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A Day Without Rain is an album by Irish musician Enya, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). It won the Grammy Award for "Best New Age Album" of 2002. It is best known for the song "Only Time" which became a major success in 2000, and again in 2001 when it became identified with the September 11, 2001 attacks through exhaustive media use. Although highly acclaimed by fans, the album attracted criticism for its short running time.[citation needed]

A Day Without Rain went on to become Enya's biggest selling release of her career, moving more than 15 million copies and it was named 2001's Top-Selling Album.[citation needed] After its release, Enya was also named the best-selling female artist in the world for 2001.[citation needed]

Track listing

Music by Enya, lyrics by Roma Ryan

  1. "A Day Without Rain" (instrumental) – 2:38
  2. "Wild Child" – 3:47
  3. "Only Time" – 3:38
  4. "Tempus Vernum" – 2:24
  5. "Deora Ar Mo Chroí" – 2:48
  6. "Flora's Secret" – 4:07
  7. "Fallen Embers" - 2:31
  8. "Silver Inches" (instrumental) – 1:37
  9. "Pilgrim" – 3:12
  10. "One by One" – 3:56
  11. "The First of Autumn" 1 – 3:10
  12. "Lazy Days" 2 – 3:42
  13. "Isobella" 3 – 4:29

1 Included on Australian, Canadian, Mexican, Portuguese and many other releases.
2 "Lazy Days" is the 11th track on most editions.
3 Included on the Japanese release only.

Singles

Only Time

  1. "Only Time" - 3:41
  2. "The First of Autumn" - 3:10
  3. "The Promise" - 2:30

Wild Child

  2. "Wild Child" (Radio Edit) - 3:33
  4. "Midnight Blue" - 2:04
  6. "Song of the Sandman" - 3:40

'Midnight Blue' (originally an instrumental piece which has now been extended and vocals have been added. This version is now the title track from her November 2008 CD 'And Winter Came...')

Only Time (Remix and Original Version)

  2. "Only Time" (Remix) - 3:18
  4. "Oiche Chiuin (Silent Night)" - 3:48
  6. "Willows On The Water" - 3:04
  8. "Only Time" (Album Edit) - 3:40

Promotional releases

Wild Child (Vocal up Version)

  2. "Wild Child" (Remix) - 3:33

Only Time Remix

  2. "Only Time" (Pop Radio Remix) - 3:15

Certifications, peaks and sales

Country Peak position Certification (if any) Sales/shipments
Australia 12 2x Platinum[1] 140,000+
Austria 1 (2 Weeks) Platinum[2] 30,000+
Brazil Gold[3] 100,000+
Canada 4 8x Platinum[4] 800,000+
Denmark 5 Platinum[5] 30,000+
Finland 29
France 33 Gold[6] 100,000+
Germany 1 3x Platinum/5x Gold[7] 1,100,000+
Ireland 7
Italy 6 4x Platinum/9x Gold 340,000+
Mexico Gold[8] 75,000+
Netherlands 3x Platinum[9] 240,000+
New Zealand 5 Platinum[10] 15,000+
Norway 12
Poland Gold[11] 20,000+
Sweden 4 (2 Weeks) Platinum[12] 60,000+
Spain 3 2x Platinum 200,000+
Switzerland 2 2x Platinum[13] 100,000+
United Kingdom 6 Platinum[14] 300,000+
United States 2 7x Platinum[15] 7,000,000+

Personnel

  • Enya - all instruments and vocals

Production

  • Producer: Nicky Ryan
  • Engineer: Nicky Ryan
  • Mixing: Enya, Nicky Ryan
  • Arrangers: Enya, Nicky Ryan
  • Recorded in the digital domain by an analogue brain
  • Design & art direction by Stylorouge
  • Front cover photography by Sheila Rock
  • All other photography by Sheila Rock & Simon Fowler
  • Costume design by The Handsome Foundation
  • Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd
  • Additional strings by Wired Strings
  • Mastered at 360 Mastering by Dick Beetham

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
2001 "Only Time" Adult Contemporary (US) 1
2001 "Only Time" Adult Top 40 (US) 1
2001 "Only Time" Canadian Singles Chart (Canada) 1
2001 "Only Time" The Billboard Hot 100 (US) 10
2001 "Only Time" Top 40 Mainstream (US) 11
2001 "Only Time" Top 40 Tracks (US) 7
2002 "Only Time" Top 40 Adult Recurrents (US) 2
2000 "Only Time" Official Singles Chart (UK) 32
2001 "Wild Child" Official Singles Chart (UK) 72
2001 "Only Time" Official German Top 100 Charts 1
2002 "Wild Child" Billboard Adult Contemporary 12[16]

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
2002 A Day Without Rain Best New Age Album

References

  1. ^ ARIA
  2. ^ IFPI Austria
  3. ^ ABPD
  4. ^ CRIA
  5. ^ IFPI Denmark
  6. ^ Disque En France
  7. ^ IFPI Germany
  8. ^ AMPROFON
  9. ^ NVPI
  10. ^ RIANZ “May 20, 2001-Album Chart
  11. ^ ZPAV
  12. ^ IFPI Sweden “2002 Certifications”
  13. ^ IFPI Switzerland
  14. ^ BPI
  15. ^ RIAA
  16. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=4557&model.vnuAlbumId=943149 Billboard.com
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