As a coincidence, Enya had recorded a track named "March of the Celts" before she was asked to be involved, and decided to submit it to the project. Background and recordingįollowing her work on the soundtrack to the romantic comedy film The Frog Prince (1984), Enya's first major project as a solo artist followed when, in 1985, she was invited by producer Tony McAuley to compose a track for his 1987 BBC television documentary series The Celts. In 2009, The Celts was reissued in Japan with a bonus track. 10 on the UK Albums Chart and sold a further one million copies in the United States. After the commercial success of Enya's next two albums, the album was reissued as The Celts and outperformed its original sales. Despite its commercial performance, the album helped Enya secure a recording contract with Warner after chairman Rob Dickins became a fan of its music. The album continued to sell it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of one million copies.
It was a mild commercial success, peaking at No. ContentsĮnya received mostly mixed reviews from critics when it was released in 1987. After its director David Richardson liked her demo, Enya accepted his offer to compose the entire score with her longtime recording partners, producer and arranger Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan.
Four years into her largely unnoticed solo career, Enya landed her first major project in 1985 when producer Tony McAuley asked her to contribute a song to the soundtrack. The album is a selection of music she recorded for the soundtrack to the BBC television series The Celts, aired in 1987. It was renamed as The Celts for the 1992 international re-release of the album by WEA Records in Europe and by Reprise Records in the United States. " I Want Tomorrow" Released: March 1987Įnya is the debut studio album by Irish singer, songwriter, and musician Enya, released in March 1987 by BBC Records in the United Kingdom and by Atlantic Records in the United States.
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