#ENYA ALBUM SAIL AWAY FULL#
The vibe of “Orinoco Flow” was achieved by layering Enya’s vocals in a Phil Spector-like “wall of sound,” and by taking full advantage of the emerging digital technologies of the day, as well as manipulating synth sounds to create the pizzicato stabs that sound almost like a harp being plucked. Enya broke through with “Orinoco Flow” and its dreamy, ethereal Celtic attitude with an unforgettable sound that some listeners loved, and some critics loved to trash. The three are responsible for eight highly successful albums so far. It represents the trio of people who have made her sound and success possible: the artist herself, her manager/producer/arranger Nicky Ryan, and Ryan’s wife, poet Roma Ryan, who writes the lyrics. “Enya” is the most pronounceable version of the singer’s real name, but the name is more than only that. “Orinoco Flow,” sometimes known as “Orinoco Flow (Sail Away),” helped make her a household name in the genre of new age music, though Enya herself reportedly has never been fond of the “new age” label. Watermark has sold over 11,000,000 copies (depending on whose numbers you believe), and has been reissued three times. alone, an amazing feat considering that she doesn’t undertake a live tour for each new album. Then a sound so new, from someone who valued vocals and production above image and danceability, came from out of nowhere, as Irish singer/keyboardist Eithne Ní Bhraonáin – better known as Enya – emerged with her second album, Watermark, and the single “Orinoco Flow,” which climbed the charts in over a dozen countries, reaching number one in several of them.Ī former member of the legendary Irish family band Clannad, Enya, the notoriously private singer who doesn’t tour and rarely performs in public, has sold some 80,000,000 records worldwide, more than 25,000,000 of them in the U.S.
The late 1980s were a time of change on the charts – most of the hair bands were on their way out, with Michael Jackson still in command at MTV and female singers like Whitney Houston and Taylor Dayne selling dance-pop platinum.
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