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Eitne Ni Bhraonáin, aka Enya
Brennan, aka Enya, was an Irish singer and songwriter that left a mark
on the 80's. Enya grew up in a musical family, and she found
herself performing both on stage and in the church choir at a very young
age. In the late 1960's, Enya's older siblings formed a band
called Clannad, and by 1980, Enya was part of the band. In 1982,
Enya decided to go solo, and she created her own recording studio.
Enya's first release was the 1984 album Touch Travel,
but it wasn't until her 1987 release of the self titled album,
Enya/The Celts,
that she began using the name Enya. Enya is the closet
phonetically translated version of her given Irish name, Eitne, in the
English language. Although Enyha had many more hits in her native
Ireland than in the USA, most of you 80's fans will remember Enya for
the hit song "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)" from her 1988 release,
Watermark.
For those of you whose curiosity is strong, Orinoco was the name of a
music studio. This song reached the top of the charts in 5
countries, including the USA and UK, and the top 40 in 4 others.
Enya followed up her great success in 1991 with the
release of Shepherd Moons, which featured the international hit songs
"Caribbean Blue", "How Can I Keep from Singing", and "Book of Days".
Well into the 1990's and 2000's, Enya continued to produce new albums,
and met with chart success in various countries at different times
(including the USA and the UK). Some of her greatest Billboard
successes even came in the 2000's. At the time of this writing,
the Enya Discography was as follows:1987: Enya
1988: Watermark
1991: Shepherd Moons
1992: The Celts
1995: The Memory of Trees
1996: The Enya Collection
1997: Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya
1997: A Box of Dreams
2000: A Day Without Rain
2002: Only Time: The Collection
2005: Amarantine
2008: And Winter Came...
2009: The Very Best of Enya |
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1988
Watermark
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ORINOCO
FLOW:
[starts] Let me sail, let me sail, let
the Orinoco flow,
Let me reach, let me beach on the shores of
Tripoli,
Let me sail, let me sail, let me crash upon your
shore,
Let me reach, let me beach far beyond the Yellow
Sea [etc] |
2002
Box Set
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