And Winter Came ...

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And Winter Came ...
Studio album by Enya

Publication
(s)

November 7, 2008

Label (s) Warner Music International

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

New Age

Title (number)

12

occupation
  • Singing: Enya
  • Instruments: Enya

production

Nick Ryan

chronology
Sounds Of The Season
(2006) 		And Winter Came ... The Very Best Of
(2009)

And Winter Came ... is the seventh studio album by Enya . It was released on November 7, 2008 by Warner Music .

background

In the center of And Winter Came… is the eponymous winter and Christmas theme. In addition to ten English pieces, the Irish Oíche Chiúin ( Silent Night, Holy Night ) and Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel in English and Latin are included. Oíche Chiúin is a revival, the song was released by Enya in 1988 as the b-side of the single Evening Falls . The title track And Winter Came ... is a revised version of the song Midnight Blue from 2001. At that time, the track was a B-side of the single Wild Child . On September 18, 2008 it was posted on the official websiteTrains and Winter Rains announced as the album's official first single. However, no physical singles were released from this album, only download singles.

Track list

  1. And Winter Came ... - 3:15
  2. Journey of the Angels - 4:47
  3. White Is in the Winter Night - 3:00
  4. O come, O come, Emmanuel (trad.) - 3:40
  5. Trains and Winter Rains - 3:44
  6. Dreams Are More Precious - 4:25
  7. Last Time by Moonlight - 3:57
  8. One Toy Soldier - 3:54
  9. Stars and Midnight Blue - 3:08
  10. The Spirit of Christmas Past - 4:18
  11. My! My! Time Flies! - 3:02
  12. Oíche Chiúin (Chorale) (Enya / trad.) - 3:49

Unless otherwise indicated, the titles were written by Enya and copywriter Roma Ryan .

Bonus piece
  2. Miraculum

reception

The album received three out of five stars at Allmusic . Allmusic critic James Christopher Monger is of the opinion that And Winter Came is an exception in Enya's work in its song orientation and subtlety and that it follows the previous album Amarantine .

The album reached number three in the charts in Germany.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lee Tobin: official announcement. Enya.com, September 15, 2010; archived from the original on May 10, 2015 ; accessed on November 26, 2008 (English).
  2. ↑ New Enya extras for download! > Northern Skyline . Clannad.org.uk. Archived from the original on November 3, 2008. Retrieved November 26, 2008.