Enya.com published the tracklist for the new 'best of' which will be released on 16th November 2009. The songs were chosen personally by Enya, Roma and Nicky. The cd-only edition contains 18 tracks, the cd/dvd edition contains a cd with 22 tracks and a dvd with 13 music videos. There are no new songs included. I'm intrigued to hear about the selection process because the two cds seem quite different from each other. Maybe Enya reveals some background information in the promotional interviews.
I've noticed that the cd from the cd/dvd package follows the 'journey back in time' pattern and the songs go from 'And Winter Came' to 'The Celts'...just an observation :)
1. Orinoco Flow 2. Aniron 3. Storms in Africa 4. Caribbean Blue 5. Book of Days 6. The Celts 7. Only Time 8. Wild Child 9. Water Shows The Hidden Heart 10. Anywhere Is 11. Cursum Perficio 12. Amarantine 13. Aldebaran 14. Trains and Winter Rains 15. Watermark 16. Boadicea 17. A Day Without Rain 18. May It Be
1. Trains and Winter Rains 2. My My Time Flies 3. Stars and Midnight Blue 4. Amarantine 5. Sumiregusa 6. The River Sings 7. If I Could Be Where You Are 8. Wild Child 9. Only Time 10. Drifting 11. Flora's Secret 12. Fallen Embers 13. One By One 14. Pax Deorum 15. Athair ar Neamh 16. Anywhere Is 17. Orinoco Flow 18. Watermark 19. Boadicea 20. May It Be 21. Caribbean Blue 22. Aniron
1. Orinoco Flow 2. Caribbean Blue 3. Only Time 4. The Celts 5. Amarantine 6. Trains And Winter Rains 7. Evening Falls 8. Anywhere Is 9. It's In The Rain 10. Wild Child 11. Only If 12. Storms In Africa 13. On My Way Home
According to the Roma Ryan's site, The Second Loxian Games begin Friday 9th October 2009. I'm sure they will be fun so mark the date on your calendars and prepare your Loxian dictionaries :)
As for the Nightflower competition (participants had to submit names for three nightflowers, Roma chose the ones she liked the best), the winning names were: Fragile Moon, The truelove found across the night (Ancient) and Kan Hooromay Eepha. There will also be three extra prizes awarded at the end of the Games to the people who submitted names for flowers that already exist.
"Enya, Nicky and Roma are delighted to announce that the cover artwork design for 'And winter came' has been nominated for a Grammy award." [enya.com]
I'm delighted too. Although it's the last category in which I'd nominate the album. But I'm most delighted that they stopped calling Enya "new age" :)
Very best of Enya cover is now online after it appeared on the official website. The reactions of the fan community are very diverse, as for myself, I can say that it's slowly growing on me :)
A few days ago, Roma announced return of the Loxian Games. They should start very soon, yay! I'll keep you updated when there is more information available.
While waiting for a connection flight at the Stansted airport (6 hours, ouch!), I zipped 59 high resolution Enya pictures (1000x1000px to 4000x4000px) and uploaded them to Badongo. There are no new photos in the archive, all of them are already in the gallery, but I know that some of you wanted the HQ versions. Have fun!
Warner Music Japan informed that the Japanese release date for the new 'best of' album is November 18, 2009. You can already preorder a copy on CDJapan (standard edition / special edition) or Amazon.co.jp (standard edition / special edition - marked as a limited edition on the site). The special edition will contain a dvd with music videos and documentary footage in addition to the standard cd.
