The Very Best of Enya

~ Release by Enya (see all versions of this release, 9 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Orinoco 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)
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. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
4.154:28
2Aníron (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
3Storms in Africa
engineer:
Ross Cullum and Nicky Ryan
co-producer:
Ross Cullum and Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Ross Cullum
additional membranophone:
Chris Huges
additional percussion:
Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
percussion [African hand drums] and rototom:
Chris Hughes (Producer. aka Merrick)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (from 1988 to present)
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:
Storms in Africa by Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Storms in Africa
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Eithne Ní Bhraonáin (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
translator:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Aigle Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present) and EMI Songs Ltd.
3.84:05
4Caribbean 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 in 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. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
3.74:00
5Book of Days
engineer and producer:
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 1991, from 1992 to present)
recorded at and mixed at:
SARM Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Book of Days (English/Gaelic version)
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present) and EMI Songs Ltd.
version of:
Book of Days (Gaelic only version)
2.52:56
6The Celts
engineer:
Nigel Read and Nicky Ryan
producer:
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)
music videos:
The Celts by Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
recording of:
The Celts
lyricist:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present) and EMI Songs Ltd.
3.352:57
7Only 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. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
3.93:38
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. (1989-07-24–present), 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 (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 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
2.53:48
9Water Shows the Hidden Heart
vocals and performer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
recording of:
Water Shows the Hidden Heart
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
24:40
10Anywhere 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 (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
4.354:00
11Cursum Perficio
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:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (from 1988 to present)
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:
Cursum Perficio
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
Aigle Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present) and EMI Songs Ltd.
3.54:09
12Amarantine
engineer:
Nicky Ryan
vocals and performer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
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
13Aldebaran
engineer and producer:
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:
Aldebaran
lyricist:
Ethne Patricia Brennan (Irish singer-songwriter) and Roma Ryan
composer:
Ethne Patricia Brennan (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present) and EMI Songs Ltd.
3.253:06
14Trains and Winter Rains
engineer:
Nicky Ryan
vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
arranger:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
music videos:
Trains and Winter Rains by Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Trains and Winter Rains
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
writer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter), Nicky Ryan and 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 (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 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
13:44
15Watermark
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. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
42:26
16Boadicea
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. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
43:32
17A Day Without Rain
miscellaneous support:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) (task: Irish Adaptation)
engineer and producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
additional guest strings:
Wired Strings
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:
A Day Without Rain
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present) and EMI Songs Ltd.
3.52:37
18May 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!) (from 2001 to present)
recorded at:
Aigle Studios in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
recording of:
May It Be
orchestrator:
Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), 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)
53:31