Description
Enya – And Winter Came… / Warner Music UK Ltd. Audio CD 2008 / 2564693306
UPC 825646933068
Product Details:
Label: Warner Music UK Ltd. – 2564 69330 6
Format: CD, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 07 Nov 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: Modern Classical, Ambient
Tracklist:
1. And Winter Came...
2. Journey of the Angels
3. White Is in the Winter Night
4. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
5. Trains and Winter Rains
6. Dreams Are More Precious
7. Last Time by Moonlight
8. One Toy Soldier
9. Stars and Midnight Blue
10. The Spirit of Christmas Past
11. My! My! Time Flies!
12. Oíche Chiúin (Chorale)
Editorial Reviews:
Twenty years after her landmark Watermark album, Enya's seventh studio disc, 'And Winter Came' continues a phenomenally successful career that has included more than 70 million albums sold worldwide. 'And Winter Came' is an enchanting evocation of the changing landscape of winter as well as the festive cheer of the holidays. One of the most successful female artists of all-time, and second only to U2 as the biggest selling Irish artist in history, Enya brings her beguiling and ethereal music to bear on the darkest and yet most hopeful season with 'And Winter Came'.
Enya seventh studio album, And Winter Came can be enjoyed in two ways. With songs like “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”, “Journey Of The Angels”, the children’s song “Toy Soldier” and a Gaelic version of “Silent Night”, (“Oiche Chiuin”) it is, at least half of the time, a celebration of Christmas, flush with joyful, traditional festive cheer (and those haunting, floating vocals). But other songs here are less overtly religious. The ambient title track, the ethereal “Last Time By Moonlight” and the chugging, rhythmic “Trains And Winter Rains”, although equally emotive, conjure up slightly different imagery--namely, landscapes of ice-covered forests and star-strewn nightscapes. Of course all the songs somehow together to create a coherent winter tapestry that’s broken only by the surprisingly poppy "My! My! Time Flies!”--an upbeat number that features, believe it or not, some adroit blues guitar. Perhaps on Enya’s next album we’ll see more of her pop side let loose; but for now this is as “adult contemporary” as it gets. --Danny McKenna
Tracklist:
1 | And Winter Came… | 3:16 |
2 | Journey Of The Angels | 4:47 |
3 | White Is In The Winter Night | 3:00 |
4 | O Come, O Come, Emmanuel |
3:40 |
5 | Trains And Winter Rains | 3:45 |
6 | Dreams Are More Precious | 4:26 |
7 | Last Time By Moonlight | 3:58 |
8 | One Toy Soldier | 3:54 |
9 | Stars And Midnight Blue | 3:09 |
10 | The Spirit Of Christmas Past | 4:18 |
11 | My! My! Time Flies!
Guitar – Pat Farrell |
3:03 |
12 |
Oíche Chiúin (Chorale) | 3:50 |
More Details:
- Composed By – Enya
- Design, Art Direction – Stylorouge
- Executive-Producer – Tom Whalley
- Lyrics By – Roma Ryan
- Mastered By – Dick Beetham
- Photography By – Simon Fowler (2)
- Producer, Mixed By, Engineer, Arranged By – Nicky Ryan
- Vocals, Instruments [All] – Enya