The Celts is an album

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 by Irish

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 musician

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 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 in 1992

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. It is a remastered re-release of her 1987 debut album Enya

Enya (album)

Enya is a soundtrack album by Irish singer Enya, released in 1987 , accompanying the BBC documentary The Celts.-Background:...

.

In addition to having enhanced sound, this new release also contains a different version of the song "Portrait"; extended from 1:23 to 3:11, this version first appeared in 1988 under the name "Out of the Blue" as the B-side to Orinoco Flow

Orinoco Flow

"Orinoco Flow " is a 1988 single written and recorded by Enya. It also featured on her second studio album, Watermark.-Background:...

; on The Celts, it is retitled "Portrait (Out Of The Blue)".

Track listing

1. "The Celts
   The Celts (song)
   "The Celts" is a hit song by Irish musician Enya. Sung entirely in Irish, it is the theme song to the 1986 BBC documentary The Celts, and was first released in the 1987 album Enya. When the album was re-issued in 1992 and re-titled The Celts, the title song was released as the accompanying single,...
   
   " – 2:50 [2:56]
2. "Aldebaran" – 3:05
3. "I Want Tomorrow
   I Want Tomorrow
   "I Want Tomorrow" is a single by Irish musician Enya, released in 1987 , from the album Enya, of the same year.-Track listing :#"I Want Tomorrow"#"The Celts"#"To Go Beyond "#"To Go Beyond "...
   
   " – 4:02
4. "March of the Celts" – 3:10 [3:15]
5. "Deireadh an Tuath" – 1:43
6. "The Sun in the Stream" – 2:55
7. "To Go Beyond (I)" – 1:20
8. "Fairytale" – 3:03
9. "Epona" – 1:36 (limited stereo)
10. "Triad: St. Patrick / Cú Chulainn / Oisín" – 4:25
11. "Portrait (Out of the Blue)" – 3:11
12. "Boadicea" – 3:30
13. "Bard Dance" – 1:23 (mono)
14. "Dan y Dŵr" – 1:41 (limited stereo)
15. "To Go Beyond (II)" – 2:50 [2:59]

Notes:

• "Mono" means this track contains no stereo effects and "Limited Stereo" means the number of stereo effects used are limited, or the amount of the track presented in stereo is short.

• In addition to the extended version of Portrait, three songs have slightly longer running times than on Enya
  Enya (album)
  Enya is a soundtrack album by Irish singer Enya, released in 1987 , accompanying the BBC documentary The Celts.-Background:...
  
  and may therefore be reworked versions; times given appear on the CD.

• One of the documentary music tracks, called "The Spaghetti Western Theme" didn't make it to the album, but got released officially in "Amarantine
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  " single.

Certifications

Production

• Music composed by Enya
• Lyrics by Roma Ryan
  Roma Ryan
  Roma Shane Ryan is an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist, currently living in Artane, Ireland, with her husband Nicky....
  
  
• Published by EMI Songs Ltd
• Producer: Nicky Ryan
• Engineers: Nigel Reid, except tks. 2, 4. Nicky Ryan
• Mastering: Arun
• Arrangers: Enya, Nicky Ryan
• Design: Sooky Choi
• Photography: David Scheinmann

Guest artists

• Electric guitar by Arty McGlynn
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• Uilleann pipes
  Uilleann pipes
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   by Liam O'Flionn
  Liam O'Flynn
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• Violin by Patrick Halling