The Very Best of Enya (special edition)

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Annotation

Packaged as a hardcover digibook containing paper sleeves holding the discs and an outer slipcase.

Bonus content: DVD tracks 14-16.

Annotation last modified on 2020-12-22 17:13 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Trains 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)
3.353:44
2My! My! Time Flies!
engineer and mixer:
Nicky Ryan
guitar, guitar [lead guitar] and guitar [twelve string guitar]:
Pat Farrell (blues guitarist from Dublin)
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
recording of:
My! My! Time Flies!
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
dedicated to:
Jimmy Faulkner (Guitarist, Slide Guitarist)
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)
3:01
3Stars and Midnight Blue
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
recording of:
Stars and Midnight Blue
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)
3:08
4Amarantine
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
5Sumiregusa
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
recording of:
Sumiregusa
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
4:40
6The River Sings
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
recording of:
The River Sings
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
2:48
7If I Could Be Where You Are
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
recording of:
If I Could Be Where You Are
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
4:00
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
9Only 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.
3.953:38
10Drifting
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
recording of:
Drifting
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
4:11
11Flora’s Secret
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
recording of:
Flora’s Secret
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.
2.754:07
12Fallen Embers
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
recording of:
Fallen Embers
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.
2.352:30
13One by One
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
recording of:
One by One
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.
3.653:54
14Pax deorum
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
recording of:
Pax Deorum
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.
44:58
15Athair ar Neamh
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
recording of:
Athair ar Neamh
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.
3:42
16Anywhere 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.
4.53:59
17Orinoco 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.
4.34:27
18Watermark
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
19Boadicea
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
20May 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)
3.353:33
21Caribbean 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.
3.73:59
22Aníron (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
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Credits

Release

art direction and design:Peacock (art direction, design)
photography:Simon Fowler (English photographer)
Max Adelman (British photographer, former drummer.)
David Scheinmann (photographer)
Russell Young (photographer)
miscellaneous support:Daniel Polley (task: digital technical advisor)
graphic design:Ruth Rowland (lettering artist & illustrator)
mastering:Dick Beetham
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!)
mastered at:360 Mastering in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/2029801 [info]
ASIN:UK: B002RV01Q8 [info]