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A Day Without Rain - Enya 2000

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Box of Dreams - 1998

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This collection might possibly be one of the best box-sets ever made. From the midnight-blue box with silver print, the delicate booklet featuring semitransparent pages as just one of many artistic details, to the beautiful cover artwork - the visuals of this set is outstanding. There's no little detail here that hasn't been considered. Notice how beautifully this matches the artwork of the Best Of CD 'Paint The Sky With Stars', but how this set takes it one step further (the owners of the single-CD collection probably never grasped the significance of the three buckets of "paint" on the back cover - on with Clouds, on with Oceans and one with Stars - this is in fact the three themes of the CDs in this set). But that's only the artwork.

The music has been considered at least as much in this set. The separation of the songs in three different themes are brilliant! Disc 1 -Oceans - contains the more upbeat songs, and thus most of her radio hits like Orinoco Flow, Book Of Days, Caribean Blue, Anywhere Is, China Roses, On My Way Home and the recemt Only If ... However, a plenty of less familiar songs are included as well - personal highlights are the magnificent Storms In Africa and The Longships (imo. two of her best pieces ever), the enchanting I Want Tomorrow and the dark and menacing Cursum Perficio, Pax Deorum and The Celts.

Disc 2 - Clouds - contains instrumental pieces (or songs without any true lyrics, the exception to this being Afer Ventus) - in fact a quite varied selection including piano-pieces (Watermark, Miss Claire Remembers, Portrait (Out Of The Blue)), piano-and-vocal pieces (Shepherd Moons, Morning Glory), multi-instrumental pieces (Tea House Moon, Lothlórien, River) and vocal-and-instrumental pieces (Afer Ventus, The Memory Of Trees, March Of The Celts). There is beauty in such plenty that it can make you cry on this CD - Morning Glory might well be the most beautiful tune ever written - never was a song so aptly named as this one; it actually catches the exact sensation of the sun rising on a clear summer morning. Afer Ventus is so lovely and enchanting, and I cannot imagine anybody not feeling cheered by the wonderful Tea-House Moon.

Disc 3 - Stars - contain a selection of her more hymn-like songs. This was always the CD that I liked the least, but these songs are certainly beautiful. Evening Falls is a favorite, and Marble Halls is quite irresistable in it's charm. Smaointe ... is one of the most heartfelt songs ever written, it moves me to tears every time I listen to it, and is the perfect way to and this collection.'

The thematic separation of the songs is ingeneous, because it in reality gives you three very different CDs, that each matches a different mood. The song arrangement is brilliant, each CD flows naturally from beginning to end in a natural manner.

One could make a comment on the song selection - this set includes nearly - NEARLY - all her songs from her 3 most recent albums (The Memory Of Trees, Shepherd Moon and Watermark). One might wonder why the excluded How Can I Keep From Singing (from Shepherd Moons) and Once You Had Gold (from The Memory Of Trees) - neither song was below standard (in fact Once You Had Gold was a personal favorite from that album) - and there's room for more songs on the CDs. Furthermore, her first album - The Celts - is quite poorly represented, which is even more curious (again, this is in fact my favorite Enya album) - I can accept some exclusions, but some glaring omisions are Epona, the Triad, Bard Dance and To Go Beyond, which are all excelent tracks. Also, I should have prefered the full-length version of On My Way Home to the radio edit included here, and the very rare english version of Storms In Africa would have been a treat for the fans, but that's a detail. A pity, however, that they missed this opportunity to make it perfect.

Still, this box-set is way beyond what's good, this is masterfull. The more recent 4-CD collection 'Only Time' pales when compared to this. Even though it did contaion a couple of excellent songs from her most recent work (A Day Without Rain, Wild Child, The First Of Autumn, Lazy Days and May It Be from The Lord Of The Rings as the only essential pieces) - that set was poorly arranged and much more incomplete. Therefore, stick to this set if you find it at an reasonable price somewhere (try ebay) - 100 $ might be a little over the limit.

Watermark - 1988

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Only Time/Oiche Chiun - 2001[小碟]

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May It Be - 2001[小碟]

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Enya的名字是与现代NewAge音乐联系在一起的，从八十年代出道至今，Enya以其独特的风格将爱尔兰音乐的精髓融入到新世纪音乐当中。或许是上帝刻意的安排，声带的受损却反而赋予了Enya独特而空灵的嗓音；典雅而华贵的外形也让她天生具有“不食人间烟火”的超群艺术风范。“天籁之声”不足以概括Enya的全部……

Enya于1961年5月17日出生在爱尔兰，原名为Eithne Ni Bhraonain。Enya的父母亲在自组乐团中担任萨克斯风手及钢琴演奏。他们经常在爱尔兰，苏格兰，英格兰等地演出，表演五十、六十年代的歌曲。在父母的熏陶下，Enya自小修习古典钢琴，在充满音乐气息的环境中成长。1980年，20出头的Enya打消进入音乐大学的念头，加入由姐姐和两个哥哥及双胞胎叔叔所组成的家族乐团——Clannad，担任键盘手。经历了2年严格紧凑的巡回演唱锻炼。将爱尔兰传统民谣重新编曲并演奏的Clannad，以其强烈的特色在爱尔兰，英国及欧洲等地拥有崇高而权威的地位。在才华洋溢的家庭成员的压力下，也为了寻求更自由的创作空间，1982年Enya离开了Clannad，另觅发展。

离开Clannad后，Enya与乐队经理人Nicky Ryan（制作人）及其妻Roma Ryan（作词人）组成三人创作群，继续开创个人事业，这个“铁三角”的合作至今相当稳固且出色。1986年他们为英国国家广播公司影片《The Celts》担任配乐。同年，英国国家广播公司将其配乐收录为Enya首张同名专辑《Enya》出版。随后该唱片在爱尔兰排行榜上就取得不俗成绩，仅次于U2的《Joshua Tree》，位居亚军。这是Enya事业起飞的标志。

Enya的才华赢得了唱片行业巨头华纳公司的注意，双方很快便与他们签下合同。1988年华纳为Enya推出首张正式个人专辑《Watermark（浮水印）》，自然还是由默契搭挡Nicky Ryan担任制作。《Watermark》专辑延续了Clannad乐团的创作理念，在融合了爱尔兰传统性与高科技现代性的同时，著重和声及气氛、营造出一种超凡脱俗，深邃飘渺的意境。从这张专辑开始，Enya树立了自己强烈的个人色彩，并在英国取得了Top5的好成绩。专辑中层次饱满的单曲《Orinoco Flow》获英国单曲排行榜冠军达三周之久。唱片中的其他歌曲，诸如《Storm in Africa》、《Exile》、《River》等曲选录在91年的电影 《L.A. Story （爱就是这么奇妙） 》、《Green Card （绿卡）》 中，被频频播放 。

1991年11月4日推出筹备三年的第二张大作《Shepherd Moons（牧羊人之月）》发行，制作人仍是Nicky Ryan。这张专辑包括三首演奏曲，九首英文及爱尔兰方言的演唱曲。瑰丽神秘圣洁出尘的乐声藉精致准确的录音室技术，继《Watermark》后再次神游想像空间。为配合《Shepherd Moons》专辑的发表，唱片公司在1991年10月29日为Enya展开盛大的全球宣传活动，足迹遍步德国、瑞典、美国、加拿大、澳洲、日本、新加坡、韩国及台湾等地。同年12月11日，Enya首度访华，朴直典雅清静的脱俗气质，使媒体与乐迷为之倾倒。 

1992年1月，英国Brits提名名单揭晓，Enya入围最佳国际女艺人奖项。同年《Shepherd Moons》专辑在英国榜得第五，在美国榜拿到第十七名。在澳洲、德国、美国、日本、西班牙、加拿大、比利时、荷兰、庐森堡等国家获白金唱片，全球共卖出二百五十多万张。1992年夏天，由朗霍华执导，汤姆·克鲁斯夫妇主演的超级大片《Far And Away》以Enya的《Book of Days》做插曲，打入全英Top10。11月，《Watermark》在台湾创下四白金销售量，《Shepherd Moons》更是缔造了七白金的佳绩，受到乐评的一致赞誉及歌迷的热忱欢迎，可谓雅俗共赏。同月，华纳唱片公司取得《The Celts》的发行权，经重新包装设计后再度问世。在如梦似幻氤氲袅绕的音乐中，Enya柔诉凯尔特民族的传说与文化。推出两个月即获双白金的佳绩，并打入英国专辑榜Top10。1992年Billboard年终排行榜上，《Shepherd Moons》与《Watermark》分获年度New Age专辑的冠军与第五名。Enya的事业步入巅峰，成为当之无愧成为New Age音乐天后。

1993年2月，第35届葛莱美奖揭晓，Enya的《Shepherd Moons》无庸置疑地拿下最佳New Age专辑奖。该年Billboard年终排行榜中，Enya再以《Shepherd Moons》与《Watermark》获得年度New Age专辑冠亚军。此时的Enya俨然已成为New Age音乐的代名词。1994年初，Enya的《Marble Halls》被电影《The Age of Innocence（纯真年代）》选作插曲，好似为这部铺陈上流社会与布尔乔亚美丽和腐败的影片注入了真实而纯净的清流。1995年11月，Enya推出期待已久的新专辑《The Memory Of Trees（树的回忆）》，并又在第39届葛莱美奖上，第二次获得最佳New Age专辑。1997年Enya推出了新歌加精选专辑《Paint The Sky With Stars（星空彩绘）》，荟萃了出道十年间自己的16首动听曲目，广受好评。

时隔三年之后，在2000年11月1日，Enya推出了其最新专辑——《A Day Without Rain（雨过天晴）》，依然由华纳公司出品。新作仍由制作人Nicky Ryan与词曲创作家Roma Ryan这组夫妻档协力雕琢，甚至不去借助计算机化的电子乐器，完全是三人亲自动手包办，营造出当今乐坛最欠缺的温暖度。在2002年的第44届格莱美奖评选中，《A Day Without Rain》再次荣获最佳新世纪音乐专辑大奖，足见广大听众对其喜爱程度！甚至在“911事件”后，很多美国人将这张寓意深刻的专辑作为抚慰自己脆弱心灵的良方。
 
2002年的奥斯卡评选，Enya同样令人刮目相看。由她创作并演唱的影片《指环王》主题歌《May It Be》让人有置身于天堂的感觉，飘渺的旋律中所流露出的丝丝惆怅和影片略带忧伤的结尾配合得非常巧妙，浑然天成。另外一首《The Council Of Elrond》可听性也非常之强。由此《指环王》的电影原声大碟被评选为第74届奥斯卡最佳电影原创音乐大奖。