Only Time - The Collection

Infobox Album
Name = Only Time - The Collection
Type = box
Artist = Enya


Released = 2002
Recorded = between 1986 and 2001
Genre = New Age
Length = 2:56:27
Label = WEA International
Producer = Nicky Ryan
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"Only Time - The Collection" is a collection by Irish musician Enya, released in 2002. This is a 4-disc set, in a presentation box. The box contains 50 tracks, from the 1987 debut album Enya up to the 2002 single May It Be. A 48 page booklet with liner notes and lyrics by Roma Ryan is included. The video of "Oíche Chiúin" is also included on the fourth disc, the performance comes from the BBC programme "Christmas Day in the Morning" (aired on 25th December 1996) and was recorded at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin. In addition to this computer playable video, there is also a screensaver in the cover art motif and a slideshow of pictures from the booklet. This release was a limited worldwide release of 200.000. The selection of songs was made by Enya, Nicky and Roma.

Track listing

Disc 1

#Watermark - 2:24
#Exile - 4:20
#Aldebaran - 3:05
#March of the Celts - 3:15
#Boadicea - 3:28
#The Sun in the Stream – 2:54
#On Your Shore – 3:59
#Cursum Perficio – 4:06
#Storms in Africa (original Gaelic version) - 4:03
#The Celts – 2:56
#Miss Clare Remembers – 1:59
#I Want Tomorrow – 4:00

*Tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 & 12: Originally featured on the album Enya
*Tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 & 11: Originally featured on the album Watermark

Disc 2

#Orinoco Flow – 4:25
#Ebudæ – 1:53
#River – 3:10
#The Longships – 3:36
#Na Laetha Geal M’Óige – 3:54
#Book of Days (English-Gaelic lyric)– 2:55
#Shepherd Moons – 3:42
#Caribbean Blue – 3:56
#Evacuee – 3:49
#Evening Falls – 3:46
#Lothlórien
#Marble halls – 3:51

*Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5 & 10: Originally featured on the album Watermark
*Tracks 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 & 12: Originally featured on the album Shepherd Moons

Disc 3

#Afer Ventus – 4:06 *
#No Holly For Miss Quinn – 2:40
#The Memory of Trees – 4:18
#Anywhere Is – 3:58
#Athair Ar Neamh – 3:39
#China Roses – 4:47
#How Can I Keep From Singing? – 4:22
#Hope Has A Place – 4:44
#Tea-House Moon – 2:41
#Pax Deorum – 4:58
#Eclipse – 1:30
#Isobella – 4:27

* misspelled as "After Ventus" in the track listings

*Tracks 1, 2 & 7: Originally featured on the album Shepherd Moons.
*Tracks 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 & 10: Originally featured on the album The Memory of Trees

Disc 4

#Only Time – 3:38
#A Day Without Rain – 2:38
#Song of the Sandman (Lullaby) – 3:40
#Willows on the Water – 3:00
#Wild Child – 3:47
#Flora’s Secret – 4:05
#Fallen Embers – 2:29
#Tempus Vernum – 2:24
# Deora Ar Mo Chroí – 2:48
#One By One – 3:53
#The First of Autumn – 3:08
#Lazy Days – 3:43
#May It Be (Single version) – 3:30
#Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night) – 3:45
#Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night) (Video)* – 3:45

* Courtesy of BBC Television

*Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12: Originally featured on the album A Day Without Rain

Production

*All instruments and voices by Enya & performed by Enya, except "Storms in Africa": African Hand Drums by Chris Hughes, Hand Percussion by Nicky Ryan
*Music composed by Enya
*Lyrics by Roma Ryan, except "Marble Halls" (Traditional), "How Can I Keep From Singing?" (Traditional) and "Oíche Chiúin" (Traditional)
*Produced by Nicky Ryan
*Engineered by Nicky Ryan
*Arranged by Enya and Nicky Ryan
*Design and Art Direction by Stylorouge
*Photography by Simon Fowler at Syon House Middlesex
*Styling by Michele Clapton
*Hair and make-up by Aran Guest

Trivia

*There is no previously unreleased material in the set, but many B-sides. These are "Eclipse", "Isobella", "May It Be", "Oíche Chiúin", "Song of the Sandman" and "Willows On The Water".
*The video footage on the 4th disc can only be played by using a CD-rom drive, Quicktime is also required.
*All fur fabrics used were man made.
*The presentation box is in purple velvet, the 4 discs all have a different color; purple, green, blue, brown.
*Four languages are sung: English, Gaelic, Latin, Quenya.

References

* [http://discography.enya.com/collections/05.html The Enya Discography]
* [http://www.enya.com Official Site]