"Boadicea", which means "victorious", is a reference to the queen Boudica of the British-Celtic Iceni tribe in East Anglia who led a resistance against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire in 60 A.D., but was defeated and subsequently poisoned herself. "The Celts" was used as the main title theme for the television series. In the Arabic language, the title translates to "the follower" as it follows the Pleiades cluster of stars, and the song is based on future Celtic people "passing Aldebaran on their journey to new territories, continuing their migratory pattern which was so predominant in their early history." The track was recorded in its entirety at Aigle Studio as Nicky expressed the difficulty in having to recreate the recording process elsewhere. In writing about the song in 2002, Roma pointed out that "Aldebaran" is named after the brightest star in the constellation of Taurus. Several of the album's track titles are titled or based on various historical figures and stories. The album's front cover depicts Enya posing with stuffed wolves. Enya includes 39 minutes of selected pieces from the soundtrack. Roma recalled that Enya was given "various pastiches" that Richardson wished to incorporate into the episodes, which Enya then used as a guide for to write music to complement them. Ī total of 72 minutes of music was recorded for the series. One such example was Nicky's use of reverb, which he set to 24 seconds instead of the more common placement of one-and-a-half seconds. Nicky said he told them "to forget everything learned and just bear with us for at least a week". When they recorded at the BBC studio, Nicky had to teach the audio engineers how he and Enya worked as their unusual recording process confused them at first. The album was recorded in two locations at Aigle Studio, a 16-track studio installed in the Ryans' home, then located in Artane, a northern suburb of Dublin, and a sound studio at BBC Enterprises at Wood Lane, London. Įnya worked with her usual recording partners, arranger and producer Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan.
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Initially, each episode of the series was to feature a different composer, but series director David Richardson liked Enya's track so much, he commissioned her to compose the entire score. 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. In 2009, The Celts was reissued in Japan with a bonus track.įollowing 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. 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. 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.Įnya received mostly mixed reviews from critics when it was released in 1987. 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.
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The album is a selection of music she recorded for the soundtrack to the BBC television series The Celts, aired in 1987, though the TV connection is downplayed on the sleeve. 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. Enya 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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