THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
ENYA
SONGWRITERS: ROMAN RYAN; EITHNE NI BHRAONAIN &
NICKY RYAN
COUNTRY: IRELAND
ALBUM: AND WINTER CAME…
LABEL: WARNER RECORDS
GENRE: CHRISTMAS
YEAR: 2008
Enya Patricia Brennan(Irish: Eithne
Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin/ˈɛnjə/; born 17 May 1961) is an Irish
singer-songwriter and musician, known
for pioneering modern Celtic and New-age music. Regarded
as the "Queen
of New Age", Enya is the best-selling
Irish solo artist of all time. Born into a musical family and raised in the
Irish-speaking area of Gweedore, County Donegal, Enya
began her music career when she joined her family's Celtic folk band Clannad in 1980 on
keyboards and backing vocals. She left the group in 1982 with their manager and
producer Nicky Ryan to
pursue a solo career, with Ryan's wife Roma Ryan as her lyricist. Enya developed her sound over the following four
years with multitracked vocals and keyboards with elements of new age, Celtic, classical, church, world, pop, and Irish folk.
Thus far, she has sung in ten languages, most notably English, Irish Gaelic(Gaeilge),
Latin, and Welsh.
Enya's first projects as a solo artist
included soundtrack work for The Frog
Prince(1984) and the 1987 BBC documentary
series The Celts,
which was released as her debut album, Enya(1987).
She signed with Warner Music UK,
which granted her artistic freedom and minimal interference from the label. The
commercial and critical success of Watermark(1988)
propelled her to worldwide fame, helped by the UK number one and international
hit single "Orinoco Flow".
This was followed by the multi-million-selling albums Shepherd Moons(1991), The Memory of
Trees(1995), and A Day Without Rain(2000).
Sales of the latter and its lead single, "Only Time",
surged in the United States following its use in the media coverage of the September 11
attacks. Following Amarantine(2005)
and And Winter Came... (2008), Enya took a four-year career hiatus before she resumed in
2012 and released her eighth studio album, Dark Sky Island(2015).
And Winter Came... is the seventh studio
album by Irish singer, songwriter, and musician Enya,
released on 10 November 2008 by Warner Music.
After recording new Christmas songs for her fourth EP Sounds of the Season: The Enya Collection(2006),
Enya started work on a Christmas album of traditional carols and original
tracks, but the idea was changed to a collection of songs with a Christmas or
winter theme as it better suited the style of the new material. It was recorded
with her longtime collaborators, arranger and producer Nicky Ryan and his
wife, lyricist Roma Ryan.
The album received mixed to positive reviews
from music critics and became a worldwide success, reaching the top 10 in 21
countries in its first three weeks, including Nº 8 on the US Billboard 200 and Nº 6 on the UK Albums Chart.
The track "Trains and Winter Rains" was the
album's only physical single, and was followed by "Dreams Are More
Precious", "White Is in the Winter Night", and
"My! My! Time Flies!", released as digital downloads. To promote the
album, Enya made several interviews, appearances, and live performances. The
album has sold over 3 million copies worldwide.
When tears are in
your eyes
It's time to look inside
Your heart can find another way
Believe in what I say
Don't throw this time away
Tomorrow will be Christmas Day
Christmas Day...
So let the shadows go
And drift away like snow
Tomorrow will be Christmas Day
Tomorrow will be Christmas Day
Christmas Day...
So dream until the
night,
Becomes the morning light
Tomorrow will be Christmas Day
Tomorrow will be Christmas Day.
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