Enya (album)

Enya (later re-released as The Celts) is the first album by Irish singer Enya, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). The album was first released by the BBC on their own label, and later reissued in North America by Atlantic Records. In the mid-1990s, Reprise Records reissued a remixed and slightly revised version of the album as The Celts.

Enya's first full-album recording, Enya/The Celts features music written and recorded for the soundtrack of the 1986 documentary television series, The Celts.

The Fugees sampled "Boadicea" from this album for their song "Ready or Not" on 1996's The Score. Enya had prepared to sue the group for copyright infringement because they had not asked for permission and did not give her credit. After learning that The Fugees were not gangsta rappers, Enya declined to follow through with the suit, but stickers were then placed on The Score giving Enya credit for her work. [1] Mario Winans also sampled "Boadicea" for the melody of the song "I Don't Wanna Know" (2004). Producer P. Diddy reportedly personally contacted Enya for permission and gave her 60 percent of the royalties. She also received name billing ("Mario Winans featuring Enya and P. Diddy") for the song, which turned out to be a hit, putting her name #2 on the "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks" chart in 2004. [2]

Track listing

1. "Celts" (Enya, Ryan) – 2:50
2. "Aldebaran" (Enya, Ryan) – 3:05
3. "I Want Tomorrow" (Enya, Ryan) – 4:02
4. "March of the Celts" (Enya, Ryan) – 3:10
5. "Deireadh an Tuath" (Enya, Ryan) – 1:43
6. "The Sun in the Stream" (Enya, Ryan) – 2:55
7. "To Go Beyond, Pt. 1" (Enya, Ryan) – 1:20
8. "Fairytale" (Enya, Ryan) – 3:03
9. "Epona" (Enya, Ryan) – 1:36
10. "Triad: St. Patrick/Cú Chulainn/Oisin" (Enya, Ryan) – 4:25
11. "Portrait (Out of the Blue)" (Enya, Ryan) – 3:11¹
12. "Boadicea" (Enya, Ryan) – 3:30
13. "Bard Dance" (Enya, Ryan) – 1:23
14. "Dan y Dŵr" (Enya, Ryan) – 1:41
15. "To Go Beyond, Pt. 2" (Enya, Ryan) – 2:50

¹ 1990s Reprise issue substituted the original recording of this song, called "Portrait", with a longer re-recording of the same piece, "Out of the Blue", which had been released on the B-side of "Orinoco Flow". The original "Portrait" version can be found on the BBC and Atlantic Records issues.

Personnel

• Enya – piano, keyboards, vocals
• Patrick Halling – violin
• Arty McGlynn – electric guitar
• Liam O'Flynn – uillean pipes

Production

• Producer: Nicky Ryan
• Engineers: Nigel Reid, Nicky Ryan
• Mastering: Arun
• Arrangers: Enya, Nicky Ryan
• Design: Sooky Choi
• Photography: David Scheinmann

Charts

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