Float away into the universe with Shepherd Moons.... (Shepherd Moons - Enya)

Member Name: fleetwoodmac

Product:	Shepherd Moons - Enya
Date:	05/02/04 (72 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Beautful Music

Disadvantages: Not long enough!

Another real gem from Enya! Released in 1991 and her third album. It produced 3 singles and proved to be very popular!

Release Year: 1991
All music composed by Enya.
Produced by Nicky Ryan.
Engineered by Nicky Ryan.
Recorded at Aigle Studios.
Arranged by Enya and Nicky Ryan.
All instruments and voices by Enya.
Lyrics by Roma Ryan.
Irish adaptation by Enya.
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.

Track Listings
1. Shepherd moons
A beautiful, light as a feather opening track. Fully instrumental.

2. Caribbean blue
An album highlight, listening to this song is like pure velvet. Absolutely stunning. The video for this single is breath taking and features Martine McCutcheon before she joined Eastenders!

3. How can I keep from singing
A cover of a very old Shaker hymn. Also a single and has an accompanying video. This is a haunting song.

4. Ebudae
An absolutely fantastic song, which featured in Toys the movie. One of my all time favourite tracks. Enya sings in Gaelic about the traditional "waulking songs" sung by women and used when fulling cloth. Waulking songs are unique to the Outer Hebrides.

5. Angeles
Another haunting song, which rumoured took months to complete. The rich texture of the vocals is astounding! Nearly 1000 layers!

6. No holly for Miss Quinn
Another instrumental. Quite beautiful and easy to play if you are good at the piano!

7. Book of days
Most pressings from mid-1992 onwards replaced the original Book Of Days with a re-recording of the English lyric version used in the film Far And Away which had previously been released as a single. I personally preferred the original version but this track broke the top ten! Maybe the film helped?

8. Evacuee
Quite a sad song really....a melancholy song which is quite heart wrenching. If you put yourself in the postion of an evacuee, es
pecially during world war two you can really imagine what a harrowing experience it is.

9. Lothlorien
Based upon Lord of the Rings, a song inspired by th
e land of Galadriel!

10. Marble halls
This song is particularly special to me as it was my late grandmothers favourite song. It originally was an old opera piece but was released as a single in Korea by Enya. I really really like this song!

11. After ventus
Sung in Latin, it is a 'round' called a triad, another favourite of mine. Truly a great song from Enya! Ohhh I think I am a bit too gushing!

12. Smaointe
Sung in Spanish, very special. A simple song really but very effective!

Enya got her start as part of Clannad, a family band which performed traditional Irish music. After she split with the group her clear voice and good looks earned her the attention of British music impresario Rob Dickens. Her breakthrough 1988 album 'Watermark' established her as a singer of sweet, mystical, multi-layered tunes.

I cannot recommend this album too much! it is just fantastic. A lot of people dismiss Enya but they haven't really listened to her music. How good it is and how much effort is put into the production.

For further information see - www.enya.com

Summary: