Between 19, Enya released four singles from Shepherd Moons: " Caribbean Blue", " How Can I Keep from Singing?", " Book of Days", which charted at number ten in the United Kingdom, and " Marble Halls". The album was certified multi-platinum by the British Phonographic Industry and Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of 1.2 million and five million copies, respectively. It went to number one on the UK Albums Chart and peaked at number seventeen on the Billboard 200 in the United States. Shepherd Moons received generally positive reviews from critics and became a greater commercial success than Watermark. The album was recorded in Ireland and London and continued to display Enya's sound of multi-tracked vocals with keyboards and elements of Celtic and new-age music. At its conclusion, she wrote and rehearsed new material for her next album with her long time recording partners, manager, arranger and producer Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan. After the unexpected critical and commercial success of her previous album Watermark (1988), Enya embarked on a worldwide promotional tour to support it. It does not store any personal data.Shepherd Moons is the third studio album by Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, released on 4 November 1991 by WEA. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Is Shepherd Moons your favorite Enya release? My my! Time sure flies! What a brilliant album! Share the album on socials using this link: newagemusic.link/enya-shepherd-moonsĪlso, see the Enya Shepherd Moons era pictures on Enya.sk. Everyone had appreciated the spectacular beauty of Saturn, but where would the planet be without those precious, misshapen, miniature moons?” The world had not known but all the time they were there, working tirelessly. An unspoken glory to the rings of Saturn.
I marveled at their diligence, a new mystery, poignant and beautiful. Voyager had performed like a dream and sent their pictures to Earth. Protectors both, 1980SS27 – either side of the F rings. Working ceaselessly, it seemed, to keep the particles of the ring together, much as a shepherd would guide his flock. Shepherd Moons orbiting a ring of Saturn. I was interested in this title because it says it’s circling something and then the romance of the moon, and when it came to entitling the album we knew that we would use Shepherd Moons.”Ībout the album, Roma Ryan said in the liner notes: It’s the first song on the album and when she heard the piece of music, she said to me “Shepherd Moons!” and I said, “That’s beautiful, what are the Shepherd Moons?” She said to me it’s Saturn, there are rings around Saturn, and in the last two rings, there are two small moons that circle the rings and they are the Shepherd Moons.
Tune in below!Įnya: “Shepherd Moons is the name Roma gave to us for an instrumental. A YouTube Watch Party will be held at 2.30pm GMT. Today marks the 30th anniversary of Enya’s Shepherd Moons.