| Product Summary | | Label: Warner/reprise/maverick | | UPC: 00825646933068 | | Release Date: 11/11/2008 | | Buy.com Sku: 209934529 | | Item#: M4H477 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. And Winter Came... ~ Enya |  | | 2. Journey of the Angels ~ Enya | | | 3. White is In the Winter Night ~ Enya | | | 4. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel ~ Enya | | | 5. Trains and Winter Rains ~ Enya | | | 6. Dreams Are More Precious ~ Enya | | | 7. Last Time By Moonlight ~ Enya | | | 8. One Toy Soldier ~ Enya | | | 9. Stars and Midnight Blue ~ Enya | | | 10. Spirit of Christmas Past, The ~ Enya | | | 11. My! My! Time Flies! ~ Enya | | | 12. Oiche Chiuin (Chorale) ~ Enya | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Enya (vocals, various instruments); Pat Farrell & the Believers (guitar, 12-string guitar). | | Audio Mixer: Nicky Ryan. | | Recording information: Aigle Studio. | | Photographer: Simon Fowler. | | Arrangers: Enya; Nicky Ryan. | | Unlike Enya's 2006 EP, CHRISTMAS SECRETS, with which it shares no tracks, AND WINTER CAME is not a traditional Christmas album. It's more impressionistic than most, placing a handful of Christmas songs such as "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" in the midst of a shimmering soundscape of keyboards, strings, and Enya's trademark overdubbed vocal chorales. The mostly original material does an exceptional job of evoking a comforting midwinter landscape without resorting to sleigh bells or other Christmas music clich?s. Highlights include "White Is in the Winter Night," "Last Time By Moonlight," and the evocative, childlike "Trains and Winter Rains." AND WINTER CAME is an unusual but lovely addition to the Christmas music pantheon. | | In 2006 Enya released her most subtle and song-oriented album to date. Amarantine may have paled in comparison to Watermark or Shepherd Moons, but its under-produced (in Enya-world) balladry was a small leap forward for the reclusive Irish superstar. 2008's And Winter Came follows in the same footsteps as Amarantine, but it hints at the grandeur of earlier recordings, specifically 1994's Christmas EP. Enya's ferociously multi-tracked recording style lends itself well to the season, filling in the simplistic lyrical holes with small avalanches of vocal harmonies and the dated but reliable keyboard patches that have come to define the singer/composer's work over the years. Enya, lyricist Roma Ryan, and producer Nicky Ryan have crafted a pleasant little snow globe of an album that sounds exactly like one would expect from the longtime collaborators. For the most part the formula is intact, boasting a soft Edward Scissorhands-inspired intro, copious amounts of secular and non-secular ballads (all original), and two or three upbeat, midtempo jams to break the stillness. Of the former, the lovely and reverent "Come, O Come, Emmanuel" is the most effective, while the galloping "White Is in the Winter Night" leads the pack for the latter. There are copious amounts of "stars in the skies" and "bells ringing," and even a surprising left turn (maybe even a complete u-turn) near the end on "My! My! Time Flies!," a straight-up "Beatlesque" pop tune with drums and a screaming guitar solo that sounds like something off of a late-'60s Bee Gees record. As usual, Enya fans will be pleased with the results while non-believers will find that the same arguments against her are still valid, but in the end And Winter Came is an undeniably welcome addition to the holiday season, if only for its effortless, white, spray-painted pinecone elegance and potpourri-scented, gift shop comforts. ~ James Christopher Monger |
Producer: Nicky Ryan |
Engineer: Nicky Ryan; Nicky Ryan |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | Enya - And Winter Came - CD Review By: Fitz - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 1/6/2009 9:15 AM | | Enya released And Winter Came in November 2008 after two years of work. And for a person who has an allergic reaction to the typical shopping mall style of holiday music, this was a breath of fresh air. I've loved Enya's music since she released Watermark back in 1989. Her haunting Celtic flavored tunes have graced my CD collection for years....read the full review |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/11/2008 | | Original Release Date : 2008 | | Catalog ID : 512383 | | Label : Reprise | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00825646933068 |
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| | Bio | | | Enya Enya was born Eithne Ni Bhraonain in Co. Donegal, Ireland. Enya studied classical music at college and under private tuition. On leaving college she was asked by Producer Nicky Ryan to join her siblings in their family band. She did so for a short time, but found it too restrictive musically, and so in 1982 she joined Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan in a creative and business partnership. Enya's first commission was to write a score for Sir David Puttnam for his film The Frog Prince. Then, the triumvirate secured the soundtrack to the BBC documentary series The Celts. Enya was then signed up by Warner Music and all three by EMI Music Publishing. The first album of this contract was Watermark with the hit single "Orinoco Flow." This was followed by Shepherd Moons, The Memory of Trees, Paint the Sky with Stars, and A Day Without Rain, which produced the single "Only Time." Amarantine followed, and for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the songs "Aniron" and "May it Be." Enya, Nicky and Roma were nominated for a Golden Globe Award and for an Academy Award for the song "May it Be" and have also merited many other nominations and awards, including the Ivor Novello for International Achievement. The latest honours bestowed on Enya were two Honorary Degrees, the University of Galway honoured her with Doctor of Music and the University of Ulster honoured Enya with Doctor of Letters.
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