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Enya: The Celts

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Artist: Enya
Title: The Celts
Released: 1987
Label: WEA Records
Time: 43:36
Producer(s): Nicky Ryan
Appears with:
Category: Pop/Rock
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2006.04.13
Price in €: 7,99
Web address: www.enya.com

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[1] Celts (Enya/Ryan) - 2:50
[2] Aldebaran (Enya/Ryan) - 3:05
[3] I Want Tomorrow (Enya/Ryan) - 4:02
[4] March of the Celts (Enya/Ryan) - 3:10
[5] Deireadh an Tuath (Enya/Ryan) - 1:43
[6] The Sun in the Stream (Enya/Ryan) - 2:55
[7] To Go Beyond, Pt. 1 (Enya/Ryan) - 1:20
[8] Fairytale (Enya/Ryan) - 3:03
[9] Epona (Enya/Ryan) - 1:36
[10] Triad: St. Patrick/Cú Chulainn/Oisin (Enya/Ryan) - 4:25
[11] Portrait (Out of the Blue) (Enya/Ryan) - 3:11
[12] Boadicea (Enya/Ryan) - 3:30
[13] Bard Dance (Enya/Ryan) - 1:23
[14] Dan y Dwr (Enya/Ryan) - 1:41
[15] To Go Beyond, Pt. 2 (Enya/Ryan) - 2:50

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Enya - Vocals, Arranger, Instruments
Arty McGlynn - Electric Guitar
Liam O'Flionn - Pipe, uillean pipes
Patrick Halling - Violin

Nicky Ryan - Arranger, Engineer, Producer
Nigel Reid - Engineer
Arun - Mastering
David Scheinmann - Photography
Sooky Choi - Design

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1995 CD Warner Bros. 45681
1995 CS Warner Bros. 45681

THE CELTS is the 1992 re-release of a 1987 album simply titled ENYA, containing 15 selections originally composed for aBBC series of the same name. Although a number of the tracks sound dated, several others, including "To Go Beyond (II)"are notable for how they locate the origins of the classic Enya sound, far removed from earlier Celtic efforts. A tidy, dreamlike piece, "Epona", is about the Horse Goddess, closely connected to Rhiannon, whose birds are said to awaken the dead. The tale of a rebellious ancient queen who poisoned herself, "Boadicea" finds Enya humming over a dark keyboard refrain.



Initially released simply as Enya, The Celts shows that the style she became famous for on Watermark was already well under way. With production and lyrical help fully in place thanks to her husband-and-wife gurus Nicky and Roma Ryan, Enya's combination of Celtic traditionalism and distinctly modern approach finds lush flower here. All the elements that characterize her music -- open, clear nods to her Irish heritage, any number of vocal overdubs to create an echoing, haunting feeling, and layers of synth and electronic percussion -- can be found almost track for track. The flip side is that those who find such a combination to be gloopy mush won't be at all convinced further by her work here. It's understandable why folk music traditionalists and anti-mainstream types would get the hives, but those not coming from that angle will find much that's rewarding. Given that The Celts is a commissioned piece of work, it actually stands on its own quite well. The charging surge of the title track functions both as a fine introduction and its own stirring, quietly powerful anthem, a good sign for the rest of the album. There are a couple of slight missteps -- an electric guitar solo disrupts the string-and-vocal flow of the truly lovely "I Want Tomorrow," for instance. Generally, though, her musical instincts serve her very well, with many striking highlights. The appropriately three-part "Triad" showcases her ear for vocal work excellently, while both versions of "To Go Beyond," especially the second, which closes the disc with an exquisite extra string part, also are worthy of note.

Ned Raggett - All Music Guide



Born Eithne Ni Bhraonain, this classically-trained pianist was kid sister in the musical family that became Clannad, joining the Irish band in 1979 but dropping out amicably three years later to pursue her own muse. This music, produced in the mid-'80s as the soundtrack to a BBC series, was released as her debut in 1987 and promptly ignored--yet its mix of atmospheric soundscapes and Enya's lush, layered vocals, sung in both English and Gaelic, is the template for her subsequent global hits, beginning with Watermark the following year.

Sam Sutherland - Amazon.com



Mit der CD-Streicheleinheit "Watermark" eroberte sie 1988 die Romantiker- Herzen im Sturm. Und ihre jüngste Aufnahme "Shepherd Moons" ist zumindest in den USA ein Millionenerfolg. Aber die Folkfee Enya hütet weitere klingende Träume in ihrem keltischen Märchenreich. "The Celts", eine Soundtrack-Auftragsarbeit für die BBC, entstand noch vor "Watermark": Die typischen Merkmale von Enyas Musik - der hingehauchte Elfengesang, die perlenden Keyboards - sind vorhanden. Doch vieles wirkt trotz digitaler Überarbeitung unfertig und Konstruiert im Vergleich mit Späterem. Prädikat: nur für Fans. ** Interpret.: 06-07

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The Celts

Hi-ri, Hi-ro, Hi-ri.
Hoireann is O, ha hi, ra ha, ra ho ra.
Hoireann is O, ha hi, ra ha, ra ha ra.
Hi-ri, Hi-ra, Hi-ri.

Saol na saol,
Tus go deireadh.
Ta muid beo
Go deo.

Saol na saol,
Tus go deireadh.
Ta muid beo
Go deo.

Hi-ri, Hi-ra, Hi-ri,
Hoireann is O, ho hi, ra ha, ra ha ra.

[Translation]

Life of lives,
Beginning to the end.
We are alive
Forever.

Life of lives,
Beginning to the end.
We are alive
Forever.


Aldebaran

Codladh fada,
Codladh domhain.
Eirigh! Amharc sios
Aldebaran.

Siuil liom trid an realta dearg.
Deireadh, deireadh an turas.
Realtog, realtog dearg.

[Translation]

Long sleep,
Deep sleep.
Rise! Look down
Aldebaran.

Walk with me through the red star.
The end, end of the journey.
Star, red star.


I Want Tomorrow

Dawn breaks; there is blue in the sky.
Your face before me
Though I don't know why.
Thoughts disappearing like tears from the Moon.

Waiting here, as I sit by the stone,
They came before me
Those men from the Sun.
Signs from the heavens say I am the one.

[Chorus:]
Now you're here, I can see your light,
this light that I must follow.
You, you may take my life away, so far away.
Now I know I must leave your spell
I want tomorrow.


March Of The Celts

Hi-ra-U-O
Beo go deo.

Ole ole ole,
ole ole ole ole ole ole ole,
ole ole ole,
ole ole ole.

Hi-ri-U-O
Marbh go deo.

[Translation]

Alive forever.
Dead forever.


Deireadh An Tuath

[End Of The Tribe]

'Si an ghealach,
mall san oiche.
'Si an ghrian.
Fan liom go Deo.

Hoireann is O Hi O Ho ra Ha.

'Si na Samhna,
tus na Bliain Ur.
'Si an crann marbh.
Deireadh an tuath.

Hoireann is O Ho O Ho ro Ho.
Hoireann is O Ho O Ho ro Ho.

[Translation]

It is the Moon,
late in the night.
It is the Sun.
Stay with me forever.

It is Halloween,
beginning of the New Year.
It's the dead tree.
End of the tribe


The Sun In The Stream

[Instrumental]


To Go Beyond (I)

[Instrumental]


Fairytale

[Instrumental]


Epona

[Instrumental]


Triad

[St. Patrick, Cu Chulainn, Oisin]

Tabhair dom ghrasa,
Fiormhac De.
Tabhair dom do neartsa,
An ghrian gheal gle.

[Repeat]

[Translation]

Give me your love,
true son of God.
Give me strength,
the clear bright sun.

[Repeat]


Portrait

[Instrumental]


Boadicea

[Instrumental]


Bard Dance

[Instrumental]


Dan Y Dwr

[Beneath The Waters]

Dan y dwr, tawelwch sydd.
Dan y dwr, galwaf i.
Nid yw'r swn gyda fi.

Dan y dwr, tawelwch am byth.
Dan y dwr, galwaf i.
Nid yw'r swn ddim fwy gyda fi.

[Translation]

Beneath the waters, there is silence.
Beneath the waters, I call you.
There is no company with me.

Beneath the waters, silent forever.
Beneath the waters, I call you.
The sound is no longer with me.


To Go Beyond (II)

[Instrumental]


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