Enya – Shepherd Moons CD 1991 | Book of Days | Caribbean Blue | Marble Halls | Evacuee | WEA | Celtic New Age | New & Sealed

Book of Days. Enya — Shepherd Moons (1991). Enya’s third studio album and a landmark of the new age genre — featuring Book of Days, Caribbean Blue, Marble Halls and Evacuee — winner of the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 1993 — over 11 million copies sold worldwide. Celtic / new age / ambient / folk from Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland. New & sealed.

Shepherd Moons — Most Searched Facts

• Book of Days — the most searched Enya song from Shepherd Moons — written by Enya and Roma Ryan — used in the 1992 Ron Howard film Far and Away starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman — sung partly in Irish (Gaeilge) — one of the most emotionally stirring pieces in the Enya catalogue and a fan favourite at the top of most “best of Enya” lists
• Caribbean Blue — the most searched uptempo track — UK number thirteen in October 1992 when re-released — originally the opening track on Shepherd Moons — a shimmering, layered piece that became one of Enya’s most recognisable songs outside Orinoco Flow
• Marble Halls — the most searched classical-inspired track — based on the aria “I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls” from the 1843 opera The Bohemian Girl by Michael William Balfe — sung in English and among the most covered and interpolated of all Enya’s recordings
• Evacuee — the most searched wartime-themed track — a deeply moving piece written from the perspective of a child evacuee during wartime — one of the most lyrically direct pieces Roma Ryan wrote for Enya and a fan favourite for its emotional power
• Shepherd Moons won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album at the 35th Grammy Awards in 1993 — Enya’s first Grammy — and sold over 11 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling new age albums of the 1990s — the most searched commercial and critical fact

“Book of Days” — Most Searched Track

• Used in the Ron Howard film Far and Away (1992) starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman — the most searched film usage fact
• Sung partly in Irish (Gaeilge) — the Irish verses are among the most searched lyrics in the Enya catalogue — the most searched language fact
• Consistently ranked in the top three most beloved Enya songs in fan polls — alongside Orinoco Flow and Only Time — the most searched fan ranking fact
• The title refers to the days of a person’s life — the lyrical theme of time passing and precious moments being recorded in a “book of days” — the most searched lyrical meaning fact

Most Searched Enya Facts

• Enya born Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin on 17 May 1961 in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland — the most searched personal fact
• She has sold an estimated 75 million records worldwide — the best-selling Irish solo artist in history — the most searched commercial fact
• Four Grammy Awards — all Best New Age Album — Shepherd Moons (1993), The Memory of Trees (1997), A Day Without Rain (2002) and Amarantine (2007) — the most searched Grammy fact
• Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) from Watermark (1988) — her only UK number one single — one of the best-selling new age songs ever recorded — the most searched hit fact
• She records with extreme secrecy and has rarely toured — preferring studio work at her home Manderley Castle in Killiney, County Dublin — the most searched lifestyle fact

Frequently Asked Questions

• What film used Book of Days? — Far and Away (1992) directed by Ron Howard — starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman — the most searched question
• What is Marble Halls based on? — The aria “I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls” from The Bohemian Girl (1843 opera) by Michael William Balfe — the most searched classical origin question
• What is Evacuee about? — Written from the perspective of a child evacuee during wartime — one of Roma Ryan’s most direct lyrics for Enya — the most searched lyrical question
• Did Shepherd Moons win a Grammy? — Yes — Best New Age Album at the 35th Grammys 1993 — Enya’s first Grammy — the most searched Grammy question
• How many copies did Shepherd Moons sell? — Over 11 million worldwide — one of the best-selling new age albums of the 1990s — the most searched sales question

Track Listing

• Shepherd Moons
• Caribbean Blue
• How Can I Keep from Singing?
• Ebudae
• Angeles
• No Holly for Miss Quinn
• Book of Days
• Evacuee
• Lothlórien
• Marble Halls
• Afer Ventus
• Smaoinim

Album Details

• Artist: Enya
• Album: Shepherd Moons
• Year: 1991
• Format: CD
• Label: WEA / Rhino
• Condition: New & Sealed

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