The Very Best of Enya

~ Release by Enya (see all versions of this release, 9 available)

Tracklist

1CD
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1Orinoco Flow
engineer:
Ross Cullum and Nicky Ryan
co-producer:
Ross Cullum and Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Jimbo Barton (Australian/US producer/engineer, fl. 1990’s–2020’s)
instruments and vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (from 1988 to present) and WEA Records Ltd. (holding company based in the UK) (in 1988)
recorded at:
Orinoco Studios in Southwark, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
music videos:
Orinoco Flow by Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Orinoco Flow
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Aigle Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
4.254:28
2Aníron (I Desire) (Theme for Aragorn & Arwen)
engineer:
Nicky Ryan
vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
recording of:
Aníron (from The Very Best of Enya)
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
revision of:
Aníron (theme for Aragorn and Arwen, from LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring)
2:43
3Storms in Africa
engineer:
Ross Cullum and Nicky Ryan
co-producer:
Ross Cullum and Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Ross Cullum
additional membranophone:
Chris Huges
additional percussion:
Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
percussion [African hand drums] and rototom:
Chris Hughes (producer, aka “Merrick”)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (from 1988 to present)
recorded at:
Orinoco Studios in Southwark, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
music videos:
Storms in Africa by Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Storms in Africa
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Eithne Ní Bhraonáin (Enya, Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
translator:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Aigle Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and EMI Songs Ltd.
3.84:05
4Caribbean Blue
recording engineer, engineer and producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Gregg Jackman
instruments and vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (from 1991 to present, in 1991)
recorded at:
Aigle Studios in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
mixed at:
Sarm Studios (1973–2013, fka Sarm Studios from 1973–1982) in Aldgate, Tower Hamlets, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
music videos:
Caribbean Blue by Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Caribbean Blue
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
3.94:00
5Book of Days
engineer and producer:
Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1991, from 1992 to present)
recorded at and mixed at:
Sarm Studios (1973–2013, fka Sarm Studios from 1973–1982) in Aldgate, Tower Hamlets, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Book of Days (English/Gaelic version)
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and EMI Songs Ltd.
version of:
Book of Days (Gaelic only version)
3.352:56
6The Celts
engineer:
Nigel Read and Nicky Ryan
producer:
Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (from 1986 to present, in 1986)
music videos:
The Celts by Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
recording of:
The Celts
lyricist:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and EMI Songs Ltd.
3.72:57
7Only Time
engineer and producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (from 2000 to present)
recorded at:
Aigle Studios in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
music videos:
Only Time by Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Only Time
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
4.23:38
8Wild Child
engineer and producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (from 2000 to present)
recorded at:
Aigle Studios in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
music videos:
Wild Child by Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Wild Child
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing France, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI Songs Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
2.753:48
9Water Shows the Hidden Heart
mixer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
instruments, vocals and performer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
recorded at:
Aigle Studios in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
recording of:
Water Shows the Hidden Heart
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
24:40
10Anywhere Is
engineer, producer and mixer:
Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (from 1995 to present)
recorded at:
Aigle Studios in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
music videos:
Anywhere Is by Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Anywhere Is
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Eithne Ní Bhraonáin (Enya, Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
4.54:00
11Cursum Perficio
engineer:
Ross Cullum and Nicky Ryan
co-producer:
Ross Cullum and Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Ross Cullum
instruments and vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (from 1988 to present)
recorded at:
Orinoco Studios in Southwark, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Cursum Perficio
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
Aigle Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and EMI Songs Ltd.
3.84:09
12Amarantine
engineer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
instruments, vocals and performer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
recorded at:
Aigle Studios in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
music videos:
Amarantine by Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Amarantine
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
43:12
13Aldebaran
engineer and producer:
Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (from 1986 to present, in 1986)
recording of:
Aldebaran
lyricist:
Ethne Patricia Brennan (Enya, Irish singer-songwriter) and Roma Ryan
composer:
Ethne Patricia Brennan (Enya, Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and EMI Songs Ltd.
3.63:06
14Trains and Winter Rains
engineer and mixer:
Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
recorded at:
Aigle Studios in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
music videos:
Trains and Winter Rains by Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Trains and Winter Rains
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing France, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
2.53:44
15Watermark
engineer:
Ross Cullum and Nicky Ryan
co-producer:
Ross Cullum and Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Ross Cullum
instruments and vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA Records UK Ltd. (holding company based in the UK) (in 1988)
recorded at:
Orinoco Studios in Southwark, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Watermark
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Aigle Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
42:26
16Boadicea
engineer:
Nigel Read and Nicky Ryan
producer and mixer:
Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (from 1986 to present, in 1986)
recording of:
Boadicea
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
4.253:32
17A Day Without Rain
miscellaneous support:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) (task: Irish Adaptation)
engineer and producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
additional guest strings:
Wired Strings
instruments and vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (from 2000 to present)
recorded at:
Aigle Studios in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
recording of:
A Day Without Rain
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and EMI Songs Ltd.
32:37
18May It Be
engineer and producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 2001), Reprise Records (in 2005) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2005)
recorded at:
Aigle Studios in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
recording of:
May It Be (Enya song for Lord of the Rings soundtrack)
orchestrator:
Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
part of:
The 74th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film soundtrack)
4.53:31