Enya (album)
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Enya is a soundtrack album by Irish
singer Enya
, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music
), accompanying the BBC
documentary The Celts.
on their own label, and later issued in North America by Atlantic Records
. In 1992, Warner Music reissued a remixed and slightly revised version of the album as The Celts
.
The original version Enya was no longer manufactured. The album contains only a portion of the music Enya composed for the TV series. In 1992, coinciding with the reissue of the album, a previously unreleased track from these sessions, "Eclipse", was released as a B-side on the CD single for "the Celts". In 2005, another previously unreleased track from the same sessions, a "Spaghetti Western
Theme" done in the style of Hugo Montenegro
, was released on the CD single for "Amarantine", in memory of one of the producers of the TV series.
Music from the Celts soundtrack would later be reused for the soundtrack of the video production The Memory of Earth, produced by David Bickley. The song "Boadicea" was also on the soundtrack of the 1992 film Sleepwalkers
.
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 rap
pers, Enya declined to follow through with the suit, but stickers were then placed on The Score giving Enya credit for her work. Mario Winans
also sampled "Boadicea" for the melody of the song "I Don't Wanna Know
". 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. The song was also sampled on the answer-back song "You Should Really Know" by The Pirates featuring Shola Ama, Naila Boss & Ishani which peaked at #8 on the UK Singles Chart. "Boadicea" (with "Ready or Not") was also sampled by Nina Sky
for their hype single "Time To Go" featuring Angie Martinez
, from the mixtape presented by Cipha Sounds
.
The title track was used as the theme music for the sports show "Gaelic Games" which aired in the UK on Channel 4
in the 1990s.
1 The 1992 Warner reissue replaced the original recording of this song (called "Portrait") with a longer re-recording of the same piece (called "Out of the Blue"), which had been released as the B-side of "Orinoco Flow
" in 1988; the 1992 album lists the track as "Portrait (Out of the Blue)". The original "Portrait" version can be found on the BBC and Atlantic Records issues.
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
singer Enya
Enya
Enya is an Irish singer, instrumentalist and songwriter. Enya is an approximate transliteration of how Eithne is pronounced in the Donegal dialect of the Irish language, her native tongue.She began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad before leaving to...
, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music
1987 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1987.See also:Record labels established in 1987-January-February:*January 3 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
), accompanying the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
documentary The Celts.
Background
Recorded in 1986, it was not released until 1987 when the series was first broadcast. The album was first released in the UK by the BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
on their own label, and later issued in North America by Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
. In 1992, Warner Music reissued a remixed and slightly revised version of the album as The Celts
The Celts (album)
The Celts is an album by Irish musician Enya, released in 1992. It is a remastered re-release of her 1987 debut album Enya.In addition to having enhanced sound, this new release also contains a different version of the song "Portrait"; extended from 1:23 to 3:11, this version first appeared in 1988...
.
The original version Enya was no longer manufactured. The album contains only a portion of the music Enya composed for the TV series. In 1992, coinciding with the reissue of the album, a previously unreleased track from these sessions, "Eclipse", was released as a B-side on the CD single for "the Celts". In 2005, another previously unreleased track from the same sessions, a "Spaghetti Western
Spaghetti Western
Spaghetti Western, also known as Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's unique and much copied film-making style and international box-office success, so named by American critics because most were produced and...
Theme" done in the style of Hugo Montenegro
Hugo Montenegro
Hugo Montenegro was an American orchestra leader and composer of film soundtracks. His best known work is derived from interpretations of the music from Spaghetti westerns, especially his cover version of the main theme from the 1966 film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly...
, was released on the CD single for "Amarantine", in memory of one of the producers of the TV series.
Music from the Celts soundtrack would later be reused for the soundtrack of the video production The Memory of Earth, produced by David Bickley. The song "Boadicea" was also on the soundtrack of the 1992 film Sleepwalkers
Sleepwalkers (film)
Sleepwalkers is a 1992 American horror film based on an original screenplay by Stephen King and directed by Mick Garris.-Plot summary:...
.
Sampling by other artists
The FugeesThe Fugees
Fugees were a Haitian American hip hop group who rose to fame in the mid-1990s. Their repertoire included elements of Hip hop, soul and Caribbean music, particularly reggae. The members of the group were rapper/singer/producer Wyclef Jean, rapper/singer/producer Lauryn Hill, and rapper Pras Michel...
sampled "Boadicea" from this album for their song "Ready or Not" on 1996's The Score
The Score (album)
The Score is the second and final studio album by the hip hop trio Fugees, released worldwide February 13, 1996 on Columbia Records. The album features a wide range of samples and instrumentation, with many aspects of alternative hip hop that would come to dominate the hip hop music scene in the...
. Enya had prepared to sue the group for copyright infringement
Copyright infringement
Copyright infringement is the unauthorized or prohibited use of works under copyright, infringing the copyright holder's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works.- "Piracy" :...
because they had not asked for permission and did not give her credit. After learning that The Fugees were not gangsta rap
Gangsta rap
Gangsta Rap is a subgenre of hip hop music that evolved from hardcore hip hop and purports to reflect urban crime and the violent lifestyles of inner-city youths. Lyrics in gangsta rap have varied from accurate reflections to fictionalized accounts. Gangsta is a non-rhotic pronunciation of the word...
pers, Enya declined to follow through with the suit, but stickers were then placed on The Score giving Enya credit for her work. Mario Winans
Mario Winans
Mario Winans is an American R&B singer, songwriter, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Born Mario Brown, he is the son of gospel recording artist Vickie Winans and her first husband, Bishop Ronald Brown. He is also the stepson of his mother's second husband, gospel singer, Pastor Marvin...
also sampled "Boadicea" for the melody of the song "I Don't Wanna Know
I Don't Wanna Know (Mario Winans song)
"I Don't Wanna Know" is a 2004 song by Mario Winans, featuring a rap by P. Diddy and sampling from Enya's song "Boadicea". It reached #1 in the United Kingdom and in Netherlands, also it reached #2 in the United States, and remains Winans' only major success to date...
". Producer P. Diddy
Sean Combs
Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally...
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. The song was also sampled on the answer-back song "You Should Really Know" by The Pirates featuring Shola Ama, Naila Boss & Ishani which peaked at #8 on the UK Singles Chart. "Boadicea" (with "Ready or Not") was also sampled by Nina Sky
Nina Sky
Nina Sky is an American musical duo composed of identical twins Nicole and Natalie Albino .-Early life and career:Albino's parents moved to New York from Puerto Rico and were divorced when the girls were younger...
for their hype single "Time To Go" featuring Angie Martinez
Angie Martinez
Angela "Angie" Martinez is an American radio personality and occasional rapper.-Radio career:Angie Martinez got her first break in radio at the age of 16 answering hot lines at the urban radio station WQHT . There she met popular DJ Funkmaster Flex, and began working as his protégé...
, from the mixtape presented by Cipha Sounds
Cipha Sounds
Cipha Sounds is an American radio and television personality of Puerto Rican descent...
.
The title track was used as the theme music for the sports show "Gaelic Games" which aired in the UK on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
in the 1990s.
Track listing
All music composed by Enya.- "The CeltsThe Celts (song)"The Celts" is a hit song by Irish musician Enya. Sung entirely in Irish, it is the theme song to the 1986 BBC documentary The Celts, and was first released in the 1987 album Enya. When the album was re-issued in 1992 and re-titled The Celts, the title song was released as the accompanying single,...
" – 2:50 - "Aldebaran" (dedicated to Ridley ScottRidley ScottSir Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer. His most famous films include The Duellists , Alien , Blade Runner , Legend , Thelma & Louise , G. I...
) – 3:05 - "I Want TomorrowI Want Tomorrow"I Want Tomorrow" is a single by Irish musician Enya, released in 1987 , from the album Enya, of the same year.-Track listing :#"I Want Tomorrow"#"The Celts"#"To Go Beyond "#"To Go Beyond "...
" – 4:02 - "March of the Celts" – 3:10
- "Deireadh an Tuath" – 1:43
- "The Sun in the Stream" – 2:55
- "To Go Beyond, Pt. 1" – 1:20
- "Fairytale" – 3:03
- "EponaEponaIn Gallo-Roman religion, Epona was a protector of horses, donkeys, and mules. She was particularly a goddess of fertility, as shown by her attributes of a patera, cornucopia, ears of grain and the presence of foals in some sculptures suggested that the goddess and her horses were leaders of the...
" – 1:36 - "Triad: St. Patrick / Cú ChulainnCú ChulainnCú Chulainn or Cúchulainn , and sometimes known in English as Cuhullin , is an Irish mythological hero who appears in the stories of the Ulster Cycle, as well as in Scottish and Manx folklore...
/ OisinOisinOisin , is a common boy's name.-Origin:The name Oisin probably originated in the myth of Tír na nÓg.Oisin was the son of Fionn mac Cumhaill and was brand to the land of youth by beautiful Niamh.-McPherson and Ossian:...
" – 4:25 - "Portrait" – 1:23 1
- "Boadicea" – 3:30
- "Bard Dance" – 1:23
- "Dan y DŵrCantref GwaelodCantre'r Gwaelod is the legendary ancient sunken kingdom said to have occupied a tract of fertile land lying between Ramsey Island and Bardsey Island in what is now Cardigan Bay to the west of Wales....
" – 1:41 - "To Go Beyond, Pt. 2" – 2:50
1 The 1992 Warner reissue replaced the original recording of this song (called "Portrait") with a longer re-recording of the same piece (called "Out of the Blue"), which had been released as the B-side of "Orinoco Flow
Orinoco Flow
"Orinoco Flow " is a 1988 single written and recorded by Enya. It also featured on her second studio album, Watermark.-Background:...
" in 1988; the 1992 album lists the track as "Portrait (Out of the Blue)". The original "Portrait" version can be found on the BBC and Atlantic Records issues.
Personnel
- Enya – all other instruments, vocals
- Patrick Halling – violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
- Arty McGlynnArty McGlynnArty McGlynn is an Irish guitarist born in Omagh, County Tyrone. In addition to his solo work, he has collaborated with different notable groups such as Patrick Street, Planxty, Four Men and a Dog, De Dannan and the Van Morrison Band. He played guitar on the critically acclaimed 1989 Van Morrison...
– electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... - Liam O'FlynnLiam O'FlynnLiam O'Flynn is a master uilleann piper and prominent Irish folk musician. In addition to an impressive solo career and his work with the Irish traditional group Planxty, O'Flynn has recorded with many prominent international musical artists, including Mark Knopfler, the Everly Brothers, Enya,...
– Uilleann pipesUilleann pipesThe uilleann pipes or //; ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland, their current name, earlier known in English as "union pipes", is a part translation of the Irish-language term píobaí uilleann , from their method of inflation.The bag of the uilleann pipes is inflated by means of a... - Roma RyanRoma RyanRoma Shane Ryan is an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist, currently living in Artane, Ireland, with her husband Nicky....
– lyrics
Production
- Published by Aigle Music.
- Words for "I Want Tomorrow" and "Dan y Dŵr" written by Roma Ryan
- Words for "The Celts", "March of the Celts", "Aldebaran" and "Deireadh an Tuath" written by Enya and Roma Ryan.
- Words to "St. Patrick" are traditional.
- Enya: Vocals, Piano, Juno 60, DX7, Emulator II and Kurzweil
- Music arranged by Enya and Nicky Ryan.
- Recorded at BBC Enterprises Studio Woodlands, London, and Aigle Studios, Dublin.
- Producer: Nicky Ryan
- Executive Producer: Bruce Talbot
- Engineers: Nigel Read, Nicky Ryan
- Sleeve Design and Art Direction: Mario Moscardini
- Photography: Martyn J. Adleman
- Re-Mastered by Sam Feldman at Atlantic Studios, NYC
- Saxophone: Per Sundberg