A great debut album

The Celts may be Enya's least known album, but it's definitely not weak because of that. In fact the music was produced for a BBC documentary about the celts. The album became her debut and was released in 1987 as "Enya". Five years later (after the successes of Watermark and Shepherd Moons) the album was re-recorded as "The Celts". The album lacks famous tracks though you may recognize Boadicea from Fugees - Ready Or Not and Mario Winans - I Don't Wanna Know. However I think the title track, The Celts, can be compared with her global hits. Most of the tracks are influenced by the traditional Irish music. The Celts is a great album but I recommend you to start with Watermark, Shepherd Moons or The Memory of Trees as they all contain her well known hits.



Here comes a short description of the tracks on The Celts:



1. The Celts - Gaelic; great, pretty powerful, special*

2. Aldebaran - Gaelic; wonderful, special*

3. I Want Tomorrow - English; beautiful, pretty calm

4. March Of The Celts - Gaelic; pretty powerful, special*

5. Deireadh An Tuath - Gaelic; mysterious, special *

6. The Sun In The Stream - Instrumental; beautiful, relaxing

7. To Go Beyond I - Instrumental; extremely beautiful

8. Fairytale - Instrumental; very sweet, relaxing

9. Epona - Instrumental; very nice

10. Triad: St. Patrick/Cú Chulainn/Oisin - Gaelic; mysterious, special*

11. Portrait (Out Of The Blue) - Instrumental; beautiful, relaxing

12. Boadicea - Instrumental; relaxing, mysterious, special*

13. Bard Dance - Instrumental; very nice

14. Dan Y Dwr - Welsh; mysterious, special*

15. To Go Beyond II - Instrumental; extremely beautiful



* Hard to say why these songs are special, but perhaps because they don't sound like any other musical stuff. There's only one person that's able to create songs like these and her name is - Enya. You must hear them, but don't forget to try her other albums such as Watermark, Shepherd Moons and The Memory Of Trees.

Breath Takeing

The Music of Enya has always been an insperation and a wonderfully relaxing experence for me I highly recomend it to anyone.

Lovely

Enya's debut CD, with a booklet chock full of historical information about the numerous pieces. Highlight? The utterly haunting "Boadicea", the only one you might recognize, as it's been used in a handful of movie soundtracks, and was sampled by the Fugees in "Ready or Not".