Watermark (album)
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1"Storms in Africa" was added to 1989 issues of the album. It has been constantly retained on the American releases, and in a few other territories, but most global versions have only the standard eleven tracks.
Related singles
- "Orinoco Flow" was released in October 1988 with "Smaotím..." and "Out Of The Blue" as B-sides. It was re-released in 1998 in a special remixed edition (b-sides: "Hope Has A Place" and "Pax Deorum").
- "Evening Falls..." was released in December 1988 with "Oíche Chiún" and "Morning Glory" as accompanying tracks. ("Chiún" apparent misspelling of "Chiúin".)
- "Storms In Africa (Part II)" was released in May 1989, with "Aldebaran", "The Celts", and "Storms In Africa (Part I)" as accompanying tracks. It is a faster tempo remix of the original album version of "Storms In Africa" with English lyrics replacing the original IrishIrish languageIrish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
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. The album tracks "On Your Shore", "Watermark" and "River" were also included on the 12"/CD single.
Charts
| Country | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
8 |
| Austria | 15 |
| Italy | 18 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
1 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
5 |
| Spanish Albums Chart | 5 |
| Sweden | 5 |
| Switzerland | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 5 |
| United States | 25 |
Certifications
Personnel
- Enya – keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA 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...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Neil Buckley – clarinetClarinetThe 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...
- Chris Hughes – percussionPercussion instrumentA 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...
, drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Davy SpillaneDavy SpillaneDavy Spillane is a songwriter and a player of uilleann pipes and low whistle.early yearsDavy was born in Dublin in 1959 . At the age of 12 he started playing the uilleann pipes. His father encouraged him and inspired him with his love of all music genres...
– whistleWhistleA whistle or call is a simple aerophone, an instrument which produces sound from a stream of forced air. It may be mouth-operated, or powered by air pressure, steam, or other means...
, Uillean pipes
Production
- Producers: Enya, Nicky Ryan
- Co-produced by Enya and Ross Cullum
- Executive Producer: Rob Dickins
- Engineer: Ross Cullum
- Mixing: Jim Barton, Ross Cullum
- Arrangers: Enya, Nicky Ryan
- Cover photography: David Hiscook
- Additional photography: Russel Yamy
- Design: Laurence Dunmore