On the 1999 anthology "Astronomica" by American heavy metallic band Ruddy Glory, the intro rails "March For Glory" is an interpretation of Enya'southward "Boadicea".
In 2003, R&B artist Mario Winans sampled "Boadicea" for his song "I Don't Wanna Know". Producer P. Diddy personally contacted Enya for permission and gave her 60 percent of the royalties,[18] and included her proper noun on the song's subtitle equally "Mario Winans featuring Enya and P. Diddy". Information technology went on to reach No. 1 on the U.k. Singles Nautical chart in 2004. "Boadicea" was also sampled on the respond song to "I Don't Wanna Know", "You Should Really Know" by The Pirates featuring Shola Ama, Naila Boss and Ishani, which peaked at No. 8 in the Britain in 2004. "Boadicea" with "Ready or Not" was also sampled by R&B group Nina Sky on their single "Time to Go" featuring rapper Angie Martinez, from the mixtape presented by Cipha Sounds. In 2008, Italian DJ Francesco Zeta sampled "Boadicea" for his song "Fairyland", he made some other version in 2012, subtitled "ReAmp", that also used the Hardstylesample. In 2011, a small-scale sample of "Boadicea" was used on "Der erste Winter" by German vocalist Cassandra Steen for the album Mir so nah. In 2012, hip hop artist Meek Factory sampled "Boadicea" on his mixtape Dreamchasers 2 on a song named afterwards the Fugees' song, "Ready or Non". In 2015, Masika Kalysha sampled the song on "Hella Hollywood". In 2016, Salvatore Ganacci'due south song "Swoop" sampled "Boadicea", and Enya was credited as a featured artist. On Nigerian-American singer Rotimi'southward 2019 album "The Dazzler of Becoming", he sampled the song on a track entitled "In My Bed", which also featured the rapper Wale.
The vocal is also featured in the Stephen King moving picture Sleepwalkers.[19]
Music videos [edit]
Technically, no music videos were released to promote the album. However, ii episodes of The Celts featured music video-mode interludes featuring Enya performing "I Want Tomorrow" and "Aldebaran". (A music video for "The Celts" would later be produced for the Warner Bros. reissue.)
Disquisitional reception [edit]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [21] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [22] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [23] |
A November 1987 review appeared in Australian newspaper The Age by Mike Daly. He compared the sound of the album to Clannad following their shift in musical style in the early 1980s, "echoing, shimmering vocals and instrumentals". He questioned if it was "a beautiful, melodic example of New Historic period music, or possibly New Folk?" Daly continued to pick out "I Want Tomorrow", "The Celts", "The Dominicus in the Stream", and "To Get Across (II)" as highlight tracks.[24]
Runway list [edit]
All music equanimous by Enya; all music bundled by Enya and Nicky Ryan; all lyrics by Roma Ryan and in some tracks lyrics written with Enya, except for "St. Patrick" lyrics which adapted from ancient hymn "Deus Meus Adiuva Me" by Mael Ísu Ua Brolcháin, though it is credited as "Traditional".[5] [25] [26]
| No. | Title | Writer(southward) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Celts" |
| 2:56 |
| 2. | "Aldebaran" (dedicated to Ridley Scott) |
| 3:05 |
| 3. | "I Want Tomorrow" |
| four:00 |
| 4. | "March of the Celts" |
| 3:15 |
| 5. | "Deireadh an Tuath" (Irish for "Terminate of the Tribe") |
| 1:42 |
| 6. | "The Lord's day in the Stream" | Enya | 2:54 |
| seven. | "To Go Beyond (I)" | Enya | 1:19 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| viii. | "Fairytale" | Enya | iii:02 |
| 9. | "Epona" | Enya | 1:35 |
| 10. | "Triad"
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| 4:23 |
| xi. | "Portrait" | Enya | 1:23 |
| 12. | "Boadicea" | Enya | 3:xxx |
| 13. | "Bard Trip the light fantastic toe" | Enya | 1:23 |
| fourteen. | "Dan y Dŵr" (Welsh for "Under the Water") |
| 1:41 |
| 15. | "To Go Beyond (II)" | Enya | 2:58 |
| Total length: | 39:09 | ||
| No. | Title | Author(due south) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| eleven. | "Portrait (Out of the Blue)" (extended version) | Enya | iii:11 |
| 12. | "Boadicea" | Enya | iii:xxx |
| 13. | "Bard Dance" | Enya | 1:23 |
| 14. | "Dan y Dŵr" |
| 1:41 |
| xv. | "To Go Beyond (II)" | Enya | 2:59 |
| Total length: | 40:58 | ||
| No. | Title | Author(due south) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16. | "Eclipse" |
| ane:33 |
| Total length: | 42:31 | ||
Personnel [edit]
Credits adjusted from the album's 1987 and 1992 liner notes.[5] [seven]
Musicians
- Enya – vocals, piano, Roland Juno 60, Yamaha DX7, E-mu Emulator Two, Kurzweil synthesiser
- High-sounding McGlynn – electric guitar
- Liam O'Flynn – Uilleann pipes
- Patrick Halling – violin
Production
- Enya – system
- Nicky Ryan – organization, product, engineer on "Aldebaran" and "March of the Celts"
- Nigel Read – engineer (all other tracks)
- Mario Moscardini – sleeve pattern, art direction
- Martyn J. Adleman – photography
- David Scheinmann – photography (1992 reissue)
- Sooky Choi – designer (1992 reissue)
- Arun Chakraverty – mastering (1992 reissue)
- Bruce Talbot – executive producer
- Sam Feldman – remastering at Atlantic Studios, New York City
Charts [edit]
Certifications [edit]
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References [edit]
- ^ "Watermark press release issued by Geffen Records". Geffen Records (USA). January 1989. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "On Her Shoe: An Exclusive Interview with Enya". Within Borders. January 2001. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g Roma Ryan (2002). Simply Fourth dimension — The Drove (Booklet notes). Enya. Warner Music. p. 4, 10. 0927 49211-2.
- ^ a b c d Graham, Bill (1987). "Enya: The Latest Score". Hot Press. Ireland. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d Enya (Media notes). Enya. BBC Records. 1987. BBC CD 605.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Azerrad, Michael (May 1989). "Enya: Clannad's Little Sister Sails Away". Musician . Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f yard h i j Roma Ryan (1992). The Celts (Booklet notes). Enya. Warner Music. 4509-91167-2.
- ^ Enya (Media notes). Enya. Atlantic Records. 1987. vii 81842-2.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Lanham, Tom (1989). "Interview with Enya". The Lord's day Chronicle.
- ^ "Irish Charts > Enya albums". irish gaelic-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
- ^ a b "Official Charts – Enya". Britain Official Charts. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved ix February 2017.
- ^ "New Singles". Music Calendar week. 7 March 1987. p. ix.
- ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 31 Oct 1992. p. 21.
- ^ "Enya.com". 7 March 2007. Archived from the original on 8 Feb 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2007.
- ^ "BRIT Certified – Certified Awards Search – "Enya – The Celts"". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "Enya the Celts Japanese SHM CD (459825)".
- ^ "Irish Voice article at archive.org". xviii February 1997. Archived from the original on seven April 2005. Retrieved 26 March 2007.
- ^ "Where HipHop and Libertarianism Come across: "Sasha Frere-Jones in New Yorker"". 28 June 2004. Retrieved 26 March 2007.
- ^ "Nicholas Pike - Stephen Male monarch's Sleepwalkers (Music From The Original Motion Flick Soundtrack)". Discogs . Retrieved 31 Baronial 2021.
- ^ "Enya – Enya". Album of the Year. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ AllMusic review
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- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide . New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 280. ISBN0-7432-0169-8.
Rolling Stone Enya Anthology Guide
- ^ Daly, Mike (12 November 1987). "Difficult to categorise but a lot to listen to". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria. p. 48. Retrieved 26 December 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Triad (St. Patrick, Cú Chulainn, Oisín)". unity.enya.com . Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Deus Meus Adiuva Me". Godsongs.cyberspace . Retrieved 12 Dec 2018.
- ^ a b "ENYA - ENYA (Album)". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ a b "ENYA - Albums and Singles". officialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved ii March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f k "ENYA - THE CELTS (ALBUM)". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on 4 December 2003. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Commonwealth of australia'due south Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 94.
- ^ "American album certifications – Enya – Enya". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ Immature, David (11 July 2007). "UU Honours Musician Enya". University of Ulster. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ^ "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on vi July 2011. Retrieved 20 Baronial 2019.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Commonwealth of australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 94.
- ^ "Brazilian album certifications – Enya – The Celts" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Enya;'The Celts')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
- ^ "RIAJ > The Record > Apr 1998 > Certified Awards (Feb 1998)" (PDF). Recording Manufacture Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 Jan 2014.
- ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Enya – The Celts". Recorded Music NZ.
- ^ Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990 (in Spanish). Iberautor Promociones Culturales. 2005. ISBN8480486392.
- ^ "British album certifications – Enya – The Celts". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 26 Dec 2021.
- ^ "American album certifications – Enya – The Celts". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "University Of Ulster News Release - UU Honours Musician Enya". news.ulster.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
External links [edit]
- Enya at Discogs (list of releases)
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