ABOUT ENYA » The Very Best of Enya
The Very Best of Enya is Enya's second best of compilation after Paint the Sky with Stars released in 1997. The original release date was set to the 16th November 2009 but later postponed by a week to the 23th November.
There's a standard cd-only edition, a limited cd/dvd edition containing Enya's music videos and documentary footage, plus a collector's edition including an Orinoco Flow picture vinyl. The tracklists differ noticeably, the cd-only format includes 18 songs while the cd+dvd format includes 22 songs, 13 music videos and 3 documentaries.
Release Dates
- 20th November (Friday): Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Ireland
- 23th November (Monday): rest of Europe, most of the world
- 24th November (Tuesday): USA
- 2th December (Wednesday): Japan
The Cover
The cover for the new release was first published by Roma Ryan on Enya's official forum Unity to rather diverse reactions from the fans. Later, a new modified version appeared on Amazon.de and Amazon.co.jp. I must say that while in the beginning I didn't like the old cover, I'm quite a fan of the new one. It looks way more slick, clean and realistic.
The Very Best of Enya front cover
(hover over the image to see the first version)
The Very Best of Enya back cover
The Booklet
The album booklet is very lovely and contains many great photos and notes. However, the content depends on the edition you get:
- CD edition: article by Niall Stokes (short version)
- CD/DVD edition: articles by Niall Stokes, Enya, Roma and Nicky (short versions)
- Collector's edition: articles by Niall Stokes, Enya, Roma and Nicky (long versions) + image of Roma's handwritten lyrics
CD-only Standard Edition
CD Tracklisting
- Orinoco Flow *
- Aniron (previously unreleased version)
- Storms in Africa *
- Caribbean Blue *
- Book of Days *
- The Celts *
- Only Time
- Wild Child
- Water Shows The Hidden Heart
- Anywhere Is *
- Cursum Perficio *
- Amarantine
- Aldebaran *
- Trains and Winter Rains
- Watermark *
- Boadicea *
- A Day Without Rain
- May It Be
Total running time 64:43
* newly remastered tracks
CD/DVD Limited Edition
CD Tracklisting
- Trains and Winter Rains
- My! My! Time Flies!
- Stars and Midnight Blue
- Amarantine
- Sumiregusa
- The River Sings
- If I Could Be Where You Are
- Wild Child
- Only Time
- Drifting
- Flora's Secret
- Fallen Embers
- One By One
- Pax Deorum *
- Athair ar Neamh *
- Anywhere Is *
- Orinoco Flow *
- Watermark *
- Boadicea *
- May It Be
- Caribbean Blue *
- Aniron (previously unreleased version)
* newly remastered tracks
DVD Tracklisting
- Orinoco Flow
- Caribbean Blue
- Only Time
- The Celts
- Amarantine
- Trains And Winter Rains
- Evening Falls
- Anywhere Is
- It's In The Rain
- Wild Child
- Only If
- Storms In Africa
- On My Way Home
- Enya - A Life In Music
- Caribbean Blue - The Making Of The Video
- Only Time - The Making Of The Video
Collector's Edition
A wonderful item containg the cd+dvd discs together with a 12" Orinoco Flow picture vinyl and a 24 page 12" hard-back book. There are two different pressings as the book pages in the first pressing were not attached properly.
