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If you haven't already guessed, this is an Enya Appreciation thread in all but name. It was originally intended as a Make Your Own Enya Album thread, but there are just too many great Enya songs and videos to choose from. 

 

Orinoco Flow on the second album is my favourite Enya song. It's hard to choose a favourite Enya album though, as I like them all equally.

1. The Celts

 

 

2. Aldebaran

 

 

3. I Want Tomorrow

 

 

1. The Celts (Enya)

2. Orinoco Flow (Watermark)

3. Caribbean Blue (Shepherd Moons)

4. Anywhere Is (The Memory of Trees)

5. Wild Child (A Day Without Rain)

6. Amarantine (Amarantine)

7. Trains and Winter Rains (And Winter Came)

8. Echoes in Rain (Dark Sky Island)

 

I also like Kitaro. I posted a couple of his concerts on my World Music thread.

Watermark was something special as already said. Just absolutely beautiful. I only found out much later that she is the younger sister of the lead singer of Clannad (Maire Brennan).

BTW I share a birthday with her (although I am a year younger … wonder if she would like a toy boy)

 

Five official videos from the Watermark album:-

 

1. On Your Shore

 

 

2. Storms in Africa

 

 

3. Exile

 

 

4. Orinoco Flow

 

 

5. Evening Falls

 

 

1. Caribbean Blue

 

 

2. How Can I Keep from Singing

 

 

3. Book of Days

 

 

4. Marble Halls

 

Pleasant enough voice I suppose ,but it always sounded like a tame Vangelis with her on vocals.

Once I started hearing it in elevators and shopping malls...well...

 

Two official videos from The Memory of Trees album:-

 

1. Anywhere Is

 

 

2. On My Way Home

 

 

1. Wild Child

 

 

2. Only Time

 

 

1. Amarantine

 

 

2. It's in the Rain

 

 

If you like Enya's Shepherd Moons album, then there's a good chance you'll like her other albums too, as they're all up to the same consistently high standard. I'd recommend Enya's compilation album, Paint the Sky with Stars, as a good starting point, which also includes the song, Paint the Sky with Stars, which doesn't appear on any other Enya album.

 

Here's another couple of official Enya videos, this time from the "And Winter Came" album:-

 

1. Trains and Winter Rains

 

 

2. White is in the Winter Night

 

Thanks. I actually own the two right after Shephard Moons I just haven't listened to them yet. :P

 

1. Echoes in Rain

 

 

2. So I Could Find My Way

 

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

A fitting song for today, bearing in mind I've been longing for A Day Without Rain for what seems like a whole month now. 

Not much chance of that here in the UK! 

Can't say I've ever disliked any song I've heard by Enya, so maybe i should investigate further. After having secretly liked her music for years I bought Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya sometime in the late 1990's. So I know the songs on there + her three first albums in full. Here's a personal favorite.

I consider Enya to be New Age too, although I'm going to make an exception for Enya and Clannad by including them in my Prog Folk Britannia blog, even though they're both Irish.  

Another seasonal delight with an introduction by Enya 

Claire Hammill did a great album called Voices. I wonder if Enya ever heard this album?!

Enya, (as Eithne na'Braonain) featured on this album:

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As it happens, I've been going with the Orinoco Flow on a non-stop Clannad-fest over the last few days.