The Very Best of Enya (special edition)

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

Annotation

Packaged as a hardcover digibook containing paper sleeves holding the discs and an outer slipcase.

Bonus content: DVD tracks 14-16.

Annotation last modified on 2020-12-22 17:13 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Trains and Winter Rains
engineer:
Nicky Ryan
vocals:
Enya
arranger:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
music videos:
Trains and Winter Rains by Enya
recording of:
Trains and Winter Rains
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
writer:
Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya
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
2My! My! Time Flies!
engineer:
Nicky Ryan
guitar:
Pat Farrell (blues guitarist from Dublin)
vocals:
Enya
arranger:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
recording of:
My! My! Time Flies!
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
writer:
Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya
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)
3:01
3Stars and Midnight Blue
engineer:
Nicky Ryan
vocals:
Enya
arranger:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
recording of:
Stars and Midnight Blue
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
writer:
Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya
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)
3:08
4Amarantine
engineer:
Nicky Ryan
vocals and performer:
Enya
arranger:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
music videos:
Amarantine by Enya
recording of:
Amarantine
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
43:12
5Sumiregusa
engineer:
Nicky Ryan
vocals and performer:
Enya
arranger:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
recording of:
Sumiregusa
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
4:40
6The River Sings
engineer:
Nicky Ryan
vocals and performer:
Enya
arranger:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
recording of:
The River Sings
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
2:48
7If I Could Be Where You Are
engineer:
Nicky Ryan
vocals and performer:
Enya
arranger:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
recording of:
If I Could Be Where You Are
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
4:00
8Wild Child
engineer and producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya
arranger:
Enya 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
recording of:
Wild Child
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya 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
9Only Time
engineer and producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya
arranger:
Enya 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
recording of:
Only Time
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
3.63:38
10Drifting
engineer:
Nicky Ryan
vocals and performer:
Enya
arranger:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
recording of:
Drifting
composer:
Enya
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
4:11
11Flora’s Secret
engineer and producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya
arranger:
Enya 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:
Flora’s Secret
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
2.54:07
12Fallen Embers
engineer and producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya
arranger:
Enya 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:
Fallen Embers
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
12:30
13One by One
engineer and producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya
arranger:
Enya 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:
One by One
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
3.53:54
14Pax deorum
engineer, producer and mixer:
Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya
arranger:
Enya 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
recording of:
Pax Deorum
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
4:58
15Athair ar Neamh
engineer, producer and mixer:
Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya
arranger:
Enya 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
recording of:
Athair ar Neamh
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
3:42
16Anywhere Is
engineer, producer and mixer:
Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya
arranger:
Enya 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
recording of:
Anywhere Is
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Eithne Ní Bhraonáin and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
53:59
17Orinoco Flow
engineer:
Ross Cullum and Nicky Ryan
co-producer:
Ross Cullum and Enya
producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Jimbo Barton (Australian/US producer/engineer, fl. 1990's-2020's)
instruments and vocals:
Enya
arranger:
Enya 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
recording of:
Orinoco Flow
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya
publisher:
Aigle Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
4.24:27
18Watermark
engineer:
Ross Cullum and Nicky Ryan
co-producer:
Ross Cullum and Enya
producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Ross Cullum
instruments and vocals:
Enya
arranger:
Enya 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
publisher:
Aigle Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
42:26
19Boadicea
engineer:
Nigel Read and Nicky Ryan
producer and mixer:
Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya
arranger:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!) (from 1986 to present)
recording of:
Boadicea
composer:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
3.53:32
20May It Be
engineer and producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
instruments and vocals:
Enya
arranger:
Enya 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 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 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film soundtrack)
53:33
21Caribbean Blue
recording engineer, engineer and producer:
Nicky Ryan
mixer:
Gregg Jackman
instruments and vocals:
Enya
arranger:
Enya 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
recording of:
Caribbean Blue
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and EMI Songs Ltd.
3.73:59
22Aníron (I Desire) (Theme for Aragorn & Arwen)
engineer:
Nicky Ryan
vocals:
Enya
arranger:
Enya and Nicky Ryan
recording of:
Aníron (from The Very Best of Enya)
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
revision of:
Aníron (theme for Aragorn and Arwen, from LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring)
2:43
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Credits

Release

art direction and design:Peacock (art direction, design)
photography:Simon Fowler (English photographer)
Max Adelman (British photographer, former drummer.)
David Scheinmann (photographer)
Russell Young (photographer)
miscellaneous support:Daniel Polley (task: digital technical advisor)
graphic design:Ruth Rowland (lettering artist & illustrator)
mastering:Dick Beetham
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!)
mastered at:360 Mastering in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/2029801 [info]
ASIN:UK: B002RV01Q8 [info]