A Day Without Rain

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A Day Without Rain
A Day Without Rain cover
Studio album by Enya
Released November 21, 2000
Genre Celtic
Length 42:02
Label Warner Music
Producer Nicky Ryan
Professional reviews
Enya chronology
Paint the Sky with Stars
(1997)		 A Day Without Rain
(2000)		 Amarantine
(2005)

A Day Without Rain is an album by Irish musician Enya, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). It won the Grammy Award for "Best New Age Album" of 2002. It is best known for the song "Only Time" which became a major success in 2000, and again in 2001 when it became identified with the September 11, 2001 attacks through exhaustive media use. Although highly acclaimed by fans, the album attracted criticism for its short running time, and the fact that the Canadian and Japanese versions of the album contained additional tracks.[citation needed]

"A Day Without Rain" went on to become Enya's biggest selling release of her career, moving more than 12 million copies and it was named 2001's Top-Selling Album. After its release, Enya was also named the best-selling female artist in the world for 2001.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

Music by Enya, lyrics by Roma Ryan

  1. "A Day Without Rain" (Enya) (instrumental) – 2:38
  2. "Wild Child" (Enya/Roma Ryan) – 3:47
  3. "Only Time" (Enya/Roma Ryan) – 3:38
  4. "Tempus Vernum" (Enya/Roma Ryan) – 2:24
  5. "Deora Ar Mo Chroí" (meaning Tears on my Heart in Irish) (Enya/Roma Ryan) – 2:48
  6. "Flora's Secret" (Enya/Roma Ryan) – 4:07
  7. "Fallen Embers" (Enya/Roma Ryan) – 2:31
  8. "Silver Inches" (Enya) (instrumental) – 1:37
  9. "Pilgrim" (Enya/Roma Ryan) – 3:12
  10. "One by One" (Enya/Roma Ryan) – 3:56
  11. "The First of Autumn" (Enya/Roma Ryan)1 – 3:10
  12. "Lazy Days" (Enya/Roma Ryan)2 – 3:42
  13. "Isobella" (Enya/Roma Ryan)3 – 4:29

1 Included on Canadian, Mexican, Portuguese, Japanese, U.S. and many other releases.
2 "Lazy Days" is the 11th track on most editions.
3 Included on the Japanese release only.

[edit] Singles

"Wild Child" was released as a single in 2001, together with "Midnight Blue" (not yet released on an album) and "Song of the Sandman (Lullaby)" as accompanying tracks.

[edit] Certifications, Peaks & Sales

Country Peak Position Certification (If Any) Sales/shipments
Australia 12 2x Platinum [1] 140,000+
Austria 1 (2 Weeks) Platinum [2] 30,000+
Brazil Gold [3] 100,000+
Canada 4 8x Platinum [4] 800,000+
Denmark 5 Platinum [5] 30,000+
Finland 29
France 33 Gold [6] 100,000+
Germany 3x Platinum/5x Gold [7] 1,100,000+
Ireland 7
Mexico Gold [8] 75,000+
Netherlands 3x Platinum [9] 240,000+
New Zealand 5 Platinum [10] 15,000+
Norway 12
Poland Gold [11] 20,000+
Sweden 4 (2 Weeks) Platinum [12] 60,000+
Switzerland 2 2x Platinum [13] 100,000+
United Kingdom 6 Platinum [14] 300,000+
United States 2 7x Platinum [15] 7,000,000+

[edit] Personnel

  • Enya - all instruments and vocals

[edit] Production

  • Producer: Nicky Ryan
  • Engineer: Nicky Ryan
  • Mixing: Enya, Nicky Ryan
  • Arrangers: Enya, Nicky Ryan
  • Recorded in the digital domain by an analogue brain
  • Design & art direction by Stylorouge
  • Front cover photography by Sheila Rock
  • All other photography by Sheila Rock & Simon Fowler
  • Costume design by The Handsome Foundation
  • Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd
  • Additional strings by Wired Strings
  • Mastered at 360 Mastering by Dick Beetham

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
2001 "Only Time" Adult Contemporary (US) 1
2001 "Only Time" Adult Top 40 (US) 1
2001 "Only Time" Canadian Singles Chart (Canada) 1
2001 "Only Time" The Billboard Hot 100 (US) 10
2001 "Only Time" Top 40 Mainstream (US) 11
2001 "Only Time" Top 40 Tracks (US) 7
2002 "Only Time" Top 40 Adult Recurrents (US) 2
2000 "Only Time" Official Singles Chart (UK) 32
2001 "Wild Child" Official Singles Chart (UK) 72
2001 "Only Time" Official German Top 100 Charts 1
2002 "Wild Child" Billboard Adult Contemporary 12[1]

[edit] Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
2002 A Day Without Rain Best New Age Album

[edit] References

  1. ^ ARIA
  2. ^ IFPI Austria
  3. ^ ABPD
  4. ^ CRIA
  5. ^ IFPI Denmark
  6. ^ Disque En France
  7. ^ IFPI Germany
  8. ^ AMPROFON
  9. ^ NVPI
  10. ^ RIANZ “May 20, 2001-Album Chart
  11. ^ ZPAV
  12. ^ IFPI Sweden “2002 Certifications”
  13. ^ IFPI Switzerland
  14. ^ BPI
  15. ^ RIAA

[edit] Trivia

On the 16th day of Space Shuttle Columbia’s last mission, Silver Inches, which is number 8 on the soundtrack, was played for the Red Team, which consisted of Rick D. Husband, Laurel Clark, and Kalpana Chawla.

[edit] External links

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Enya
Studio albums
EP's
The Christmas EP | Christmas Secrets | Sounds of the Season
Singles
"I Want Tomorrow" | "Orinoco Flow" – "Evening Falls..." | "Storms in Africa" | "6 Tracks" | "Oíche Chiún (Silent Night)" | " Exile" | "Caribbean Blue" | "How Can I Keep from Singing?" | "Book of Days" | "Marble Halls" | "The Celts" | "Anywhere Is" | "On My Way Home" | "Only If..." | "Only Time" | "Wild Child" | "May It Be" | "I Don't Wanna Know" | "Amarantine" | "If I Could Be Where You Are" | "It's in the Rain" | "Someone Said Goodbye"
Compilations
See also