DARK
SKY ISLAND
ENYA
SONGWRITERS:
EITHNE NI BHRAONAIN; NICKY RYAN & ROMA RYAN
COUNTRY: IRELAND
ALBUM: DARK SKY ISLAND
LABEL: WARNER RECORDS
GENRE: CELTIC MUSIC
YEAR: 2015
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
in history, and second-best-selling overall behind U2. 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).
Dark Sky Island is the eighth studio album by
Irish singer, songwriter, and musician Enya,
released on 20 November 2015 by Warner Bros. Records.
After the release of her previous album, And Winter Came...(2008),
Enya was unsure of her next career move so she decided to take a break from
music, which lasted three years. In the spring of 2012 she started to write and
record new material for a new album with her longtime collaborators, producer
and arranger Nicky Ryan and his
wife, lyricist Roma Ryan. Enya
gained inspiration for the title track and the album from the 2011 designation
of Sark in the Channel Islands as a dark-sky preserve and a collection of Roma Ryan's poems on islands.
Dark Sky Island received positive reviews
from critics and was a commercial success upon release. It peaked at Nº 4 in
the UK Albums Chart, Enya's
highest position on the chart since Paint the Sky
with Stars (1997), and Nº 8 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. Elsewhere, it reached the top five in nine countries. A
deluxe edition features three additional tracks. Enya
promoted the album with a worldwide media tour that included performances of
some songs from the album. Dark Sky Island was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.
Listen to the waves
speak up
The blue voice of the sea
And they whisper as they touch the shore
Come back to me
Come back to me
Boat by boat upon the
waves
All come to find the light
In the darkness of the sky above
Come back to me
Come back to me
Capella, Auriga
Eta Carinae, Sagitta
Aquila, Alpha Centauri
Twilight comes to
close the day
And let the night break free
And from deep blue skies the heavens rise
Come back to me
Come back to me
Come back to me
Come back to me
Capella, Auriga
Eta Carinae, Sagitta
Aquila, Alpha Centaurii
Moonlight brings the
ocean's storms
Like waves upon the sea
And the midnight shore calls out once more
Come back to me
Come back to me
Come back to me
Come back to me
Come back to me
Come back to me.
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