Only Time: The Collection
Only Time: The Collection is a box set from Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, released in November 2002. The set contains 51 tracks across four discs that spans her 1987 debut album Enya through her 2002 single "May It Be". A 48-page booklet with liner notes and lyrics by her longtime lyricist 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 25 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, with US sales of over 60,000 copies.[1] The selection of songs was made by Enya, Nicky and Roma.
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Released | 11 November 2002 | |||
Recorded | 1986–2001 | |||
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Length | 2:56:27 | |||
Label | WEA (Europe) Reprise (US) | |||
Producer | Nicky Ryan | |||
Enya chronology | ||||
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Track listing
Disc 1
No. | Title | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Watermark" | Watermark (1988) | 2:24 |
2. | "Exile" | Watermark | 4:20 |
3. | "Aldebaran" | Enya (1986) | 3:05 |
4. | "March of the Celts" | Enya | 3:15 |
5. | "Boadicea" | Enya | 3:28 |
6. | "The Sun in the Stream" | Enya | 2:54 |
7. | "On Your Shore" | Watermark | 3:59 |
8. | "Cursum Perficio" | Watermark | 4:06 |
9. | "Storms in Africa" (original Irish language version) | Watermark | 4:03 |
10. | "The Celts" | Enya | 2:56 |
11. | "Miss Clare Remembers" | Watermark | 1:59 |
12. | "I Want Tomorrow" | Enya | 4:00 |
Disc 2
No. | Title | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Orinoco Flow" | Watermark | 4:25 |
2. | "Ebudæ" | Shepherd Moons (1991) | 1:53 |
3. | "River" | Watermark | 3:10 |
4. | "The Longships" | Watermark | 3:36 |
5. | "Na Laetha Geal M'Óige" | Watermark | 3:54 |
6. | "Book of Days" (English/Irish lyric) | Shepherd Moons | 2:55 |
7. | "Shepherd Moons" | Shepherd Moons | 3:42 |
8. | "Caribbean Blue" | Shepherd Moons | 3:56 |
9. | "Evacuee" | Shepherd Moons | 3:49 |
10. | "Evening Falls..." | Watermark | 3:46 |
11. | "Lothlórien" | Shepherd Moons | 2:08 |
12. | "Marble Halls" | Shepherd Moons | 3:51 |
Disc 3
No. | Title | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Afer Ventus[a]" | Shepherd Moons | 4:06 |
2. | "No Holly for Miss Quinn" | Shepherd Moons | 2:40 |
3. | "The Memory of Trees" | The Memory of Trees (1995) | 4:18 |
4. | "Anywhere Is" | The Memory of Trees | 3:58 |
5. | "Athair Ar Neamh" | The Memory of Trees | 3:39 |
6. | "China Roses" | The Memory of Trees | 4:47 |
7. | "How Can I Keep from Singing?" | Shepherd Moons | 4:22 |
8. | "Hope Has a Place" | The Memory of Trees | 4:44 |
9. | "Tea-House Moon" | The Memory of Trees | 2:41 |
10. | "Pax Deorum" | The Memory of Trees | 4:58 |
11. | "Eclipse" | A Box of Dreams (1997) | 1:30 |
12. | "Isobella" | A Day Without Rain (2000) | 4:27 |
Notes
- ^[a] misspelled as "After Ventus" in track listings
Disc 4
No. | Title | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Only Time" | A Day Without Rain | 3:38 |
2. | "A Day Without Rain" | A Day Without Rain | 2:38 |
3. | "Song of the Sandman (Lullaby)" | b-side of "Wild Child" single (2001) | 3:40 |
4. | "Willows on the Water" | A Box of Dreams | 3:00 |
5. | "Wild Child" | A Day Without Rain | 3:47 |
6. | "Flora's Secret" | A Day Without Rain | 4:05 |
7. | "Fallen Embers" | A Day Without Rain | 2:29 |
8. | "Tempus Vernum" | A Day Without Rain | 2:24 |
9. | "Deora Ar Mo Chroí" | A Day Without Rain | 2:48 |
10. | "One by One" | A Day Without Rain | 3:53 |
11. | "The First of Autumn" | A Day Without Rain | 3:08 |
12. | "Lazy Days" | A Day Without Rain | 3:43 |
13. | "May It Be" (single version) | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 3:30 |
14. | "Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night)" | 3:45 | |
15. | "Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night) (Video)" (video *) | 3:45 |
* Courtesy of BBC Television
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
Weekly charts
Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[2] | 37 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 93 |
References
- Ask Billboard THE ARTIST'S ULTIMATE?
- "Dutchcharts.nl – Enya – Only Time: The Collection" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 February 2016.