The Celts

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The Celts
Studio album by Enya
Released	November, 1992
Recorded	1986 & 1987
Genre	Celtic
Length	39:19
Label	WEA, Warner Music UK (Europe) Reprise, Warner Bros. (US)
Producer	Nicky Ryan
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Enya chronology
Shepherd Moons (1991) The Celts (1992) The Memory of Trees (1995)

The Celts is an album by Irish musician Enya, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). It is a remastered re-release of her 1987 debut album Enya. Aside from the enhanced sound, this new release also contains a longer version of the song "Portrait" (which runs for 1:23, found on the original release Enya), entitled "Portrait: Out Of The Blue" 3:11.

Track listing

1. "The Celts" – 2:50
2. "Aldebaran" – 3:05
3. "I Want Tomorrow" – 4:02
4. "March of the Celts" – 3:10
5. "Deireadh an Tuath" – 1:43
6. "The Sun in the Stream" – 2:55
7. "To Go Beyond (I)" – 1:20
8. "Fairytale" – 3:03
9. "Epona" – 1:36 (limited stereo)
10. "Triad: St. Patrick / Cú Chulainn / Oisín" – 4:25
11. "Portrait (Out of the Blue)" – 3:11
12. "Boadicea" – 3:30
13. "Bard Dance" – 1:23 (mono)
14. "Dan y Dŵr" – 1:41 (limited stereo)
15. "To Go Beyond (II)" – 2:50

Notes:

• "Mono" means this track contains no stereo effects and "Limited Stereo" means the number of stereo effects used are limited, or the amount of the track presented in stereo is short.

Certifications, peaks and sales

Production

• Music composed by Enya
• Lyrics by Roma Ryan
• Published by EMI Songs Ltd
• Producer: Nicky Ryan
• Engineers: Nigel Reid, except tks. 2, 4. Nicky Ryan
• Mastering: Arun
• Arrangers: Enya, Nicky Ryan
• Design: Sooky Choi
• Photography: David Scheinmann

Guest artists

• Electric guitar by Arty McGlynn
• Uilleann pipes by Liam O'Flionn
• Violin by Patrick Halling

Trivia

• Booklet contains liner notes by Roma Ryan.
• "Deireadh an Tuath" & "Dan Y Dŵr" are nearly identical except for the different language and lyric. "Deireadh an Tuath" is sung in Gaelic, "Dan Y Dŵr" is sung in Welsh.
• In 1989 a song called "Eclipse" was released as a b-side. This is a reversed and modified version of Deireadh An Tuath.
• "I Want Tomorrow" is the only track on this album that is sung in English.
• The song "Boadicea" was sampled by The Fugees, for their 1996 song "Ready or Not", without Enya's permission. It was also sampled in Mario Winans' 2004 single, "I Don't Wanna Know".
• "Boadicea" is heard during the end credits of the Luc Besson film Le Grand Bleu (The Big Blue), as well as in the 1992 film Sleepwalkers.

Charts

Album

External links

• The Celts at MusicBrainz

References