Shepherd Moons
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Shepherd Moons is an album by Irish musician Enya
Enya
Enya is an Irish singer, instrumentalist and songwriter. Enya is an approximate transliteration of how Eithne is pronounced in the Donegal dialect of the Irish language, her native tongue.She began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad before leaving to...

, released on November 4, 1991. It won the Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 for "Best New Age Album
Grammy Award for Best New Age Album
The Grammy Award for Best New Age Album is presented to recording artists for quality albums in the New Age music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards...

" of 1993. It was a #1 album in the UK and a Top 20 hit in the US, peaking at #17 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

  1. "Shepherd Moons" – 3:42
  2. "Caribbean Blue
    Caribbean Blue
    "Caribbean Blue" is a hit song by Irish musician Enya originally released as the second track on her 1991 album Shepherd Moons."Caribbean Blue" got to Number 13 in the UK Singles Chart...

    " – 3:58
  3. "How Can I Keep from Singing?
    How Can I Keep from Singing?
    "How Can I Keep From Singing?" is a Christian hymn with music written by American Baptist minister Robert Wadsworth Lowry. The song is frequently, though erroneously, cited as a traditional Quaker hymn...

    " – 4:23
  4. "Ebudæ" – 1:54
  5. "Angeles" – 3:57
  6. "No Holly for Miss Quinn" – 2:40
  7. "Book of Days
    Book of Days (song)
    "Book of Days" is a hit song released in two versions, both composed and recorded by Irish musician Enya. The original version, included on the 1991 album Shepherd Moons, was sung in Irish Gaelic. The subsequent 1992 single version was bilingual, with new English lyrics; this version was recorded...

    " – 2:32
  8. "Evacuee" – 3:50
  9. "Lothlórien" – 2:08
  10. "Marble Halls
    I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls
    I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls or "The Gipsy Girl's Dream" is a popular aria from The Bohemian Girl, an 1843 opera by Michael William Balfe, with lyrics by Alfred Bunn. It is sung in the opera by the character Arline, who is in love with Thaddeus, a Polish nobleman and political exile. It has...

    " – 3:53
  11. "Afer Ventus" – 4:05
  12. "Smaointe..." – 6:07

Singles

  • "Caribbean Blue
    Caribbean Blue
    "Caribbean Blue" is a hit song by Irish musician Enya originally released as the second track on her 1991 album Shepherd Moons."Caribbean Blue" got to Number 13 in the UK Singles Chart...

    " released with "Orinoco Flow", "As Baile", "Angeles", and "Oriel Window" as additional tracks.
  • "How Can I Keep from Singing?
    How Can I Keep from Singing?
    "How Can I Keep From Singing?" is a Christian hymn with music written by American Baptist minister Robert Wadsworth Lowry. The song is frequently, though erroneously, cited as a traditional Quaker hymn...

    " released with "Oíche Chiún" and "'S Fagaim Mo Bhaile" appearing as additional tracks. (Chiún is an apparent misspelling of Chiúin.)
  • "Book of Days
    Book of Days (song)
    "Book of Days" is a hit song released in two versions, both composed and recorded by Irish musician Enya. The original version, included on the 1991 album Shepherd Moons, was sung in Irish Gaelic. The subsequent 1992 single version was bilingual, with new English lyrics; this version was recorded...

    " released with "Watermark", "On Your Shore", and "Exile" as additional tracks.

Charts

Country Peak
position
Australia 8
Austria 31
Hungary 35
New Zealand 39
Norway 2
Spain 3
Sweden 5
Switzerland 13
United Kingdom 1
United States 17


Certifications and sales

Personnel

  • Enya – percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

    , keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    , vocals, piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

  • Andy Duncan – percussion
  • Roy Jewitt – clarinet
    Clarinet
    The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...

  • Liam O'Flynn – uillean pipes
  • Nicky Ryan – additional percussion
  • Steve Sidwell – cornet
    Cornet
    The cornet is a brass instrument very similar to the trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B. It is not related to the renaissance and early baroque cornett or cornetto.-History:The cornet was...


Production

  • Producer: Nicky Ryan
  • Executive Producer: Rob Dickins
  • Engineers: Gregg Jackman, Nicky Ryan
  • Assistant engineer: Robin Barclay
  • Mixing: Gregg Jackman, Nicky Ryan
  • Arranger: Enya, Nicky Ryan
  • Photography: David Scheinmann
  • Wardrobe by The New Renaissance

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
1991 The Billboard 200 (US) 15
1991 Top New Age Albums (US) 1
1991 Official Album Chart (UK) 1


Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1991 "Caribbean Blue" Modern Rock Tracks (US) 2
1992 "Caribbean Blue" Adult Contemporary (US) 24
1992 "Caribbean Blue" The Billboard Hot 100 (US) 72
1991 "Caribbean Blue" Official Singles Chart (UK) 10
1991 "How Can I Keep From Singing?" Official Singles Chart (UK) 29
1992 "Book Of Days" Official Singles Chart (UK) 8

Awards

Grammy Awards
Year Winner Category
1993 Shepherd Moons Best New Age Album
Grammy Award for Best New Age Album
The Grammy Award for Best New Age Album is presented to recording artists for quality albums in the New Age music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards...


Footnotes

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